Glacial Lakes State Park

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Area and County

Pope County

 

 

 


Size

1,872 acres

 
 
Maps

Minnesota DNR Summer Map

 
Park Office

N45 32.479, W95 31.887

 
Hiking Trails

16 miles
½ mile interpretive trail

 
Hunting

No hunting


Ecological Classification

Province

Prairie Parkland Province

Ecological Classification

Section

North Central Glaciated Plains

Subsection(s)

Minnesota River Prairie

Land Type Association(s)

Gilchrist Moraine

 
Native Plant Communities1

Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest

Dry Sand - Gravel Oak Savanna (Southern)

Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern)

Mesic Prairie (Southern)


Ownership

 
Links

Minnesota DNR


Comments

Several state parks in western Minnesota preserve parts of the state’s once vast tallgrass prairie. The best of these by far is Glacial Lakes State Park. It is located in the Leaf Hills, a 10 to 19 mile wide region of glacial hills stretching from Detroit Lakes to Willmar.


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Birds

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

Minnesota River Birding Trail

 
 

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

American Goldfinch

Plants

 

 
 

American plum (Prunus americana)

arum-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)

broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia)

calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. lateriflorum)

Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

catnip (Nepeta cataria)

common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)

common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. albus)

common sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata)

giant freen foxtail (Setaria viridis var. major)

great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana)

gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia)

pale touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper)

purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)

showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

American plum

 

 

 

 

black-eyed susan

 

 

 

 

bottle gentian

 

 

 

 

common boneset

 

 

 

 

common sunflower

 

 

 

 

leadplant

 

 

 

 

narrow-leaved purple coneflower

 

 

 

 

prairie onion

 

 

 

 

purple prairie clover

 

 

 

 

spotted Joe Pye weed

 

 

 

 

stiff goldenrod

 

 

 

 

white snakeroot

 


Visits

7/25/1999

8/28/2004

   

 

Driving Directions

 

 

 

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