Come out and visit the Trail Head at Theodore Wirth! It has a fantastic community space and outdoor recreation center. Totally makes winter in Minnesota even better. I'm new to discovering The Trailhead at Theodore Wirth Regional Park, but believe me when I say I'll be back many more time. In the winter, they offer cross-country skiing and lessons. (You can rent a full set of gear for about $30- no need to have your own to experience skiing! They also have à la carte options for cheaper if you only need poles or boots, etc.) Besides skiing, outdoor winter activities also include snow tubing, snowboarding, snowshoeing.... You name it. (I haven't been in fall or summer yet, but I also hear great things about their mountain biking and trail running options.) Inside The Trailhead, there's food and drink concessions, ample seating, lockers, bathrooms, and even rooms for rent. The last time I was there, a family was hosting a young child's birthday party in the multi-purpose room. Altogether, there is an amazing assortment of services here to come and check out. Can't wait for next ski season! read more

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HIDDEN GEM IN THE CITY I've lived on this parkway for 3 years now and I don't think I've shut up about how amazing Theo Wirth is since! The City Chain of Lakes get all the hype, but you know what's even closer to downtown, in the heart of the city, with: a lake xc ski trails fat bike / mountain bike trails endless walking paths beach with volleyball courts public golf course and so much more?! Yeah, that's right - my neighborhood park! You can do about every outdoor activity you can think of here. Plus, the Trailhead is the main hub for all of it, with a restaurant, tons of indoor seating, gear rentals year-round, and an amazing nature space in the heart of the city. This is the perfect park to embrace any season in Minne! read more

This is a gem inside the city to have a wonderful park! It is for the community and offers so much year round. Some activities are golf, skiing, miles of hiking, running and bike trails, equipment rentals, live music, camps, lessons and so much more! There is a training gym with personal training and classes for athletes from teens to adults. Inside the beautiful Trailhead structure you can warm up, fill up your water bottles, stop to use the bathroom, grab a cold beer or eat lunch in the cafe restaurant. Enjoy all the wonderful trails of this park all year round! read more

A beautiful place to visit, especially in the fall. We walked around to enjoy the fall colors, then headed to Trail Head to Mill Valley Kitchen for a quick snack before heading home. There are options to rent bikes or snowshoes or even play golf or frisbee golf. What a great place and you can't beat the location; so close to downtown Minneapolis. read more

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BEACH: Very clean beach and I loved that they have plenty of shade spots. There's two permanent umbrellas on the beach, one near the park and a few shaded areas by the beach house with nice seating. Bathrooms are located in the beach house and were clean but one women's stall has no TP. Volleyball courts are also well maintained. I was here on a Wednesday morning and it was not busy at all. BIKE TRAILS: all the trails were open except the trails by the Loppet Trailhead Building. I noticed that the MORC trails are better maintained than the actual Theo trails, which are pretty overgrown. The new advanced feature on the MORC trail is SWEET (steep wooden drop and techy rock jumps). 10/10 on that trail and it's easy to loop once you get back there. It's called "Section 6" and I've attached a picture of where it's located. Lots of kids camps going on for mountain biking in the AM but they were all with a coach and very respectful to other riders. I usually avoid this park on the weekends and in the evenings because it can get very crowded, but a morning/afternoon visit is way better! read more

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I enjoy taking walk, axe throwing and bike rides in Theodore Wirth Park. I have yet to ski or go golfing however the possibilities are endless. There eatery is awesome as well and I've even enjoyed a movie in the Park there- although the mosquitos ran us off. I frequent this place all the time, its a must for exercising or even leisure scenic view. The beach is awesome as well. read more

An amazing place to hike, play golf, swim, and enjoy all nature has to offer!!!!! Start off at the trail lodge building it has restrooms, seating, and a restaurant. read more

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I have been to this park during every season to ride my road bike through, either on the Parkway or on the Luce Line trail. However, I brought the kids here today for the first time in the winter. We went sledding over by the 10th hole. This place is busy with a lot of activities (like golf, obvi) in warm weather, but it is still bumping when things get cold. This is a very popular spot for cross-country skiing. It was packed with skiers zooming around all of the maintained trails in the park. There is also snow tubing, too for the non-skiers. And you don't have to spend all your time outside freezing, there is a small lodge for the skiers and for the tubing activities, too. read more

Cool park, nice trails and buildings to rent out for events. A few trails seemed to lead to dead ends or the cross country ski trails but that was fine. Just walked back and found another one to explore read more

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I walked around the trailheads near Mill Valley and the golf course. It feels appropriately wild prairie and doesn't feel all that massive, but gives you a good amount of space. read more

