Split Rock Creek State Park

Split Rock Creek State Park, MN

Published on May 29, 2014

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May 25, 2020

Split Rock Creek State Park is the home of Prairie Hill which has never been cultivated and still features all of the native plants and flowers of Minnesota, just as it has for hundreds of years. The man made lake was created in 1938 what he WPA built the Split Rock Creek Dam. It is a great place to relax and unwind as we did in June of 2019.

MN Department of Natural Resources Split Rock Creek State Park:
- http://MNDNR.GOV/SPLITROCKCREEK
Pipestone National :
- https://www.nps.gov/pipe/

In 1937 a petition was started to save the native grasslands around Prairie Hill. It has never been cultivated and features plants and flowers native to Minnesota. The park staff monitor the hill and remove any invasive species that might find their way in to the mix. The flowers provide a bouquet of changing colors with the seasons. The Well House on top of Prairie Hill is the highest point of the park and provides an amazing view over the lake.

In 1938 the WPA completed the split rock creek damn creating a man made reservoir which became the only lake in Pipestone county. The historic stone arch bridge located just outside of the park and next to the dam was also built by the WPA and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

There’s about a 2.5 mile loop of hiking trails which are mostly flat and make for an easy hike. However, if you are looking for somewhere to ride your horse there are approximately 9 miles of horse trails which includes a river crossing.

During the summer months there is a very nice beach and two playground areas. The campground features Electric and non electric sites, there is fresh water to fill up with and a dumping station to empty your tanks. While there we stayed at site 14e, which is a wooded site and we found we had excellent cell coverage with our T-Mobile service.

If you are looking to explore outside of the park we suggest a trip over and stop at the stone arch bridge which provides another great view of the dam. Continuing South along that road you will bring you to one of the parks most interesting neighbors featuring a farm of farm windmills. Venture 7 miles North of the park and you can visit the Pipestone National Monument.

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Sep 8, 2020

We traveled West to Split Rock Creek State Park for this week's Park Adventure. There is certainly plenty to do at this park to keep you busy for a fun weekend camping experience. Pipestone, MN is a short drive from the park and there is even more to do there, (A video from Pipestone National Monument coming soon!). Some of the things you can do like rental equipment, the fish cleaning house, and what looked like the visitor center were closed due to Covid, but there were many other things open.

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Dec 12, 2020

Our Minnesota state park travels lead us to this little state park in southwest Minnesota.

Published on Aug 29, 2013

Video blog on site at Split Rock Creek State Park to air as a segment of an upcoming episode of Great Minnesota Parks.

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