Summer activities include mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, camping, horseback riding, and hiking.

The trails, which MORC grooms and maintains, are mainly hard-pack singletrack and have many obstacles, including roots, rock gardens, log piles, berms, bridges and jumps.

Several groups, including two chapters of Audubon Minnesota, objected to the plan, stating that a paved path would destroy the park's natural beauty and wilderness feel.

[6][7][8] As of 2018, there are paved trails only around McDonough and Schulze Lakes on the park's east side, near the visitor center trailhead.

The beetle was found during a routine visual survey and confirmed by an entomologist from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Before this, forestry staff had been trying to reduce the likelihood of infestation in the park by treating some ash trees with pesticide and removing others.

According to the Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District, the pipeline is unlikely to disrupt the wetland in the long term, and the plan will proceed pending approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.