William H. Houlton Conservation Area

Conservation Area

This is a conservation area required to be maintained like a wildlife natural area. The city was required to remove the original buildings and not make it into a developed park. The city keeps it in ...

Needs work

Unfortunately the city removed the old buildings from this site, so it lost all of its historic appeal. The trails are not well maintained. In the summer, the trail is not mowed regularly and in the w...

Beautiful Conservation Area at the Confluence of the Elk and Mississippi Rivers

This is a 3355-acre parcel of land within the Elk River city limits that sits at the confluence of the Elk and Mississippi Rivers. The property was privately owned by a prominent local family since t...