DWP Railroad Tunnel – Neaton Adventures

Best of 2024

January 11, 2025Posted in Adventure, Christi Neaton, hiking, Minnesota, Minnesota State Parks, Mississippi River, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, UncategorizedTagged Adventure, Bassett Creek Park, Best of 2024, Carley State Park, Christi Neaton, DWP Railroad Tunnel, Ely's Peak, exploring, hiking, Hiking Adventures, Illgen Falls, Iona's Beach SNA, Kawishiwi Falls, Maquoketa Caves State Park, Mines of Spain, Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota, Minnesota State Parks, nature photography, Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Outdoors, Parks, Pattison State Park, Pine Ridge Trail, Willow River State Park10 Comments

2024 brought another wonderful year of hiking adventures!

Nerstrand Big Woods State Park-Nerstrand-Minnesota

Bassett Creek Park-Crystal-Minnesota

Carley State Park-Plainview-Minnesota

Memorial Park-Red Wing-Minnesota

Willow River State Park-Hudson-Wisconsin

Mines of Spain-Dubuque-Iowa

Maquoketa Caves State Park-Maquoketa-Iowa

DWP Railroad Tunnel-Duluth-Minnesota

Illgen Falls-Beaver Bay Township-Minnesota

Iona’s Beach Scientific and Natural Area-Two Harbors-Minnesota

Pattison State Park-Superior-Wisconsin

Ely’s Peak-Duluth-Minnesota

Kawishiwi Falls-Ely-Minnesota

Pine Ridge Trail-Tower-Minnesota

Minnehaha Falls-Minneapolis-Minnesota

Happy New Year! Cheers to more adventures in 2025!

DWP Railroad Tunnel-Duluth-Minnesota

August 9, 2024Posted in Adventure, Christi Neaton, hiking, Minnesota, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, UncategorizedTagged Adventure, Christi Neaton, DWP Railroad Tunnel, DWP Trail, exploring, hiking, Hiking Adventures, Minnesota, nature photography, Outdoors2 Comments

We hiked the Duluth Winnipeg Pacific (DWP) Trail towards the DWP Railroad Tunnel July 26^th, 2024.

Summer is in full effect! It was a hot sunny morning as we began our adventure. The wildflowers were gorgeous.

We crossed over Stewart Creek taking in the view of Lake Superior off in the distance.

The universe gifted me with a wonderful birthday present. Two bucks crossed the trail right in front of us. We must have been able to get within 25 feet of the deer. Amazing!

Well…we chose to hike the wrong direction, so we turned around and hiked past our starting point making our way towards the tunnel.

Giant boulders lined the trail.

A monarch flew past us. It wouldn’t stop long enough for me to get a better photo. I’ll take what I can get.

Suddenly, we noticed a temperature change in the air. The DWP Railroad Tunnel appeared before us.

The tunnel was dark and cold. It felt great compared to the temperature outside.

A group of young gals were rappelling down from the top of the tunnel.

We went back through the tunnel as we made our way back to our starting point.

Today’s hiking adventure was 8.2 miles.