River's Edge Park

Great hike/bike path to river

Calm place for the season to take a nice walk

Nice Park for a quick hike. Views of the river and a small pond you walk around on the trail.

Nice to walk around, good scenery, fun to fish at

The looping path is about 1.9 miles long, but you can add an extra tenth of a mile if you head off trail to the Missouri River. It's pretty clear when you need to leave the path to get to the river lookout, worn from many people heading off path. The path is flat, so it would be a great place to put some miles in.

The view around doesn't change much, so you aren't going to get a change in scenery. However the number of trees the beavers have chewed up was fascinating! Every direction you look is another stumpy tree trunk or evidence of fresh gnawing. It was absolutely incredible. We didn't see any actual beavers, but we did see potential dens/holes on the bank of the lake.

You can also see evidence of flooding if you look closely at the tree trunks. Well, maybe not closely. You've got to look out into the distance and you'll notice the trees are lighter at about eye level, showing the the water was once that high. Again, nature is pretty cool at to what it can overcome.

Parking is at one end of the outlet mall. You should see a sign before you even get to the outlet mall. If you pass it, you can always go behind the outlet mall and circle back. The levee trail separates the parking lot from the trail, so head over the levee trail and down the the River's Edge Trail.