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Mindful + Educational Community Hiking Experience with the MN DNR

  • Iona's Beach Scientific & Natural Area (SNA) Two Harbors, MN 55616 (map)

Unearth your inner wild and build confidence through mindfulness, journaling and grounding practices, plant identification, rock geology and a hike at the uniquely pink Iona’s Beach Scientific and Natural Area on Lake Superior.

This event will be hosted by Monica from Unruly Women and Arika from the MN DNR :)

This event is possible thanks to the MN DNR and the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund.


  • All ages welcome at this event (minors must be accompanied by an adult/guardian)

  • Please register by signing up below, this is limited to 20 people. Once signed up, you will receive more details.

Learn safety and technique for safe hiking and recreating along this shore of Lake Superior and the trails throughout this Scientific Natural Area.

Join in grounding meditation and journaling prompts to help you be more present and mindful while enjoying this beautiful place.

Leaving this event, you’ll have the knowledge and skills necessary to help you feel more confident while enjoying parks like this one on Lake Superior.

This will be a great opportunity to practice

leave no trace ethics by drawing and note-taking about the plants and trees that are found

along the North Shore of Lake Superior, creating a memory keepsake and leaving nature as we

find it.

Learn about plant and tree identification and the unique rock geology of this pink beach on Lake Superior from Arika with the Minnesota DNR.


Parking is available at Twin Points Protected Parking Access lot which is about 20 minutes north of Two Harbors between Gooseberry Falls State Park and Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.

Bring

  • water to drink

  • snacks

  • comfortable walking shoes or hiking boots

  • your favorite journaling supplies / something to write on (notebook, paper, etc)

  • utensil(s) to write and / or draw with (feel free to get creative as long as you’re able to carry it easily)

Please Sign Up by registering below - - Choose the appropriate date (there is an August and September event).

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