The Paul Bunyan Trail is a paved recreational trail in northern Minnesota that runs 120 miles from Brainerd to Bemidji. It is an ideal route for biking and running in the summer and for snowmobiles in the winter. The photos below are from a recent bike ride in the middle of the trail, between Hackensack and Pine River.
This beautiful White Pine is along the trail not far south of Hackensack.
White trunks with peeling bark make Paper Bark Birch easy to identify.
These Tamarack trees will stand out in October. They are unusual conifers with needles that change to bright yellow in the fall.
A drift of Bee Balm (Wild Bergamot) alongside the trail just south of Backus.
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