LINN — State Tech recently added a new approximately 3,000-foot walking trail around eight-acre “Lake State Tech.” President Dr. Shawn Strong wants to make sure people realize the …
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LINN — State Tech recently added a new approximately 3,000-foot walking trail around eight-acre “Lake State Tech.” President Dr. Shawn Strong wants to make sure people realize the trail and lake are open to the community, not just to students.
“I think people sometimes think, because it’s on our property, it’s not open to the public,” Dr. Strong said. “I think sometimes there are few people in the community that think we take and take from the community and cause traffic congestion. What we’ve done with the lake is, we’re trying to create an asset for the community to use. It’s definitely not our intention for that to only be for students.”
Dr. Strong said five laps around the trail is equivalent to a 5K, or 3.1 miles. “It’s beautiful,” he said. “It’s an eight-foot-wide walking track that goes over
the dam, (and) goes all the way around the lake, so it’s right there by the beach. You can park right there by the beach and walk around the lake, and I have yet to walk around the lake where I haven’t either seen geese or eagles or deer or turkeys. There’s always something to see there.”
Additional amenities include a white sand beach, two sand volleyball courts, a pickleball court, a kayak rental station, dock, and a stocked fishing lake, all open to the public. Dr. Strong said there were already fish in the lake, before it was stocked with catfish, bass, and pan fish. The lake also includes a feeder for the fish, to ensure they’re well fed and happy. Although the road to the lake is gravel at this time, Dr. Strong said plans are in place for a paved road in the near future.
“We don’t really have anything else like it in Linn,” Dr. Strong said. “About the time they finished, it snowed, so nobody really knows it’s there. They’ve still got to do some finished grading, but people are walking it every day that know about it. I think once word gets out that we have it, there you go.”
Lake State Tech features concrete on the walking trail, which is approximately 1K, with five laps equaling a 3.1-mile jaunt. The lake has also been stocked with fish.
