Minnesota Seasons - Terrace Oaks West







			Dakota County




Size	230 acres

Maps	Summer Map Winter Map

Park Entrance	East Entrance (Terrace Oaks East) N44 46.507, W93 14.374 West Entrance N44 46.242, W93 14.868

Hiking Trails	3.2 miles

Hunting	No hunting

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	St. Paul-Baldwin Plains
	Land Type Association(s)	Wescott Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Not mapped (7/21/2016)

Ownership

Links	City of Burnsville

Comments	Overview At 230 acres, Terrace Oaks West is the largest park in the City of Burnsville park system. The entire park is oak woodland. There are 3.8 miles of summer hiking trails, 2.5 miles of mountain bike trails, about 6.8 miles of winter ski trails, and about 1.7 miles of winter hiking trails. With the help of Great River Greening, 19 acres at the northwest corner of the park are undergoing restoration to oak savanna. The project began in 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2017. Invasive woody species, including buckthorn and boxelder, have been cut, reduced to wood chips, and carted away. The area will undergo a controlled burn to stimulate the growth of understory vegetation. Following that, it will be seeded with 6 to 8 species of prairie grasses and 20 to 30 species of wildflowers.

Visits	2/17/2017


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East Park Entrance (Terrace Oaks East)


East Parking


Oakleaf Groomed Ski Trail


Blaze Groomed Ski Trail




Ungroomed Trail


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	Terrace Oaks Savanna Restoration cityofburnsvillemn


	Terrace Oaks Park Walk Burnsville MN John Dedzej

	About Uploaded on Oct 26, 2008 A walk through a portion of Terrace Oaks Park in Burnsville MN on Oct 26 2008.

	Thanksgiving Day Walk at Terrace Oaks John Dedzej

	About Uploaded on Nov 26, 2010 Thanksgiving Day Walk at Terrace Oaks in Burnsville. At the time of the walk it was 15 degrees, rather chilly for a Thanksgiving Day, even in Minnesota

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	GoPro: Terrace Oaks Mountain Biking Brandan Eisma

	About Published on Jul 15, 2013 Shot 100% on the new HERO3® camera from http://GoPro.com Sweet little single track, with some cross country ski trail. Nothing too fancy but you can get a work out if you try. There are some short expert options as seen in the video.

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Birds	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Fungi and Lichens	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Mammals	eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Plants	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas (Bell Museum of Natural History) Plant List