Brule-St. Croix Chapter - Northwest Wisconsin
Village of Solon Springs/Lucius Woods County Park
Certified Trail
Length of Segment: 3.0 miles
North Trailhead: At the corner of Douglas County
A and E. Third St. on the north side of the Village of Solon Springs.
No off-street parking provided.
South Trailhead: at the intersection of Holly Lucius Road and US Highway 53. Off-road parking at the Solon Springs Wastewater Treatment Facility, on the west side of Highway 53.
Optional Trailhead: At Lucius Woods County Park in the center of Solon Springs. Park in the first parking lot to your left as you enter the park, and follow any of the paths leading north or west out of the lot a few yards to the trail.
Camping: in Lucius Woods County Park campground.
This segment includes two portions of certified trail on streets of the Village of Solon Springs, and a hiking trail through Lucius Woods County Park. The park trail is especially scenic, winding along Park Creek through mature red and white pine timber. Near St. Croix Lake, you'll pass through an area that was nearly leveled by a tornado in the summer of 1998. The street sections, while different from most North Country Trail hiking, give you an intimate look at a northern Wisconsin resort village.
Lucius Woods is an attractive park with a campground, beach, and ampitheater. It's the home of the Lucius Woods Performing Arts Center and the summer home of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra. Saturday evening concerts are scheduled from late June to mid-August.
South of Lucius Woods Park, the trail follows the frontage road along the east side of Business 53 to Valley Park Avenue. At Valley Park, the trail continues straight ahead south, then west across the Canadian National railroad tracks and south to the intersection of Business 53 and Holly Lucius Road. The trail enters the woods southwest from this intersection and climbs a maple-forested knoll before approaching four lane US 53 and its intersection with Holly Lucius Road.
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