Minnehaha Creek is Minnehaha Park, one of the Twin Cities’ largest urban parks. The park itself is huge, with a nice mix of manicured areas (including dozens of barbecue pits and pavilions) and natural spaces. The highlight is Minnehaha Falls, a 50-foot plunge that takes Minnehaha Creek down to the level of the nearby Mississippi River. Though it slows to a trickle in late summer, the falls is often torrential in spring, and most years find it completely frozen by late December.