Monson Lake State Park
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351 acres statutory, 185 owned |
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1690 15th Street Northeast N45 19.163, W95 16.488 |
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Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. |
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Daily park permit: $7 Annual park permit: $35 |
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Hiking Biking Mountain biking Horseback riding Picnicking Camping Backpacking Rock climbing and bouldering Swimming Boating Canoeing Birding Nature photography Geocaching Cross country skiing Skate-skiing Winter hiking Snowshoeing Snowmobiling |
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No hunting. The park may hold one or more managed hunts in the fall. In most cases, Minnesota residents do not need a permit to fish in Minnesota State Parks. |
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Prairie Parkland Province |
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North Central Glaciated Plains |
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Minnesota River Prairie |
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| Land Type Association | Gilchrist Moraine |
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Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest |
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Minnesota State Parks | Monson Lake State Park Tour. Day 40 of 365 |
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Sep 8, 2019 Probably one of my favorite things ever is to check out state parks I've never been too. Monson Lake State Park is a small little state park not too far from my home. If you are actively involved in Hiking Club MN, be aware there is a password spoiler in this video! Thanks for coming on this daily outdoor journey with me! |
HIKING TOGETHER. Monson Lake State Park. Sunburg, Minnesota. Nice hike! |
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Jun 30, 2021 Today my wife and I had a nice little hike at Monson State Park near Sunburg, Minnesota which is in west central Minnesota. It was a little over a mile loop hike and we had a great time. Come along and join us! Thanks so much for watching! Also if you want please checkout the many other videos I have as well as numerous playlists. Please subscribe and click the bell so you don't miss anything, like, comment, and share. Have a wonderful day yall!🙂 Music in this video: |
Camping at Munson Lake State Park, MN |
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Jul 7, 2019 Hotcakes and his friend Lucas go camping and paddling on Munson Lake Mn. Join us as we detox from the world and get back to nature. Also this video includes and update on the future of this channel. |
West Lake Massacre Site - Monson Lake State Park, MN |
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Jan 5, 2022 Video from the site of the West Lake Massacre, also known as the West Lake Tragedy, during the US-Dakota War of 1862 where 13 settlers were killed on August 20, 1862. My wife's ancestor was one of two survivors of her family. |
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dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) milkweed tussock moth (Euchaetes egle) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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alfalfa (Medicago sativa ssp. sativa) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American hazelnut (Corylus americana) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American spikenard (Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) black medick (Medicago lupulina) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) Blue Ridge carrionflower (Smilax lasioneura) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Canadian white violet (Viola canadensis var. rugulosa) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) cut-leaved coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green foxtail (Setaria viridis var. viridis) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) Pennsylvania smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper) purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) virgin’s bower (Clematis virginiana) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa (American spikenard) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Clematis virginiana (virgin’s bower) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazelnut) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Elymus canadensis (Canada wildrye) Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Heracleum maximum (American cow parsnip) Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum (foxtail barley) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Medicago sativa ssp. sativa (alfalfa) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Persicaria pensylvanica (Pennsylvania smartweed) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil) Prunella vulgaris (common self-heal) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Setaria viridis var. viridis (green foxtail) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Smilax lasioneura (Blue Ridge carrionflower) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Sonchus asper (prickly sow thistle) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum (common panicled aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Viola canadensis var. rugulosa (Canadian white violet) |
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