Wood-Rill SNA


	About

	Ownership


	Links
	Minnesota DNR

	Overview


	History
	This site was designated as a Wood-Rill scientific and Natural Area on 11/4/1996.

	Management


	Comments


	Location

	Maps
	Detail map (MN DNR)

	Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates


	Size
	150 acres

	Parking
	921 Old Long Lake Rd Wayzata, MN 55391 N44 59.056, W93 32.678


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					Hennepin County
					Metro Area


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	There are trails throughout the site. Maps are posted at a few of the intersections.

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			Big Woods
	Land Type Association			Maple Plain Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) Sedge Meadow Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) Tamarack Swamp (Southern)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features


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	Kirk Nelson

	Boardwalk and trails during winter






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	Parking




	Wood Routed Sign


	Interpretive Sign


	Posted Map


	Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral)


	Boardwalk


	Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods)




	Trails in Summer


	Trails in Winter




	Shallow Lakes

Camera


	Slideshows


	Wood-Rill Michael David Myers


	Wood-Rill Michael David Myers

slideshow


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	Other Videos


	Wood-Rill Scientific and Natural Area Virtual Hike Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

	About Aug 25, 2020 Wood-Rill SNA is an outstanding example of a “big woods” forest! It’s pretty special to have this increasingly rare forest types so close to the developing metro-area. Bruce and Ruth Dayton, who donated the site, named it after a Wordsworth poem: “His daily teachers had been woods and rills/ The silence that is in the starry sky/The sleep that is among the lonely hills.” mndnr.gov/snas/sna01087



	Wood-Rill Scientific and Natural Area, Wayzata, MN. 4K Relaxing Hiking Video with Ambient Music. Tent Walls to Waterfalls

	About Jul 29, 2021 This is a video of us hiking in the Wood-Rill Scientific and Natural Area.



	Wood-Rill mngermanshepherd

	About Sep 2, 2020 Wood-Rill DNR State Forestb(Minnesota) at the Orono/Long Lake border. Sorry for the bouncy video - a leashed dog plus one-handed PIV recording is difficult. Enjoy!



	Semi Peaceful Hike Through the Woods \| Wood-Rill Loop Taylor Explores

	About Dec 22, 2020 I decided to go for a nice Sunday hike through the woods to try to improve my mental health after a tumultuous year.