Washington County

237 acres

Map with GPS coordinates

North Parking Lot
N44 48.051, W92 57.869

South Parking Lot
N44 47.403, W92 57.304

Well-worn footpaths are evidence of heavy use of the site.

No hunting

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

St. Paul-Baldwin Plains

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota DNR

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Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) and Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) nest here. Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus), Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) and Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) have also been seen here.

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

Four plant species with protected status in Minnesota and one tracked species are found here:

Special concern – seaside three-awn (Aristida tuberculosa), purple sand grass (Triplasis purpurea), Hill’s thistle (Cirsium pumilum var. hillii), Louisiana broomrape (Orobanche ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana)

Tracked – long-bearded hawkweed (Hieracium longipilum)

University of Minnesota Herbarium Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Barrens Prairie (Southern) UPs13a

One reptile species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Special concern – blue racer (Coluber constrictor)