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PARKS
Caribou National Forest
Montpelier Ranger District
Minnetonka Cave - Located ten miles west of St. Charles in the beautiful St. Charles - Canyon. Features guided tours from about June 15 through Labor Day, along 'lie one - mile length. Interesting features include stalactites, stalagmites, and banded travertine. There is an entrance fee charged.
High Line Trail - Running north and south in Bear River Mountain Range from Soda Point with access from Nelson Canyon to Beaver Campground, near the Utah line. Emigration Campground is an intermediate trailhead. The trail is 55 miles in length.
Big Spruce - This Engelmann spruce is about 100 feet high and approximately 75 inches in diameter, measured at breast height. Although the exact age of the tree is not known, it is estimated to be the oldest living tree in the area. The tree is located approximately nine miles up Bloomington Canyon.
Montpelier Reservoir - The area features an earth filled dam, 82 feet high, and impounding 3,850 acre feet of water. The reservoir provides fishing for those in boats without motors and bank fishing.
Meade Peak - 9,953 feet high, highest point in Bear Lake Oneida, Caribou and Franklin Counties.
Bloomington Lake - Only alpine lake on the Caribou National Forest.
Ice Caves - These caves are small and unimproved, but offer the visitor a beautiful mountain setting and the chance to explore. The caves are located in Paris Canyon and scattered areas. Ice can be found in the caves year - round.
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