Top things to do in Pine River
• Stop at the Information Center to pick up maps and brochures. • Pick up a bag of doughnuts at the bakery or grocery store. • Hike or bike or snowmobile the Paul Bunyan State Trail. • Attend the weekly duck races on Fridays from late June to mid-August. • Bowl up a storm at Community Bowl and Pizzeria. • Enjoy a picnic beside the Pine River. • Camp at the city park and area campgrounds. • Ride your ATV or snowmobile on Spider Lake trails. • Take a car/bike tour of the Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway. • Hike or mountain bike the Cut Lake Trails. • Buy your fishing, hunting and ATV licenses. • Fish at the dam or on one of 430 lakes within 30 miles. • Canoe or kayak the Pine River (maps are available at the Information Center). • Swim at the public beach above the dam. • Play bingo, cribbage, meat raffle at the Pine River American Legion. • Practice your basketball shots in the Pine River-Backus Schools lot. • Play disc golf at the Pine River-Backus
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Schools grounds course. • Check out the geocaching trail along the Paul Bunyan Trail. • Watch the Summerfest Parade (last weekend in July). • Attend the Cass County Fair (last weekend in June). • Visit the farmers market in front of the Pine River Depot Fridays (late May-late September). • Check out a book at the Pine River Public Library. • Play ball at fields east of Pine River (County Road 1 East). • Watch birds on the river & area wooded areas. • Shop downtown stores and Highway 371 stores. • Exercise at the new River Fitness Center. • Fly your airplane into the Pine River Regional Airport. • Eat at local and area cafes and restaurants. • Enjoy a vintage soda at GuidePoint Pharmacy on Barclay Avenue. • Shoot trap at the Fish and Game Range. • Hunt thousands of acres of public land. • Take the historic walking tours through Pine River.
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• Check out the Historic railroad depot (open Saturdays in summer). • Take a horseback trail ride (Pine River Trail Rides). • Enjoy the annual lutefisk dinner (second Saturday in October at First Lutheran Church). • Attend the Lakes Bluegrass Festival (weekend before Labor Day). • Check out the Community Garage Sale Days (first Friday-Saturday in August). • Attend the Heritage Days 1830s encampment (second weekend in September). • Take a trip up Highway 84 for the Arts Off 84 Art Crawl (Labor Day weekend). • Skate at the community open air ice rink. • Attend the Parade of Lights and fireworks (second weekend in December).
Pine River Public Library
The Pine River Library is located just a block off Barclay Avenue at the corner of Park Avenue and Second Street. It is one of nine Kitchigami Regional Library System branch libraries. The library offers free internet access. Your library card is good at all nine Kitchigami library branches: Pine River, Walker, Wadena, Brainerd, Bemidji, Blackduck, Cass Lake, Longville and Park Rapids, as well as the Mobile Library. Your library card also gives you access to the library 24 hours a day online. Just visit www. krls.org and click on “Search the Catalog.” There are online resources such as Auto Repair Reference Center and Novelist, and links to MnLink, MyHealth Minnesota and many more. Access eBooks and eAudios online through the Cloud Library as well.
LIBRARY INFORMATION: Phone: 218-587-4639 Address: 212 Park Ave. Email: pineriver@krls.org HOURS: Monday 1:00-6:00 pm Tuesday 10:00-6:00 pm Wednesday 12:00-5:00 pm Thursday 10:00-5:00 pm Friday 10:00-3:00 pm Saturday 10:00-1:00 pm The library is closed most federal holidays.
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