Day Hiking Trails: Video of White Tail (Red) Trails at WI park

Friday, July 10, 2015

Video of White Tail (Red) Trails at WI park

Day hikers can enjoy a pleasant walk amid a meadow and oak woods on the White Tail (Red) Trails at Wisconsin’s Willow River State Park. The combination of 2.66-miles of trails offers an opportunity to spot white-tailed deer and listen to songbirds.

To reach the park, from Interstate 94 east of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, take Exit 4 and head north on U.S. Hwy. 12 for about 1.6 miles. When Hwy. 12 turns east, continue straight on County Road U for about 0.3 miles to County Road A, where you’ll continue for another 1.5 miles. The park’s entrance is on the road’s left/west side. The park’s entrance is on the road’s left/west side. Park in the lot for the Group Campground on the entry road’s south side.

Here’s a video of a cluster of oak trees with songbirds taken during spring along the White Tail (Red) Trails:

Here's an article more fully describing the trail.

Learn more about nearby day hiking trails in my Day Hiking Trails of St. Croix County guidebook.

Meet the Author

My name is Rob Bignell. I'm a long-time hiker, journalist and editor. My son Kieran and I have been hiking together for the past decade. Before Kieran, I taught middle school students in New Mexico and Wisconsin, served as an infantryman in the Army National Guard, and worked in newspapers. I've won several journalism awards, from editorial writing to sports reporting. In 2001, The Prescott Journal, which I served as managing editor of, was named Wisconsin’s Weekly Newspaper of the Year. Currently I own and operate an online editing business, Inventing Reality Editing Service. After spending several years in Southern California, my son and I now live in Wisconsin on the scenic Red Cedar River.