Lake Rebecca Park

130 acres (80 acres water)

415 Lock & Dam Road
Hastings, MN 55033

N44 44.800, W92 51.660

The Mississippi River Greenway, a paved multiuse trail, passes through the park. When completed in 2021 or 2022, the trail will extend 27 miles along the Mississippi River in Dakota County.

Hastings Parks & Recreation

Lake Rebecca Park is a community park in the City of Hastings. It is part of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area corridor. It lies between Lock & Dam Road and Lake Rebecca. Jaycee Park and River Flats Park lie between the road and the Mississippi River. A strip of restored prairie within Lake Rebecca Park is Flint Hills Resources Riverfront Nature Preserve. Lake Rebecca is stocked with channel catfish by the Minnesota DNR.

The area between the boat launch and Lock and Dam No. 2 was formerly a tank farm for Koch Industries, now Flint Hills Resources. The tanks were removed in the 1990’s. Koch Industries cleaned the site where the tanks had stood, restored native vegetation, and gifted the site to the City of Hastings as a Nature Preserve. Guided by National Park Service requirements, restoration of native vegetation continues. In 2005, tables in the picnic area at the north end of Lake Rebecca were removed and replaced by tall grasses and other native vegetation.

Park Entrance

Main Parking Lot

Boat Launch Parking Lot

Fishing Pier

Park Lawn

Lake Rebecca

Jaycee Park

Flint Hills Resources Riverfront Nature Preserve

Mississippi River Greenway

Lock and Dam No. 2

A resident Mallard population attracts a diverse assortment of migrating waterfowl to the small lake.

eBird Field Checklist (Complete)

eBird Field Checklist (Prairie Area)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List