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RICE CREEK NORTH REGIONAL TRAIL MASTER PLAN | 27 THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT The Rice Creek North Regional Trail links growing populations and expands the regional trail network for recreation and non-motorized transportation. The trail corridor also provides areas of high quality natural resources in the forms of restored praries, floodplain forests, restored mesic and oak woods, as well as the ongoing management of Rice Creek and its water resources. Throughout the Rice Creek North Regional Trail opportunities to expand natural resource based recreation. The trail connects into the existing regional and local trail network. The proposed trail additions will add to the overall connectivity throughout the corridor including: • Highway 96 Regional Trail • Rice Creek North Regional Trail (Anoka County) • East Anoka County Regional Trail • Local Trails • Future Cross Country Ski Trails (AHATS) • Long Lake Regional Park • Rice Creek West Regional Trail Recreation Development Recreational development for the Rice Creek North Regional Trail will include a mixture of active and passive recreational opportunities including but not limited to walking, bicycling, off road cycling, cross country skiing, bird watching, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and interpretive and educational programming. In the central segment of the corridor, a multi-season trail head facility is proposed to re-use and expand upon Building 189. Existing trail head locations have planned enhancements to improve site amenities such as increased parking capacity, new restroom buildings, additional trail connections, drinking water access, and new or improved access points to Rice Creek. Given the trail’s unique and attractive natural setting along Rice Creek, there is a desire to expand on active and passive recreation opportunities and interpretive or educational programming. Some of the major amentities proposed to be enhanced or newly implemented in this master plan include: • 12.22 miles of bituminous trails -7.75 miles existing -4.47 miles proposed • 12.75 Miles proposed of combined off road cycling and hiking trails • 12 Miles of combined Cross Country Ski Trails (Winter), and Walking/Hiking Trails (Summer) -1.24 miles existing -10.66 miles proposed • New multi-season trail head site in the central segment of the corridor developed around Building 189 and the adjacent area