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I love this park in all seasons but it's especially fun in the Winter because you can go skiing! Bring your own or rent skis at the trailhead. Their equipment is top notch and perfect spot to learn to cross country ski. They offer passes that are good for a few spots in the Twin Cities. It's a pretty good deal with the amount of work that goes into the quality trails they have available. I love going in the morning for an early workout. read more

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I took a first-timer cross country ski lesson here, and it exceeded my expectations. The Trailhead shop was spacious, clean, and had a welcoming vibe. Huge windows overlook snow-covered wooded trails. They had good music. Every staffer I spoke with was v friendly. I didn't get very far into the trails, but they were wide, beautiful and well-groomed. My instructor, Caroline, was upbeat but also patient. I have a hard time understanding instructions when it comes to coordinated movements, but we figured things out because she identified things I was doing right and built upon them. There were plenty of skiers out there, but not an overwhelming number. That's about all you can expect on a Christmas week day when there's fresh snow. Bottom line: I'm going again ASAP. read more

Theodore Wirth Park is the place to go in the cities for off-road biking trails. It's also very accessible to get to by bike since it's connected to Cedar Lake Trail which links up to all the other popular bike trails. Some of the dirt trails in the park are more difficult but many of them are doable (if I can do it, pretty much means anyone can...seriously). The bike trails are open year round but it'd take a lot of bribery to make me into one of those hardcore winter bikers with metal wheel studs and frozen snot plastered to their faces. No thanks, I prefer the snow tubing & hot cocoa in the chalet all cozy by the fireplace in the dead of winter. A few tips: - Don't bother going here for off-road biking if it just rained. They close off most of the trails (police order) since they're mostly dirt and the get pretty dangerous when muddy. You'll just end up having to bike on the paved paths (not as much wilderness fun). - Check out the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden in the park (see my other yelp post just on the garden) - Prepare yourself for a lot of up and down hills. This is not the very flat trails like around the lakes. Bring snacks & plenty of water since it's a huge park. - Snowtubing is fun here but having to walk up the hill each time (instead of a conveyor belt bringing you up) makes for one incredible workout. Ugh. I go to Theodore Wirth park year round. It's the largest Minneapolis park and is a great asset for the huge bike community here (I believe we're #1!!!). I like some of the other TC parks better for walking, hiking, or sightseeing, but the biking options here are the best in the cities. read more

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This place is the BOMB! I mean fake beach front. Check. Shade trees everywhere. Check Benches. Check Parking. Check Community Pavilion for rental. Check Fishing. Check Bike trails. Check Safety checks every so many minutes, making the kids and everyone else get out of the water - BEAU-TI-FUL. This is a selling point. I LOVE IT! :* The only drawback about this entire place: The pedestrian crosswalk is soooooo dangerous. Limited views when cars park alongside the road and little kids love to run without thinking. They need a little bridge overpass or something. Scout your spot as early as 6:30am if there's a major holiday in the works. read more

Being that I live just a few blocks away from this park, I frequently walk my dogs here...well, through part of it anyhow. This park is HUGE...and it spreads itself between Golden Valley and Minneapolis. It is miles upon miles of walking & biking trails with some pretty amazing scenery along the way. It isn't uncommon to see a bald eagle, various species of hawks, a mob of deer, or a gang of wild turkeys whilst traveling through Theo Wirth Park. There is a beach, a pond, a creek, picnic area, golf course, quaking bog (I know, cool! Right?), a wildflower & bird sanctuary, a place to practice archery (if you are into that), and plenty of picturesque places to just walk and commune with nature. I often forget that I am still within city limits at times... I would rate Theo Wirth 5 stars - but since the occasional dead body turns up in this park...I had to knock it down a star... read more

Theodore Wirth Park - Charlie enjoying the creek at Theo Wirth Park! - Parks Near Me - Golden Valley, Minnesota

I've gone running in this park and I've come here for cross country skiing. I've noticed people come here for snow-shoeing and also winter fat tire biking. There's a golf course here as well, so in the warmer months there's that too. Oh, and mountain biking as well. I believe the Lopppet Foundation is based here too. It's a wonderful organization that provides outdoor activities to underserved kids. So if you haven't been to Theordore Wirth, come out and figure out what you can do here, because there is a lot to experience. Oh, and the trail head lodge is super-cool. read more

Amazing track. One of the best in MN. Definitely check this place out if you're a MTB enthusiast. 5 stars for sure. Check it out!! Full suspension fun read more

Overall my impression is "wow". This is one expansive park. There's even the Trailhead run by the Loppet Foundation. If you like the outdoors then this is the place for you. Many activities including sand volleyball complete with an lie swimming area. In winter most of the trails turn into a cross country skiers paradise. The remaining trails turn into snowshoeing, hiking, and fat bike riding trails. read more

