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"," Keep safety top of mind while recreating during hunting season. Wear blaze orange or blaze pink to increase visibility.
","Kruger Campground and Management Unit is adjacent to the Zumbro River State Water Trail. The campsites are considered primitive, designed to furnish only the basic needs of the camper. Each has a cleared area, fire ring, and table. Vault toilets and drinking water are available. ","Kruger Campground and Management Unit is open year-round, but the forest roads are not plowed in the winter. Fee information can be found at the campground kiosk. Quiet hours are 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. (this includes no generator use). Please be considerate of others around you. ","Highlights: Trails at Kruger allow a variety of nonmotorized uses including hiking, skiing, horseback riding and snowshoeing. ","A horse trailer unloading and parking area are located in the southwestern corner of the unit. No horse camping is allowed in the campground. ","Horseback riding trails are open May 1 - November 1. ","There are picnic tables and a picnic shelter available in the day-use area. The day-use area closes at 10:00 p.m."],"camping":{"drive_in_campsites":18,"accessible_campsites":1,"fee":1,"campsites":1},"id":"cmp00041","recreation_and_trails":{"carry_in_access":1,"river_access":1,"nature_trail":7,"picnic_shelters":1},"lon":-92.074411,"manager":{"name":"Frontenac State Park","phone":"651-299-3000","url":"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/frontenac/index.html"},"water_and_sanitation":{"wells":2,"toilets":6,"accessible_wells":1,"drinking_water":1,"accessible_toilets":4}},{"id":"fmu00004","camping":{"campsites":8,"fee":1},"description":["The campground is considered primitive, designed to furnish only the camper's basic needs. The campsites consist of a cleared area, fire ring, and table. ","Highlights: Vinegar Ridge Recreation Area is located along the 42-mile multiple-use paved Root River State Trail and six miles of horseback riding trails. Visitors can also canoe or kayak for a short trip along the Root River State Water Trail within the recreational area."],"name":"Money Creek & Vinegar Ridge","lat":43.783593,"water_and_sanitation":{"toilets":1},"manager":{"name":"Beaver Creek Valley State Park","phone":"507-724-2107","url":"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/beaver_creek_valley/index.html"},"lon":-91.674416,"recreation_and_trails":{"carry_in_access":1,"river_access":1}},{"manager":{"name":"Beaver Creek Valley State Park","url":"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/beaver_creek_valley/index.html","phone":"507-724-2107"},"water_and_sanitation":{"toilets":1},"recreation_and_trails":null,"lon":-91.642948,"id":"fmu00005","name":"Oak Ridge / Wet Bark Recreation Area","lat":43.737854,"description":["The campground's five campsites are considered primitive, designed to furnish only the camper's basic needs. The campsites consist of a cleared area, fire ring, table, and vault toilet. ","The horse trailer parking area has picket lines and a small corral. The parking area allows for portable corrals. ","Horseback riding trails are open May 1 - November 1. ","Highlights: Wet Bark Recreation Area offers 11 miles of horseback riding trails, hiking trails, six miles of designated mountain biking trails in the summer, 11 miles of ski touring trails, and six miles of snowmobile trails in the winter. ","Wet Bark trails are rolling to steep, ranging from grassy to very rocky. Most are two-horse wide. Most trails are located in the woods, and this area tends to be somewhat bug-free. Horses should be good and in condition! There are no water crossings, so no place to water your horses while on the trail. Communication is limited, and trails are multi-use in areas."],"camping":{"campsites":5,"fee":1}},{"recreation_and_trails":{"nature_trail":17},"lon":-91.281017,"water_and_sanitation":{"wells":1,"toilets":1,"accessible_toilets":1},"manager":{"name":"Beaver Creek Valley State Park","phone":"507-724-2107","url":"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/beaver_creek_valley/index.html"},"lat":43.605947,"name":"Reno Horse Campground","description":["The campsite is considered primitive, designed to furnish only the camper's basic needs. The campsites consist of a cleared area, fire ring, and table. Also, vault toilets and drinking water are available. ","The campground has six horse campsites, picket lines, a vault toilet, shaded campsites, picnic tables, and a hand-pumped well. It allows for portable corrals. ","Highlights: Reno Horse Campground offers 17 miles of horseback riding trail and hiking trails in the summer and cross-country skiing and snowmobiling trails in the winter. No ATV use is allowed, and no bike trails are offered in this unit. ","Horseback riding trails are open May 1 - November 1. ","Communication is limited, and the trail system allows for multiple uses in some areas.
","DNR is currently seeking applications from non-profit organizations to assist with maintenance of the Zumbro Bottoms trails. Interested organizations may fill out an online application. Applications will be reviewed and contacted as needed. (02/11/2026)
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"," Keep safety top of mind while recreating during hunting season. Wear blaze orange or blaze pink to increase visibility.
","North Assembly Area is the smallest of the three campgrounds at Zumbro Bottoms; it is a primitive campground designed to furnish only the camper's basic needs, a vault toilet, and hand-pumped water. ","There are no designated campsites in this campground. There are fire rings, picnic tables, picket lines, and a manure bunker in the campground. Campers can set up as they wish to keep in line with these rules: ","Highlights: Zumbro Bottoms offers access to 44 miles of horseback riding trails. The trails have been marked with brown signs showing appropriate uses. ","Zumbro Bottoms Management Unit trail map ","Horseback riding trails are open May 1–November 1. Trails do not close when it rains, and only a few low trails flood when the river is high. ","Communication is limited, and the trail system is multi-use in areas."],"camping":{"horse_campsites":6,"fee":1},"water_and_sanitation":{"wells":1,"drinking_water":1,"toilets":1},"manager":{"phone":"651-299-3000","url":"https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/frontenac/index.html","name":"Frontenac State Park"},"recreation_and_trails":null,"lon":-92.129995},{"id":"cmp00059","camping":{"horse_campsites":50,"fee":1},"description":["
"," Keep safety top of mind while recreating during hunting season. Wear blaze orange or blaze pink to increase visibility.
