Hartley Nature Center Review

Absolutely beautiful! Great trails, good parking- there s always a ton- and the center itself is nice as well. Such a wonderful place & well maintained.

Hartley is great for cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and education. Great trails. A pond. Canoes and many other activities.

I always feel like I can find a place to be alone and watch nature. It's perfect.

This is a great place for a hike. The trails are well kept, and easy to follow (abundant signs and marked). There are many spots with great views too.

We had a great day hiking and geocaching at Hartley park. Lots of trails to explore and a top notch visitor center!

Awesome natural play ground and center. Great hiking trails and great history. The trails are marked and map guides for every fork in the road. Enjoy!

Its an awesome place to wander the trails and enjoy the nature in abundance.

Great place to hike. Very modern clean nature center. They have very good maintenance for how much with they've put into the place.

Walk there regularly. Secluded forest with 1/4 mile from busy road

Amazing outdoor experience. It's a park. It's a nature center!

Excellent trails and nature in the middle of the city. Two turns and you feel like you are out in the middle of the woods.

Trails are kept up very well. Has some pretty good trails for biking on.

This park has a lot of awesome trails and cool views! Definitely an overlooked park in Duluth that s never that busy!

Date of Visit: 10/31/2020 - Beautiful hiking trails! Definitely a lovely place to bring the family.

A great nature center with all sorts of programming. I love the MTN bike trails that are in this park.

Nature right in the city. Multiple interconnecting trails for hiking, biking, skiing, running, etc. Short and long loops, through marshes and forests, past ponds, beautiful vistas, and connecting different neighborhoods. Parking area and outhouse.

Super awesome hiking trails. Highly recommend going to the rock Knob. You get a great view of all of the neature. Only complaint I have is the maps along the trail are kind of confusing to read, but Google Maps does a GREAT job of making out the major trails. I'd suggest using that (we all had great phone reception, which was a big plus as well)

The best place to clear your mind and feel like you're Miles out of town. Great place for everyone to enjoy! "Thanks for the great maintenance of Hartley Nature Center and Trails"

Great area to explore, experiment, and get some healthy exercise for the entire family. The only recommendation I would make is to add some additional signage so you know which direction you should head in when coming out of some of the many trails.

Hartley Nature Center and the surrounding trails, lake and stream are a gem in the city of Duluth. They have great programs for students of all ages and for those wanting exercise or simple nature experiences.

Love this walk with the grandkids. Get to sit on the dock at the end of the trail... fixed up nicely.

Great mountain biking trails for mountain biking or trail running.

I just got a mountain bike and this is a great place to enjoy a quite ride in the woods.

Awesome place. Great MountIn biking trail. Got places where you can rest after a hard day of riding, very scenic so if you aren't into mountain biking or the outdoors but want a cool picture for your gram there are many places here

Nice facility groomed trails, plenty to see , animals, bird's ,pond, education center.

Great Place to go for a walk, sit on a bench and just enjoy nature.

Can't tell you how many great runs and memories I've had in this place throughout college and then some. This is one of my favorite places to go in all of Duluth and it is so beautiful in the fall time.

We picked this place randomly on Google Maps while vacationing in Duluth, and I am so glad we did! Definitely will go back.

Has a gorgeous view of the lake from rock knob and super fun biking trails

One of my favorite parks in Duluth, great hiking, running and sightseeing. Best park in the lower 48.

Great hikes with the kids. Well managed education center, great staff, and it's all five minutes from the house.

Great place to go year round. fun family spots and always welcoming.

This was literally my back yard growing up. Love it!

There are some beautiful trails for everyone. Biking, hiking, walking and ski and snowshoe trails in the winter. A great interpret center. Great for kids of all ages. If you love being outdoors this place has it all within city limits. Beautiful pond and wetland area. Great lookouts too!

Nice spot to get out for a hike, rent equipment, or take a class.

A great nature center and outdoor areas with walking and skiing trails. Family friendly park.

Any time of year, this is my favorite place to run, bike, ski and hike. So beautiful!

Hartley is a natural sanctuary in the middle of the city of Duluth.

Great place for a walk with family or your dog. They have events too!

Lovely area and awesome trails. Very family friendly, lots to see!!

Great City Park with lots of amenities. They have great winter bike and running trails as well as classic ski trails. In the summer lots of running/hiking/biking trails. They have a pond that has reasonable kid type fishing. They also run day camps, have a preschool and do evening and weekend activities for adults.

Best park in Duluth. Not that its too high of a bar

Love coming here with my kids and exploring the area. Really enjoy that some of the schools have filled trips here. Wonderful place to learn about nature as well!

Great hiking trails, never found any overly challenging trails but very scenic..

I love that there are places in the middle of Duluth, like Hartley, where I can get outside and be in the middle of the woods while also still being in the city. Hartley is gorgeous all season round with things to do like hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, and running. The Nature Center has events, camps and provides a place to go inside if need be. I enjoy coming here often and getting away by myself or connecting with friends.

Awesome trails tucked away in Duluth. I spend a lot of time here. Definitely worth checking out.

Secluded and quite nature walk. Trails are easy to a minimum of difficulty. Not wheelchair friendly. Offers very nice views.

They put on a nice summer camp. It's a little spendy but the kids love it and learn a lot.

The nature center has lots of great animals (mostly dead but some living) for kids to see. The preschool is phenomenal and the kids spend all day everyday outdoors! There are lots of hiking and mountain biking trails for adults and little boardwalks to hidden ponds and fallen trees for kids to climb. Hartley is a way to get away from it all but still be in the city!

Great hiking. Lots of easy and challenging trails for kids. Also great for pics!

Wonderful! The nature center was beautiful, and the staff were friendly and helpful.

A great place for hiking , mountain biking and out door education.

Great mountain biking and hiking trails. The nature center is nice and is a good place to take kids.

Hartley is Duluth's Central Park. The park is on the northern end of Woodland Ave...After a drive down a winding, narrow, road you pull into a horseshoe parking lot that leads to the nature-ctr bldg. There are picnic tables outside to enjoy a break after a hike. Several trails for hiking or biking. Going up Hartley Rd will lead you past a boardwalk trail to a dilapidated root cellar..unsafe to enter. Great time by the family. At a large pond there is a place to rent canoes...well worth the hike at the park.

There is a platform in a wide space, and it is one of the BEST places in Duluth to go star gazing.

One of my favorite parts. There's so much to see. Can go several times and not experience all the trails.

I love Hartley! They have a wonderful preschool that is nature based and mostly outdoors year round, a yurt with yoga and art classes, lots of different trails from mountain biking to hiking to xc ski in the winter. Want to get lost in the woods but never leave the city - come to Hartley!

Kind of pretty, but too many buildings all over the place.