Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA

697 acres

Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA consists of two disconnected units on a terrace above the Mississippi River. The 592-acre section to the south (Weaver Dunes Unit) is owned by the Nature Conservancy. The McCarthy Lake WMA is adjacent to both sections, east of Wabasha County Road 84. Weaver Bottoms is four miles south on US Highway 61.

Kellogg Weaver Unit

Weaver Dunes Unit

See units for parking information

No maintained trails

Deer only. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.

Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA

Minnesota DNR

The Nature Conservancy

Wildlife Viewing Area
Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA, along with adjacent McCarthy Lake WMA, is one of 119 Wildlife Viewing Areas in Minnesota listed by Watchable Wildlife, Inc.

McCarthy Lake WMA / Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA / Preserve

What’s in a Name?
The correct name for any Scientific and Natural Area (SNA) is whatever the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) calls it in the information sources available to the public. In 2005, and as recently as 2013, that name for this site was “Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA,” with a hyphen between “Kellogg” and “Weaver”. The hyphenated name appeared on the DNR Web site, on the wood-routed and interpretive signs on the site, and in the GIS files distributed by the DNR. The DNR Commissioner’s Orders related to the site (no. 64 and others), and possibly also the order creating it in 1982 (no. 23), used the name “Kellogg Weaver,” without the hyphen. The DNR has recently changed the Web site and GIS files, removing the hyphen. MinnesotaSeasons.com learned of this change and did the same in 2018.

Kellogg Weaver Unit

Weaver Dunes Unit

This site is part of the huge (46,000-acre) Whitewater Valleys Important Bird Area (IBA).

Whitewater Valleys IBA

Three bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:

Two insect and one arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:

One mammal species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA:

In mid-summer, rough-seeded fameflower blooms daily after 4:30 p.m. for only three hours.

Fourteen plant species with conservation status in Minnesota and one species on the watch list are found on at least one of the units of this SNA:

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List

This area hosts one of the largest populations of the Blanding’s turtle. In June, females migrate to here to lay their eggs, and in August the hatchlings return to the wetlands.

Two reptile species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen on at least one of the units of this SNA: