Watergate Marina

On the Mississippi, the marina's boat ramp is located at river mile 844.8L, on the opposite bank of Pike Island.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2012|title=Metro Area Rivers Guide: A guide to boating on the Mississippi, St. Croix and Minnesota rivers|url=https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/safety/boatwater/metro_river_guide.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources}} The marina is located within Crosby Farm Regional Park and is accessed on land via Shepard Road, just west of Davern Avenue, in Saint Paul.

The marina lies in the middle of the {{convert|6.7|mi|km|adj=on|abbr=}}, multi-use trail system connecting Hidden Falls to its east and to Crosby Farm to its west.{{Cite web|title=Hidden Falls, Mississippi River|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/downtown/hidden_falls.html|access-date=2020-11-19|website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Editors|first=Mpls St Paul|date=2020-04-11|title=38 Perfect Parks|url=http://mspmag.com/api/content/d8327864-6f7b-11ea-8ba2-1244d5f7c7c6/|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Mpls.St.Paul Magazine|language=en-us}} The area of the two parks features {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} of riverfront shoreline and is within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|first2=|last3=|first3=|last4=|first4=|last5=|first5=|date=2020-02-28|title=Crosby Farm Regional Park – Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/crosfarm.htm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-04|website=www.nps.gov|publisher=National Park Service|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Toberman|first=Colleen O'Connor|date=2020-04-07|title=A new river learning center at Watergate Marina?|url=https://fmr.org/river-corridor-and-land-use-updates/new-river-learning-center-watergate-marina|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-04|website=Friends of the Mississippi River|language=en}} In 2013, long-term plans by the City of Saint Paul called for redevelopment of the marina with an environmental education center and multi-use access points to the river.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-10|title=Nature center at St. Paul's Watergate Marina? 'We're in,' National Park Service says.|url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/02/10/national-park-service-smiles-on-prospect-of-a-nature-center-at-st-pauls-watergate-marina-in-fact-it-wants-to-be-a-tenant/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Twin Cities|language=en-US}}

• History of Saint Paul, Minnesota
• Upper Mississippi River

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