Phalen Regional Park

An outstanding city park with plenty of trails, a beautiful lake, picnic areas, playgrounds and other facilities for sports. But the park is mostly known for its international flavour, specifically it's traditional Chinese pavilion and arch built to commemorate the sister city relationship between Changsha, China and St. Paul, Minnesota. Take time to note the intricate details and designs of the pavilion. Sister Sinay says: This park is a great place year round but can get pretty cold in the winter. That said, the pavilion looks pretty amazing in the snow as well

Absolutely love this park, it's always very quiet, very clean, and peaceful. It's never been too crowded anytime I've made a visit, and there's always plenty of room for picnics either on the ground or a picnic tables. Tons of trees to hammock in, plenty of holistic and calming vibes. Really cool atmosphere, trails are not too excessively long, lots to see & lots to do. Love this park especially on a sunny day! They have lots of beautiful flowers to take pictures of, pretty trees and of course the lake and a waterfall.

Lovely 3 mile loop around the lake on separate paved walking and biking paths, lots of picnic tables and grills available along the way. Not too crowded on a sunny Saturday afternoon in May - around 40 people at the beach, but there were parts of the walking path where we couldn't see anyone in front of or behind us. Some sculptures and bridges along the path that help make the walk interesting, as well as a lot of active bird calls

A few caveats that few park goers are too loud and not respectful to others; besides that, this is one of the best parks in the middle of twin cities and great nearby golf course and activity center and so much fun things to do and enjoy and bring family members along.

Very Gorgeous sighting. Calming, get away from the world in, reflective, enjoyable the of sighting. Cement trail. The beauty & sounds of Mother Earth (Gaia) Always helps my day. 💛