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Minnesota RiverWar Memorial Park to Kinney Access
Short Map 3 Minnesota River gap below Granite Falls, connecting War Memorial Park to Kinney Access with official DNR recommended-corridor support, Minnesota Falls hazard caveats, and upstream Montevideo gauge scoring.
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Access and shuttle
Launch at War Memorial Park and take out at Kinney to cover the short Map 3 gap above the existing Kinney-to-Skalbekken card. Use the Montevideo DNR gauge conservatively and scout Minnesota Falls context.
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Put-in
Minnesota River, War Memorial City Park Public Water Access SiteWar Memorial and Kinney are both DNR/public-access-backed endpoints already used by adjacent current route cards.
Take-out
Minnesota River, Kinney Public Water Access SiteThe Montevideo gauge is upstream of Granite Falls and the dam/rapid corridor, so visual checks below War Memorial matter.
Road shuttle
Stage Kinney first, then drive back to War Memorial Park. Do not enter this reach as an unplanned continuation from the upstream Granite Falls dam route.
Additional access notes
- Do not continue past Kinney unless using the separate Kinney-to-Skalbekken plan.
More route and safety guidance
- DNR Map 3 places Minnesota Falls and small-rapid/ledge context below Granite Falls. Scout and be willing to cancel at low, high, or rising water.
- Use War Memorial and Kinney as the named public endpoints. Do not assume private banks or islands are legal stops.
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- Recommended corridorWar Memorial Park to Morton, 49.0 miles
MN DNR recommended-one-way materials list the larger War Memorial Park-to-Morton Map 3 section; this card isolates the public-access gap to Kinney above the already-live Kinney-to-Skalbekken route.
- Map 3 supportWar Memorial RM 238.9 to Kinney RM 233.7
MN DNR Map 3 places War Memorial Park, Minnesota Falls context, Kinney Access, Fredrickson, and Skalbekken in downstream order.
- Public access recordsWar Memorial WAS00692 and Kinney WAS00694
The current app's adjacent DNR-backed trip details resolve War Memorial Park and Kinney Access with Minnesota public-water-access GIS coordinates and river-mile records.
- Official DNR bands3 / 5-9 / 14 ft
MN DNR interprets the Montevideo gauge as Scrapable below 3 ft, Low from 3 to 5, Medium from 5 to 9, High from 9 to 14, and Very High above 14.
- Gauge check during route review · 2026-07-234.55 ft at 2026-07-23 19:00 CDT
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