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Attention Trail Users:

","Horseback riding trails are open May 1–November 1. "," Mountain bikes, horses, OHMs, and ATVs are restricted to designated, signed trails only. "," The big game hunter/trapper motor vehicle use exception does not apply within this state forest."],"maps":[{"title":"state forest map and guide","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/sft00033.pdf","type":"pdf","for":"sft00033"},{"title":"Brightsdale Forest Management Unit facility map","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/fmu00001.pdf","type":"pdf","for":"fmu00001"},{"title":"Bronk Unit Plowline Trail facility map","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/fmu00002.pdf","type":"pdf","for":"fmu00002"},{"url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/cmp00040.pdf","title":"Hay Creek Day-Use Area facility map","for":"cmp00040","type":"pdf"},{"url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/fmu00003.pdf","title":"Isinours Management Unit facility map","for":"fmu00003","type":"pdf"},{"type":"pdf","for":"cmp00041","title":"Kruger Campground and Management Unit facility map","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/cmp00041.pdf"},{"url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/fmu00004.pdf","title":"Money Creek & Vinegar Ridge facility map","for":"fmu00004","type":"pdf"},{"type":"pdf","for":"fmu00005","title":"Oak Ridge / Wet Bark Recreation Area facility map","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/fmu00005.pdf"},{"for":"cmp00076","type":"pdf","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/cmp00076.pdf","title":"Reno North Recreational Area facility map"},{"for":"cmp00075","type":"pdf","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/cmp00075.pdf","title":"Snake Creek Management Unit facility map"},{"type":"pdf","for":"fmu00006","title":"Trout Valley Management Unit facility map","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/fmu00006.pdf"},{"title":"Zumbro Bottoms Horse Campground - Central facility map","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/cmp00043.pdf","type":"pdf","for":"cmp00043"},{"url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/cmp00060.pdf","title":"Zumbro Bottoms Horse Campground - North facility map","for":"cmp00060","type":"pdf"},{"for":"cmp00059","type":"pdf","url":"https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_forests/cmp00059.pdf","title":"Zumbro Bottoms Horse Campground - West facility map"}],"id":"sft00033","activities":{"hiking":1,"snowmobiling":0,"campground":1,"camping_dispersed":1,"hwt_miles":0,"atv_class_1_miles":21.5,"dog_sledding_miles":0,"dog_sledding":0,"mountain_biking":1,"snowshoeing":1,"boating":0,"horseback_miles":0,"atv_class_1":1,"atv_class_2":1,"orv":0,"boat_ramp":1,"atv_class_2_miles":0,"hiking_miles":0,"fishing":0,"ohm_miles":0,"hunting":1,"picnic_shelter":1,"ohm":0,"hwt":0,"horseback":1,"cross_country_ski":1,"cross_country_ski_miles":0,"canoe_kayak":1,"snowmobiling_miles":0,"fishing_pier":0,"swimming":0,"picnic_area":1,"orv_miles":0,"mountain_biking_miles":0},"forest_id":81,"narratives":{"history":["The Minnesota Legislature established the Whitewater Management Area in 1931. Richard J. Dorer, working for what would become the DNR, helped establish the Whitewater's boundaries and lobbied for funds to buy the land. Dorer, however, saw the need to protect and reforest a larger tract of land. In 1958 he was joined by Willis Kruger, Wabasha County game warden; Phillip Nordeen, Goodhue County game warden; George Meyer, Whitewater refuge manager; and Ed Franey, Minneapolis conservation writer. These men worked with the Izaak Walton League to develop a prospectus after Dorer's first plan was rejected as too visionary and costly by the Minnesota Legislature. The prospectus, which was endorsed by the league, was transformed into law, and on March 17, 1960, George A. Selke, then commissioner of conservation, announced the creation of the Minnesota Memorial Hardwood Forest. ","The Memorial Hardwood State Forest was created in 1961 as a memorial to the state's pioneers and veterans. In addition to the recreational and aesthetic opportunities of all state forests, the founders of the RJD Memorial Hardwood Forest set out additional goals. Improved wildlife habitat, prevention of erosion, stability of streams, and timber production were set out as specific conservation goals for the forest."],"landscape":[],"management":["The RJD Memorial Hardwood Forest is unique in that the state does not own most of the land. In fact, the state only owns 45,000 acres out of the 1 million acres covered by the forest. Strangely, not even all of the land is forested at present. The forest also represents what used to be forested land. RJD Memorial Hardwood Forest is also the only forest where the use of mountain bikes, horses, OHVs, and ATVs is restricted to designated trails only."],"introduction":["This state forest features six recreational areas, ten campgrounds, and one day-use area. There really is something for everyone in this state forest. "," The RJD Memorial Hardwood Forest is located in southeastern Minnesota. This state forest includes bluffs of the Great River Road of the Mississippi River and a number state water trails. Cannon River, Mississippi River, Root River, Whitewater River, and Zumbro River state water trails are within the forest's boundaries. "," The best times to visit RJD Memorial Hardwood Forest is in the early spring when the spring ephemerals are in bloom and in the autumn for the fall colors. The DNR lists RJD Memorial Hardwood Forest as among the best places in the state for bird watching, motorized trail riding, horseback riding, and mountain biking."]},"events":null,"counties":["Dakota","Goodhue","Wabasha","Winona","Olmsted","Houston","Fillmore"],"bbox":{"epsg:4326":[-92.815096,43.500301,-91.239368,44.677811]},"last_updated":"2026-07-02 14:49:03.393963-05"}}