About • Location • Activities • Ecology
About |
Ownership |
Links |
Overview |
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. |
History |
|
Management |
|
Comments |
|
Location |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Size |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
332 acres |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Driving Directions |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12605 Rockford Road N45 1.324, W93 26.051 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hours |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 AM–10 PM |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fees |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No fee |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maps |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Hunting and Fishing |
||||||||||||||||||
|
Ecology |
|||||
Ecological Classification |
|||||
Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
||||
Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
||||
Ecological Subsection | Big Woods |
||||
Land Type Association | Hopkins Moraine Maple Plain Moraine |
||||
Native Plant Communities* |
|||||
Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest |
|||||
* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||
Natural Features |
|||||
Lake shore, protected lake basin, deciduous woodland, marsh |
Visitor Photos |
||
Share your photo of this destination. |
||
This button not working for you? |
|
||
|
MinnesotaSeasons.com Photos |
Park entrance |
Trails | |
Deciduous woodlands |
||
Marsh |
Slideshows |
|
Visitor Videos |
||
Share your video of this destination. |
||
This button not working for you? |
|
Other Videos |
Phantom 2 Vision+ Test Flight #4 @ DroneVideoMN.com |
About
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 |
About
Published on Sep 1, 2014 Episode 4 - Kids in the Twin Cities - French Regional Park |
Clifton French Regional Park - Plymouth, MN |
About
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 |
About
Uploaded on Dec 23, 2008 Sub-zero temperatures didn't deter sledders at French Regional Park in Plymouth this week. |
Visitor Sightings |
|
Share your sightings or comments about of this destination. |
|
This button not working for you? |
MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings |
Visits |
9/8/2014 |
Amphibians |
||
Fungi and Lichens |
||
Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) Fairy Fingers (Clavaria fragilis) |
Insects and Arachnids |
||
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) maple spindle-gall mite (Vasates aceriscrumena) multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) red nail gall mite (Eriophyes tiliae) Virginian tiger moth (Spilosoma virginica) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella) |
Mammals |
||
Reptiles |
||
painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) |
Bald Eagles
Northern Bald Eagles nest in a restricted area of this park.
Created: Last Updated: © MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved. |