Minnesota Seasons - Bunker Hills Regional Park

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About

Ownership

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Anoka County Parks Department

Overview

History

Management

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Location

Size

1,600 acres

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				Anoka County
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Parking

550 Bunker Lake Boulevard NW
Andover, MN 55304

Bunker Hills Activity Center
best access to hiking (unpaved) trails

N45 13.014, W93 16.615

Bunker Beach
best access to bike (paved) trails

N45 12.606, W93 17.127

Hours

Park Hours 5:00 am - 10:00 pm

Activities Center Hours Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Fees

Vehicle Entry Permit - $7/day or $30/year

Maps

Summer Park Map • Winter Park Map • Ski Trails Map

Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates

Activities

Hiking

Trail running

Biking

Mountain biking

Horseback riding

Picnicking

Camping

Swimming

Boating

Canoeing

Birding

Nature photography

Horseshoes

Volleyball

Geocaching

Cross country skiing

Skate-skiing

Winter hiking

Snowshoeing

Snowmobiling

Trails


Boardwalk	mileage not given for trails
Hiking
Winter hiking
Paved bike
Mountain bike
Horse
Dog
Cross country skiing
Snowmobile
Snowshoe

Hunting and Fishing

Anglers must have a valid Minnesota fishing license.


Ecology

Ecological Classification
Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
Ecological Subsection			Anoka Sand Plain
Land Type Association			Anoka Lake Plain

Native Plant Communities*
Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Northern Rich Fen (Basin) Sedge Meadow Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland
* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

Natural Features


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Bunker Hills
Restoration Evaluation

Bunker Hills Regional Park
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About

Bunker Hills Regional Park is a county park north of Minneapolis. It is on the Anoka Sandplain and has a nice example of a sand dune type oak savanna habitat.

As the glaciers retreated north at the end of the ice age, a large area of sand formed north of what is now the Mississippi river. This habitat is normally very flat and level, but in some cases wind redistributed the sand into sand dunes.

The dunes are now mostly stabilized by prairie and forests.

It is depressingly small considering the area this habitat could occupy. This entire set was taken along a railroad right of way a golf course (natural sand traps), and a subdivision built during the housing boom in the early 2000s.

Bunker Hills Slideshow - Dark Cloud Disc Golf
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Published on Jun 17, 2012

DK hits up Bunker Hills disc golf course for the first time. Here's a look at hole by hole of this semi-pay to play course in Blaine, MN.

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Bunker Hills Regional Park on "Twin Cities Live"
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Uploaded on Jun 30, 2011

See the wide variety of things to do with your whole family in one spot! KSTP-TV's "Twin Cities Live highlights Anoka County's Bunker Hills Regional Park!

Andover Grass Fire Bunker Hills Park
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Amphibians
American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)


Birds
eBird Field Checklist

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)


Fungi and Lichens
Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichens List

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Brittlegills (Russula spp.)


Insects and Arachnids
Minnesota Bee Atlas

common wood nymph (Cercyonis pegala) eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americanum) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina) monarch (Danaus plexippus) mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants


Nine plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened	Fuller’s bristly dewberry (Rubus fulleri) lowland rotala (Rotala ramosior) seaside three-awn (Aristida tuberculosa) woolly beachheather (Hudsonia tomentosa)
Special Concern	autumn fimbristylis (Fimbristylis autumnalis) blue toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) Kinnickinnick dewberry (Rubus multifer) purple sand grass (Triplasis purpurea) rhombic evening primrose (Oenothera rhombipetala)