Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA

At Kellogg-Weaver Dunes, the Paleozoic Plateau is jumping, literally and figuratively. Iridescent jumping spiders; rare Ottoe skipper and regal frittilary butterflies; newly discovered, as yet unnamed species of microlepidoptera (tiny moths of the genus Filatima); researchers radio-tracking snakes, the daily summer show of rough-seeded fameflowers opening their small, pink blossoms for a few hours each afternoon; ragged vees of trumpeter swans migrating overhead, sweeping views across a terrace above the Mississippi with the state's greatest expanse of imperiled dry barrens prairie and savanna-and these do not even include the attribute for which this SNA is perhaps best known.

On the 11th of July, my friend Alexi and I travelled to Zumbro Bottoms in the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest, and to Kellogg-Weaver Dunes and Weaver Dunes Scientific and Natural Areas, both of which are in Wabasha County in southeastern Minnesota.

Sep 6, 2018

Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes but the Mississippi Valley is often overlooked unique topography like these sand dunes. These unique features are fun to explore and almost transport you to a different state. Filmed with permission from the Scientific and Natural Area Program. You by myuu https://soundcloud.com/myuu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/DR9s88XLBf0

Apr 2, 2020

Strap on those boots. It’s time for a hike. Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA in the Mississippi River Valley hosts sweeping views of the state's greatest expanse of dry barrens prairie and savanna. Birds swoop overhead and critters scurry across the dunes. There’s sure a lot to see.

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Published on Nov 7, 2015

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Kellogg & Weaver Dunes · Open Road Adventures

Minnesota's Great River Road Audio Tour

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