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30 <br />gifted by Bruce and Ruth Dayton. <br /> <br />(c) The Luce Line Trail is a 63 mile long former railroad grade which is developed for biking, <br />hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, snowmobiling, and skiing. The limestone surfaced trail runs <br />from Plymouth 30 miles west to Winsted, with a parallel treadway for horseback riding. Snowmobiles are <br />allowed on the trail west of Stubbs Bay Road. Parking for access to the trail is available along most crossing <br />roads as well as that provided by the City at Bederwood Park and McCulley Road. <br /> <br />(d) Maxwell Bay Lake Access was developed on the site of a former marina by the MnDNR <br />in cooperation with the City of Orono to provide for public access to Lake Minnetonka. The access includes <br />a boat launch with 75 car-trailer parking stalls and 15 car-only stalls, as well as a fishing dock. <br /> <br />(4) Nature Conservancy. Ferndale Marsh is a 16-acre wetland preserve located just inland from <br />the north shore of Browns Bay between West Ferndale Road and Shoreline Drive. <br /> <br />(5) Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD) manages Lake Minnetonka. Lake <br />Minnetonka is actually a series of lakes or "bays" interconnected by narrows or channels. The <br />bays vary in size, shape, degree of shoreline development, proximity to major roadways, wildlife <br />habitat and other characteristics, providing a rich variety of both active and passive recreational <br />opportunities. Lake Minnetonka has a surface area of approximately 22 square miles and a <br />capacity of 400,000 acre feet of water at the normal lake elevation of 929.4 ft. MSL. One third of <br />the lake surface is in Orono as are 40 miles of it’s over 100 miles of shoreline. <br />