Charles A. Lindbergh State Park

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is named after Charles August Lindbergh Sr., but most people will likely only know his son by the same name. Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, spent his boyhood summers at the family farm. It is now part of the historic site, which includes the 576 acre state park, the Lindbergh home and the Lindbergh Museum on the Mississippi River. Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is located on the Great River Road Scenic Byway just south of Little Falls in Minnesota’s Morrison County.

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A woman wearing a bike helmet bikes past the entrance sign to Charles A. Lindbergh State Park on a paved trail
The exterior of the Lindbergh Museum with its swooped roof entrance
The Lindbergh Museum overlooks the Mississippi River
The well-lit interior of the Lindbergh Museum with two staff at a counter
The exterior of the Lindbergh House, a 1 1/2-story building with grey wood siding and a red roof
A brown sign marks the beginning of a hiking trail
an iron bridge across a rushing creek in a forest
A small hut made from field stones and timbers sits on a hillside in a forest
A log building sits on a grassy area in a park setting
A man with hiking poles walks along the grassy edge of a creek in a green forest
A brown sign in front of a wooded campsite reads 'Your campground host'
A woman with snowshoes and ski poles walks across a snowy field in front of a log building
skis and poles stuck in the snow in front of a log building
A woman with snowshoes and ski poles walks through a snowy forest
Two people holding hands walk through a snowy forest
A woman with snowshoes and ski poles walks through a snowy forest
A woman walks across an iron bridge over a frozen creek
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Trails

There are seven miles of hiking trails along Pike Creek and through mixed woods and prairie. One of the hiking trails will take you to the site where Charles Lindberg, jr. landed his Curtis JN-4D (Jenny) after flying around the country during his barnstorming days in the 1920s. The paved Camp Ripley Veterans State Trail begins at the contact station and ends after about a mile at Mill Park in Little Falls. It will one day connect the Soo Line and Paul Bunyan Trails.

Camping

There are 38 campsites, 15 have electricity and two are cart-in sites, accessible from the river. There’s also a 30-person group site.

Winter

Snowshoeing, hiking and skiing are allowed throughout the park, but no groomed trails are available. Read about a winter walk at this park
Find central Minnesota ski trails

Winter at Charles A. Lindbergh State Park

Camp Ripley/Veterans State Trail

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