Whoa, Theodore Wirth is one sweet park. It's huge! (Biggest in Minneap) And has a bog - a quaking bog is the technical name (seriously, check out the bog sometime, it's got tamarack trees). For more day-to-day activity, it has a public golf course (the 10th fairway is an illin' sledding hill in fair winter), a pretty sweet frisbee golf (frolf - stupidest ellision ever) course, a lake, and a peaceful and pretty bird/wildflower sanctuary (Eloise Butler). The bicycling here is epic too - part of the "grand round" loop that goes around the city runs through the park, but there's a long and well-maintained off-road bike trail too. This might be the best park I've ever been too (check out the zip line at the playground - it's an iffy ride if you're over 100 lbs, but try it anyway), so it's only right that it's named after the guy who started the whole Minneapolis park system back in the early nineteen hundreds. Thanks, Teddy! read more

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I've hiked on the trails in Theodore Wirth Park and wish I'd have taken more advantage of this gorgeous park while I was still living in the metro. There's so much to explore here, not to mention the beautiful beach and unique kiddie playground. The Surly half marathon is held in Theodore Wirth Park and after being there as a spectator this year, it's clear why this is such a sought-after trail race - those hills! Seriously quad strengthening trails in this park. I'd love to return in the winter to explore the trails and peaceful woods by snowshoe. read more

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I love this park! It has so much to offer whether a person wants to go as a group or go be at one with nature by themselves. It offers so many areas for outdoor activities that can be enjoyed all year long and yet is so close to Minneapolis. read more

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Beautiful, lush hills to hike throughout! There's several different paths that my dog and I were able to explore and while there's other people hiking and biking, we never felt crowded. It was a nice way to get some steps in on a Saturday afternoon in what felt like a rural getaway amongst the hustle and bustle of the urban city. The beach, however, does not allow dogs on the sand - so you'll have to keep your pooch at home if you want to lie out by the water. That being said, there's several beach volleyball courts that were all open the day I poopped in. read more

Played the par three course last week. Kind of disappointing. Was not busy, that's a plus. Greens were in decent shape but overall layout was a meh. Probably won't be back. Restaurant food was decent except the chips were some of the worst I've ever had. Sliced paperthin and tasted like greased air. read more

Excited to go skiing today at Wirth but skied away disappointed. Always a beautiful space but classic skiers beware. May be a one time event but there were no groomed tracks for the classic skiers on the back bridge trail. If they are going to charge you at least make an effort to support classic skiers read more

I had an itch to learn to cross country ski, and saw that rentals here were only $10. Seriously, that's it?! That plus a day pass for $7 and you have some pretty reasonable entertainment. Sign me up. Wellllll, then I read further on the website, and they offer a 90 minute lesson for $20. Add in the $10 for ski rentals, and the day cost us $30 apiece. We thought it was a deal! The lesson was really informative. Our guide taught us the basics about literally everything, from what wear to map definitions to techniques - even teaching us how to get up and down hills and fall safely. For someone that hasn't cross country skiied for at least 20 years and has 500 questions about everything, it was priceless. One other cool thing about the sport is that you don't really need to invest in anything to cross country ski. If you have basic winter and athletic gear, you're pretty set as a beginner. Just stay away from cotton and layer on the workout gear, then be prepared to sweat. Call ahead and take the class. Season passes to cross country ski on any of the trails in the city are only $40, and at this point in the year have dropped to $25. We ended up keeping our skis after the lesson and putting our new skillz to the test on one of the short loops adjacent to the park. Awesome way to enjoy a beautiful winter day. Awesome. I'll be back, probably next weekend, if the weather cooperates. read more

Cross country skiing here in the winter is fantastic. Season passes are inexpensive, and the trails are meticulously maintained. They have trails for every experience level, and connect to tons of trails around the area. Do yourself a favor and give it a try! In the warmer months, they also have a ton to offer, though I much prefer winter. read more

I found myself with an unexpectedly free Sunday and decided to go checkout TWP. I went "hiking" on the trail by the Quaking Bog. It felt like I was way out in the wilderness but I only had to drive about 10 minutes to get there. The traffic sounds cut into my John Denver-esque reverie, but it still felt very serene. Warning: even though you feel like you're all alone out there on the trail, you're not. So don't panic when you think you're lost and don't decide it's safe to pee behind that tree; someone will come along shortly. read more

