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Coon Rapids Dam
Visitor's Center East
763-757-4700

Tuesday - Thursday
4:00 p.m. - 7:00pm

Friday
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday - Sunday
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center East offers park users equipment, facilities, and information about the Anoka County Parks and Recreation System.

• Restrooms, water fountain, vending machines
• Bait and tackle sales
• Bike, GPS unit with virtual geocaching, cross-country ski and snowshoe rentals. Click here for information on rental equipment.
• Free use of self-guided activity backpacks
• Park orientation and trail maps
• Meeting facilities
• Program information
• Bird-feeder watch area/sightings list/phenology computer

We also have joined with local partners to provide education about the Mississippi River.

• Joined at the River: People and the Mississippi, a permanent exhibit in connection with Mississippi National River and Recreation Area of the National Park Service
• Shoreline bird display
• Freddie the Flathead Catfish teaches about stewardship of the river
• Historic photos and displays
• Large map of the entire Mississippi River drainage system
• Evening programming on local wildlife and stewardship