Windom Wetland Management District

Trails

A sign with a flying trumpeter swan reads "Wolf Lake Nature Trail" with an arrow pointing towards a mown path. The sun is just rising above the horizon, casting hues of yellow, pink, and purple over a wetland in the base of a valley.

Wolf Lake Visitor Center Loop

Open season: Open year round
Length: 1.05 miles
Location of trail: One mile east of Windom, Minnesota
Surface Paved (0.8 miles); Mowed (0.25 miles)
Difficulty: Mostly ADA compliant
Information: The visitor center loop trail begins and ends at the front of the visitor center and winds through several types of habitat, including wetlands, native prairie and oak savanna. Not open to biking or horseback riding.

A stack of boulders is in the foreground on the left and middle of the photo. Golden-colored grasses blanket the ground. The sun is just starting to peek up above the horizon, casting a slight glow across the sky, creating pinks, purples, and different shades of blue.

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Touch the Sky Prairie

Open season: Open year round
Length: 3.18 miles
Location of trail: Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Rock County five miles north of Luverne, Minnesota
Surface: Mowed
Difficulty: Moderate
Information: Walk through unbroken Sioux-quartzite prairie, waterfall. Not open to biking or horseback riding.

A mowed grass trail splits into two directions. The right split follows woody shrubs down to a wetland, while the left split curves off out of site.

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Worthington Waterfowl Production Area

Open season: Open year round
Length: 0.4 miles
Location of trail: Worthington, Minnesota
Surface: Gravel/mowed; flat
Difficulty: Easy
Information: Not open to biking or horseback riding.

A mowed trail passes through a big bluestem prairie. There is a beautiful blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

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Slaughter Slough Waterfowl Production Area

Open season: Open year round
Length: 0.35 miles
Location of trail: North of Curry, Minnesota
Surface: Mowed
Difficulty: Easy
Information: Trail leads to Shetek Lake Settler-Dakota Sioux Battle monument; Adjacent to New Ulm-Sioux Falls Pioneer trail. Not open to biking/horseback riding.

A paved path next to the road follows the edge of the prairie and disappears in the distance amongst a group of trees. A small lake can be seen in the distance.

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Pipestone Creek

Open season: Open year round
Length: 0.85 miles
Location of trail: Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Pipestone, Minnesota
Surface: Concrete
Difficulty: Easy
Information: Trail from the Pipestone National Monument, around the perimeter of the refuge to the community college. No motorized vehicles, biking permitted.