Elm Creek Park Reserve
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12400 James Deane Parkway Main parking Elm Creek Park Reserve Chalet parking Eastman Nature Center parking Mountain bike trailhead parking Paved bike trailhead parking Horse trailhead parking Dog off leash parking |
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Archery | Camp Cabins | Dog Off-leash | Eastman Nature Center Summer | Eastman Nature Center Winter | Recreation Area | Singletrack Trails | Ski Trails |
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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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Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Anoka Sand Plain Big Woods |
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| Land Type Association | Maple Plain Moraine Mississippi Sand Plain |
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Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Sedge Meadow Seepage Meadow/Carr Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) Tamarack Swamp (Southern) Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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Eastman Nature Center |
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Historic Pierre Bottineau house |
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Eastman Nature Center |
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Rush Creek |
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Elm Creek Park Reserve |
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I have spent a lot of time here the last three years. It is not far from where I live and on my way home from work so I can exercise there. |
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Elm Creek Park Reserve Loop Trail |
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Mar 6, 2021 To see where this is on an interactive map, along with additional photos and comments, visit this videos web page at: http://MidwestTrails.com/MN-Trails/El... Explore trails found throughout the Upper Midwest at: http://MidwestTrails.com Description: The entire trail makes a nearly 15 mile long loop within the Elm Creek Park Reserve. Ride begins near the junction with the Medicine Lake Regional Trail and ends at the same spot. Note: This video is meant to be viewed within the MidwestTrails.com website. The website contains photos and descriptive content about the trail. It also uses an interactive map to allow you to easily find many other trails found in the Upper Midwest. |
Hitting The Trails: Elm Creek Park Reserve |
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Sep 4, 2020 Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove is our stop on this week's, "Hitting The Trails" segment. "It's the largest park in the Three Rivers Park system. There's a lot of space for people to get out and explore," said Elm Creek Park supervisor Bruce Bolduan. https://www.kare11.com/article/sports/hitting-the-trails-elm-creek-park-reserve/89-34aa6b19-7379-43c9-b2dd-6f17c55b64d1 |
Twin Cities Live at Elm Creek Park Reserve & Central Park, Maple Grove |
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Dec 14, 2017 Tubing at Elm Creek Park Reserve and ice skating at Central Park’s loop are family-friendly experiences you can enjoy all winter! Join Emily from Twin Cities Live in this video as she checks out Elm Creek Park Reserve and does a couple of laps at Central Park. |
Bike Ride through Elm Creek Park - Deer, Loon, Swan |
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Published on May 30, 2013 Took a lap around the 5k loop at Elm Creek. 2x speed, saw a swan thing, loon, and deer. |
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American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) |
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Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea) Fried Chicken Mushroom (Lyophyllum decastes) |
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Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) clouded sulphur (Colias philodice) common harvestman (Phalangium opilio) eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) |
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American beaver (Castor canadensis) American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn64b Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest MHs49a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c Seepage Meadow/Carr: Tussock Sedge Subtype WMs83a1 Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest MHs39 Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs39a Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) MHs39c |
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absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hazelnut (Corylus americana) American highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. americanum) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American plum (Prunus americana) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American stickseed (Hackelia deflexa var. americana) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus) bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black maple (Acer saccharum ssp. nigrum) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bulbet-bearing water hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Canadian tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) common sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. albus) common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) crown vetch (Securigera varia) Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) curlytop knotweed (Persicaria lapathifolia) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta) early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) green foxtail (Setaria viridis) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy-stem gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) northern arrowwood (Viburnum recognitum) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern plains blazing star (Liatris ligulistylis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida) perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine) silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) smooth hedge nettle (Stachys tenuifolia) smooth rose (Rosa blanda var. blanda) solidstem burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga ssp. saxifraga) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) velvet-leaf (Abutilon theophrasti) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white prairie clover (Dalea candida) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) yellow foxtail (Setaria pumila ssp. pumila)
Abutilon theophrasti (velvet-leaf) Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. nigrum (black maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Actaea pachypoda (white baneberry) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Agastache foeniculum (blue giant hyssop) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed) Amphicarpaea bracteata (American hog peanut) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia absinthium (absinthe wormwood) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Campanula rapunculoides (creeping bellflower) Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental bittersweet) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare (mouse-ear chickweed) Chenopodium album (common lambsquarters) Cicuta bulbifera (bulbet-bearing water hemlock) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed) Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood) Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazelnut) Dalea candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Daucus carota ssp. carota (Queen Anne’s lace) Desmodium canadense (Canadian tick-trefoil) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass) Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset) Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Gentiana puberulenta (downy gentian) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hackelia deflexa var. americana (American stickseed) Helianthus annuus (common sunflower) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (rough oxeye) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Impatiens pallida (pale touch-me-not) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy) Liatris aspera (rough blazing star) Liatris ligulistylis (northern plains blazing star) Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Mollugo verticillata (green carpetweed) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Persicaria lapathifolia (curlytop knotweed) Persicaria maculosa (spotted lady’s thumb) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Pimpinella saxifraga ssp. saxifraga (solidstem burnet saxifrage) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil) Prunella vulgaris (common selfheal) Prunus americana (American plum) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes hirtellum (hairy-stem gooseberry) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rosa blanda var. blanda (smooth rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Rumex acetosella (common sheep sorrel) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Scutellaria lateriflora (blue skullcap) Securigera varia (crown vetch) Setaria faberi (giant foxtail) Setaria pumila ssp. pumila (yellow foxtail) Setaria viridis (green foxtail) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (cup plant) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Sonchus arvensis (perennial sow thistle) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Stachys tenuifolia (smooth hedge nettle) Staphylea trifolia (American bladdernut) Symphoricarpos albus var. albus (common snowberry) Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth blue aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata (prairie ironweed) Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root) Viburnum opulus var. americanum (American highbush 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