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Recreation and history are juxtaposed at Fort Ridgely State Park, where visitors find a network of hiking, skiing and bridle trails and the remains of an 1853 fort.
Fort Ridgely was built without walls on the southeast corner of a Dakota reservation in southern Minnesota. The Dakotas attacked the garrison in 1862, an event documented at visitor center exhibits.
The park has 10 miles of walking paths. Horseback riders use 12 miles of trails and a 25-site horse camp.
A warming house serves those who come to snowmobile, ski and snowshoe. Winter camping is permitted but roads are not plowed.
The park has a nine-hole golf course (a favorite sliding area in winter), but it will be closed during 2007 for renovations and is scheduled to reopen in spring 2008. There are two campgrounds with 31 sites.
There are three walk-in campsites for backpackers.
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