Crow River Trail Guards, Inc. is a private non-profit youth organization that connects kids to the outdoors and promotes personal awareness through positive exposure and managed challenge.
Trail Guards at Crow River Nature Park.
Paynesville, MN
Trail Guards meet every Saturday morning at the Crow River Nature Park (200 Burr St., Paynesville) from early May to the end of October to maintain the park and spend the morning outdoors with friends. We meet at 9am, break for a fresh fruit snack and activity at 10am, sit together for a hot homemade lunch at 11:30am, and end at noon.
We also conduct a variety of supervised outings throughout the year, including bike-packing trips, whitewater rafting, canoeing on Lake Koronis, BWCA trips, our Fall Fishing Day, wall climbing at Prairie Woods ELC, and more. Some outings have an age requirement, but many are open to everyone.
We begin our activities in early May (depending on the spring-runoff river level) for active members, and accept new members after school lets out for the summer - usually in early June. Our age range for Trail Guard membership is 8 to 19.
We always recommend that parents/guardians who aren't familiar with us come to the park to check things out for themselves. We have four adults on staff to manage our activities in a sane and safe manner, and to assist in serving food. A membership form is required to participate with a parent/guardian signature. This is available via mail or email, or at the park on Saturday mornings.
There is no obligation, no attendance requirement, and no cost for membership or for most of our outings. For more information or questions call Tom at (320-250-0464).
