Imagine a place where you can walk amid majestic evergreens and blue freshwater lakes, across 1.1-billion-year-old rock formed in the violent rending of a continent, past peaceful dairy farm pastures, over a landscape carved by a mile-high glacier, through small towns seemingly torn from the pages of yesteryear. The place is real: It’s called Polk County, Wisconsin.

This is the only complete guide to Polk County’s great day hiking trails. With this volume, you can:

• Plan a day of fun family-friendly activities in St. Croix Falls, Osceola, Amery, Balsam Lake, Frederic, Luck, Turtle Lake and more
  
• Learn the best places for walking the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
  
• Discover one of the National Park Service’s largest scenic riverways
  
• Find directions, parking lots and more!