King’s and Queen’s Bluff SNA

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	About

	Ownership


	Links
	Minnesota DNR

	Overview


	History


	Management


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	Location

	Maps
	Great River Bluffs State Park Summer Map

	Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates
	Complete		King’s Bluff


	Size
	178 acres

	Parking
	Great River Bluffs State Park King’s Bluff Parking N43 56.668, W91 24.177

	Hours
	Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.

	Fees
	Daily park permit: $7 Annual park permit: $35


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					Winona County
					Southeast Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	A trail leads from a parking area to King’s Bluff.

	Hunting
	Youth deer hunt only, in conjunction with Great River Bluffs State Park. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Paleozoic Plateau
	Ecological Subsection			The Blufflands
	Land Type Association			Brownsville Slopes Caledonia Ridgetops

	Native Plant Communities*
	Black Ash - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Blue Beech) Seepage Swamp Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Dry Limestone - Dolomite Cliff (Southern) Mesic Sandstone Cliff (Southern) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features

Permit Required

Queen’s Bluff is s wildlife sanctuary and is closed to the public. Entry requires a written permit.


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	Greg Watson

	On the King’s Bluff Overlook Trail in the SNA.


	King’s Bluff Overlook in the SNA, view towards the Mississippi River.


	Looking at Queen’s Bluff from the King’s Bluff Overlook in the SNA.


	Looking west from the King’s Bluff Overlook in the SNA.


	King’s Bluff Overlook in the SNA.




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	King’s Bluff




	Queen’s Bluff


	Trails




	Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern)




	Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland

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Plants

tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta)

wood lily (Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum)

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Visits
3/31/2000	6/15/2001	6/3/2013

Birds

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Fungi and Lichens

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichens List

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata)

Oak Anthracnose (Apiognomonia errabunda)

Insects and Arachnids


Three insect and arachnid species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered	Ottoe skipper (Hesperia ottoe)
Special Concern	abbreviated underwing (Catocala abbreviatella) leadplant flower moth (Schinia lucens)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

black cherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes cerasicrumena)

blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis)

mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

plum finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae)

Mammals

eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Plants


Seventeen plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Endangered	roundstem false foxglove (Agalinis gattingeri) water miner’s lettuce (Montia chamissoi)
Threatened	American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) edible valerian (Valeriana edulis var. ciliata) one-flowered broomrape (Orobanche uniflora) silverleaf grape (Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor) smooth-sheathed sedge (Carex laevivaginata) Sullivant’s coolwort (Sullivantia sullivantii)
Special Concern	American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis) Goldie’s woodfern (Dryopteris goldiana) large-fruited black snakeroot (Sanicula trifoliata) prairie moonwort (Botrychium campestre) silver false spleenwort (Deparia acrostichoides) small white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium candidum) squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis) yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)