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Mindful + Educational Community Hiking Experience with the MN DNR at Icelandite Coastal Fen Scientific Natural Area (free event all ages welcome)

  • Icelandite Coastal Fen Scientific and Natural Area Colvill, MN, 55604 United States (map)

Unearth your inner wild and build confidence through mindfulness, journaling and grounding practices, plant identification, rock geology and a hike at the unique Icelandite Coastal Fen Scientific and Natural Area on Lake Superior.

This event will be hosted by Monica from Unruly Women and Arika from the MN DNR :)

This event is possible thanks to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) and the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. THANK YOU!


  • All ages welcome at this event (minors must be accompanied by an adult/guardian)

  • Please register by signing up below, this is limited to 20 people. Once signed up, you will receive more details.

Learn safety and technique for safe hiking and recreating along this shore of Lake Superior and the trails safely throughout this Scientific Natural Area, a protected unique coastal fen.

Join in grounding meditation and journaling prompts to help you be more present and mindful while enjoying this beautiful place.

Leaving this event, you’ll have the knowledge and skills necessary to help you feel more confident while enjoying parks like this one on Lake Superior.

This will be a great opportunity to practice

leave no trace ethics by drawing and note-taking about the plants and trees that are found

along the North Shore of Lake Superior, creating a memory keepsake and leaving nature as we

find it.

Learn about this highly protected and unique coastal fen - a grassy or shrubby wetland fed by slow moving groundwater with a buildup of peat and geology about icelandite.


Parking is available at Twin Points Protected Parking Access lot which is about 20 minutes north of Two Harbors between Gooseberry Falls State Park and Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.

*This event is free to the public, for all ages and gender identities (anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by and adult/guardian *

Bring

  • water to drink

  • snacks

  • comfortable walking shoes or hiking boots

  • your favorite journaling supplies / something to write on (notebook, paper, etc)

  • utensil(s) to write and / or draw with (feel free to get creative as long as you’re able to carry it easily)

  • layers for warmth and rain as necessary

  • hiking poles if needed

Please Sign Up by registering below .

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