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This popular urban park on the north shore of Medicine Lake is surrounded on three sides by suburban housing. It has everything that its many visitors want, including a picnic area, fishing dock, swimming beach, boat launch, and a large playground. It also has 5.2 miles of natural surface hiking trails through deciduous woodlands. Visitors who come here for the trails are advised to come on a weekday when it is less crowded but still well used. |
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332 acres |
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12605 Rockford Road N45 1.324, W93 26.051 |
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5 AM–10 PM |
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No fee |
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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 |
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Trails |
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Hunting and Fishing |
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Ecological Classification |
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Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Ecological Subsection | Big Woods |
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Land Type Association | Hopkins Moraine Maple Plain Moraine |
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Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||
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Lake shore, protected lake basin, deciduous woodland, marsh |
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Park entrance |
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Deciduous woodlands |
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Marsh |
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Phantom 2 Vision+ Test Flight #4 @ DroneVideoMN.com |
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Published on May 3, 2014 Phantom 2 Vision+ Test Flight #4 @ DroneVideoMN.com. Low light 720p video test. French Regional Park. 12605 Rockford Rd Plymouth, MN 55441. |
Kids in the Twin Cities Episode 4 |
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Published on Sep 1, 2014 Episode 4 - Kids in the Twin Cities - French Regional Park |
Clifton French Regional Park - Plymouth, MN |
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Published on Aug 18, 2014 Clifton French Regional Park - Plymouth, MN 8/18/2014 |
Sub-zero temps don't deter sledders at French Regional Park |
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Uploaded on Dec 23, 2008 Sub-zero temperatures didn't deter sledders at French Regional Park in Plymouth this week. |
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9/8/2014 |
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Fungi and Lichens |
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Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Fairy Fingers (Clavaria fragilis) |
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blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) common green darner (Anax junius) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) grape leaf miner moth (Phyllocnistis vitifoliella) great black digger wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) lime nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae) maple spindle-gall mite (Vasates aceriscrumena) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) Virginian tiger moth (Spilosoma virginica) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella) |
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painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) |
Bald Eagles
Northern Bald Eagles nest in a restricted area of this park.
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