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| | St. Paul Pioneer Press | 08/27/2006 | Bicycling Minnesota |
 | | Those miles will create a 125-mile trail, eclipsed only by another Minnesota trail system the 130 miles of the Paul Bunyan and Migizi with the Heartland, which was one of the first paved bicycle trails in the nation when it opened in 1977. |
 | | In Mankato, the trailhead is on Minnesota 22, near its junction with U.S. The lakes are pretty but shallow; in late summer, they generally are full of algae, making swimming unpleasant. |
 | | The next 14½ miles, through gorgeous Jay Cooke State Park, along the St. Louis River and downhill to the Duluth trailhead, in front of the Lake Superior Zoo, may be the most scenic stretch of trail in the state, 1-888-263-0586, www.munger-trail.com. |
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