Quarry Park SNA
About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Overview |
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Quarry Park SNA is part of Quarry Park & Nature Preserve, a Stearns County park. |
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History |
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In August 2001, 263 acres of this site was designated Quarry Park Scientific and Natural Area. An additional 60 acres was added to the SNA on May 21, 2004. |
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Location |
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Printed trail maps of the park, including the SNA, are available at the gate house and near the parking lot. |
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Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates |
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Size |
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323 acres |
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Parking |
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Quarry Park & Nature Preserve N45 32.148, W94 14.501 |
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8 am - 1/2 hour after sunset |
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Hiking Trails |
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A wide mowed trail forms two loops mostly around the perimeter. |
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Hunting |
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No hunting |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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| Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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| Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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| Ecological Subsection | Anoka Sand Plain |
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| Land Type Association | Anoka Lake Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Transition) Oak - (Red Maple) Woodland Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland Sedge Meadow Wet Prairie (Southern) |
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| * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
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DEET
The trail is sheltered from the wind by dense vegetation. Mosquito protection is highly recommended.
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| Quarry Park Scientific and Natural Area Virtual Hike Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
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Dec 7, 2020 Walk the trails through the Stearns County Park, which has been developed with swimming, picnicking areas and other amenities, to get to this Scientific and Natural Area. The SNA offers a less altered setting, preserving what has been described as central Minnesota's best example of a granite bedrock outcrop community. mndnr.gov/snas/sna02020 |
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| "The Devil Quarry" ® at Quarry Park & Nature Preserve Waite Park, Minnesota Jim McAlister |
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Published on Jul 14, 2013 www.tellavision.net Here is the Devil at the crossroads of Quarry Park and Nature Preserve and me having a conversation. July 13th, 2:00 pm 2013 Jim McAlister |
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_04.jpg "prairie fleabane (var. strigosus)")
_05.jpg "scarlet Indian paintbrush (f. coccinea)")
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