photo credit: Jim Schuder

The Gateway  Brown's Creek trail is the recreational jewel of the East Metro Area of the Twin Cities. Heavily used by thousands of people year-round, the paved former Soo Line rail bed runs 18 miles from St. Paul, MN to Pine Point Park in Stillwater, MN. A branch of the 5.9 mile Brown's Creek Trail connects to Stillwater and the St Croix River. 

The Gateway-Brown's Creek Trail is a multi-use trail providing biking, rollerblading, running, walking, horseback riding and cross-country skiing to trail users year round.