Great beach located in Theodore Wirth Park. The beach is on the smaller scale, but not overcrowded like other beaches in the Twin Cities. I enjoyed the beach because it was clean and well-groomed for a change. There is a beach house that blares out some hit music, not exactly what I like to hear, but it isn't a deal breaker for me. The volleyball court seemed pretty nice and particularly popular. What might be appealing to a lot more people is the gargantuous playground located right next to the beach. Children can run from slides to the water and back in a split second. Seems like a great beach to take a family. read more

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This is a beautiful park with great trails, a golf course, lake with a nice beach, and sand volleyball courts. It is extremely close to downtown and to where we live which is an added bonus. It only gets 4 stars because of all of the issues I have had when I played volleyball there. Numerous people had gotten cell phones stolen, cars broken into etc. Tip for you all....don't leave valuables in your car or unattended if you are at the beach or playing volleyball read more

We went to the park for snow tubing and took snowboarding classes. It was a really busy Saturday so I'd say call ahead to see just how busy it is because they had a waiting list when we got there. read more

I've done a series of trail runs in Theodore Wirth Park as part of Surly Brewing's sponsored race series. The trails are just a blast to run, and very challenging. But you will not get lost! You are bounded by several roads that you can always find to get your bearings. There are sand volleyball courts, paved and unpaved bike trails, a lake and a golf course to explore as well. I've not golfed or done the tubing activities, however. read more

A 759 acre abundance of recreation, fun, and great adventures. x-country skiing, tubing in the winter. Golf, hiking trails, archery, and a quaking bog to check out. overall a great place to lose yourself, and remember why being out in nature is a great place to be. read more

Theo has an extensive labyrinth of trials suited for biking road or mountain, hiking, running. It is easy to get lost. Or at least it is for me. I have never used the facilities for a cook out but have noticed that many people do. As mentioned in other reviews there are sand volleyball courts as well as some sort ofbeach and beach house. I also notice that some people fish in the pond. Theo Wirth is a good sized park right on the Minneapolis border with Golden Valley and St. Louis Park. read more

My absolute favorite place to run. I never get sick of the trails. I can just get *lost here, it's so gorgeous. *Not for-real lost. read more

Don't waste your time and money!! First off parking is a disaster! The employees DO NOT communicate with customers. Runned by teenagers. You pay for 2 hours of tubing but you really only get 1 hour. They are constantly goofing off and not communicating with people on what is happening. I will not be going back as it was run so very unprofessional. read more

This was the first park my fiance and I found near our home when we first moved here a year ago and we fell in love. From the lake beach, to watching people play volleyball, to hiking, to fishing it's a beautiful place. I do feel there should be more available restrooms but that would pretty much be my only complaint. read more

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Such a cute hidden gem in Minneapolis! Perfect for swimming, hiking, fishing, etc. Very family and dog friendly

We came on Valentine's Day to snow tube -- a nice mix of families and adults looking to be silly. $12 per adult for a lift ticket/tube rental, and the amusement provided was definitely worth every penny. I love that they have a lift up to the top of the hill; even though the walk isn't THAT bad, it was nice to chill out and roll out. There are definitely big crowds on the weekend, but it didn't impede on our enjoyment at all -- the line moves fast, and there's plenty of room on the hill for everyone. Really fun way to spend an afternoon! read more

Great park in this area for walking the trails. There's quite a maze!! The only thing I would warm out of town era is that I think the big might be a spot for random hook ups. There were a lot of men in the area that appeared to be cruising, and a few signs that warned about elicit acts. Just keep maybe that in mind as you're hiking! read more

WIRTH DANCE SUITE is a symphonic suite inspired by the vast urban park near me. Since I was diagnosed with heart disease, I must have lots of daily exercise to improve my chances of survival. Therefore, I talk up the park's hills, meander about a delightful mini island woods where I sometimes see a family of deer. The following movement titles exemplify that. "Finntasia" is a jazz/swing arrangement homage to the only Finnish monument in the USA located on a hill overlooking a lake. Its comprised of a folk song and a theme from "Finlandia" by Sibelius. This area was once called "Finntown" because Finnish immigrants settled here. It's now called Bryn Mawr. "Fly Up Through the Stars" has a couple in love gazing at the night-time sky and planets in quite isolation. "Walking the Bog" is a mysterious night-time walk through one of the many slough-like areas. We hear elves and gnomes moving about. "Dialogue Between Birds and Old Man Tree" is a delightful spirited conversation between birds (violins) and the grateful old man tree (cello). Thus they need each other just like we all need each other in the world. "Dance" is a pop version of a stroll through this multifaceted park. WIRTH DANCE SUITE is scored, variously, for piano, oboe, bassoon, French horn, harp, and euphonium. WIRTH DANCE SUITE is for sale. Write "wordsandmusique.com" for details. Payment is ONLY by cash or certified check. My name is Jim Stokes. I'm a composer and author. read more