Apple Blossom Overlook Park

Winona County

Apple Blossom Overlook Park is a Winona County park located three miles north of downtown La Crescent, MN on Apple Blossom Drive Scenic Byway. Its 55 acres includes a ridge top overlooking the Upper Mississippi River Valley 580 feet below. A 1.3 mile loop trail has a spur that leads to a spectacular overlook on a narrow promontory. The trail is wide, grassy, and well maintained. It passes through new and old growth hardwood forest, two newly established prairies, and a few small areas of remnant prairie, and by rock outcroppings, steep cliffs, and an historic stone quarry. The park also includes a small depression that is sometimes a small pond but at other times just a wetland.

55 acres

33642 County Road 1
La Crescent, MN  55947

North Overlook Parking
N43 51.422, W91 18.754

Central Loop Parking
N43 51.583, W91 18.898

Sun-Sat: 6:30AM–10PM

No fee

Sign at the park

Parking area

Picnic area at the park

The view looking east towards Wisconsin following I-90.

Looking towards La Crescent, MN from the south end of the park.

Walking through the prairie area.

Mother and daughter examining a Milkweed plant.

Families walking along the trail.