Confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota River

At the tip of Pike Island in St. Paul Minnesota, the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers join forces on their way to the Gulf of Mexico. If you look carefully, you can notice that the Mississippi River (on the north side of Pike Island) runs relatively clear, and the Minnesota River (on the south side of Pike Island) runs stained brown with runoff from agricultural fields to the west.

at the tip of Pike Islands a very nice packed Earth bike route around this little Island

Here is a link to a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources map of summer trails at Fort Snelling State Park (files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/state_parks/spk00154_summer.pdf). Although bicycles are allowed on many of the park trials, the legend on the map shows, sadly, that the circumferential trail on Pike Island is for hiking only.