We are so fortunate in Eden Prairie to be living on the high bluffs of the Minnesota River Valley. Our views of the valley are just stunning, almost year around. Here are a couple views that I got when I pulled my car to the side of the road last week when I was northbound on Flying Cloud Drive, following a great lunch at the Lion’s Tap.
Looking East
Looking South/West with ValleyFair in the Distance
Another View to the South and West
Some of the land in these photos is privately owned, but most of it belongs to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The City owns some of the bluffs from which these photos were taken. The Metropolitan Airports Commission owns a good share of the bluff land as well.
One the larger owners of bluff land is Browning-Ferris Industries, more commonly know as BFI – the old landfill site. Someday man will figure out a way to redevelop that land, and when that happens, there will be a land rush there like we haven’t seen in this country for many years.
And with views like these, it will be a pricey land rush at that.
