Minnesota Destinations

Scientific and Natural Areas (SNAs)




	Scientific and Natural Areas (SNAs) are sites that have been selected to preserve and perpetuate rare species or other features in Minnesota. They are managed and in most cases owned by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. There are currently (3/4/2020) 168 SNAs in the state. All but a handful are open to the public. The newest two are Dinner Creek SNA and Mississippi Oxbow SNA. They were both designated on July 30, 2018.

	Agassiz Dunes SNA Antelope Valley SNA Avon Hills Forest SNA, North Unit Avon Hills Forest SNA, South Unit Badoura Jack Pine Woodland SNA Bald Eagle Bluff SNA Big Island SNA Black Lake Bog SNA Blaine Airport Rich Fen SNA Blaine Preserve SNA Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Blue Devil Valley SNA Bluestem Prairie SNA Boltuck-Rice Forever Wild SNA Bonanza Prairie SNA Boot Lake SNA Botany Bog SNA Brownsville Bluff SNA Bruce Hitman Heron Rookery SNA Burntside Islands SNA Butternut Valley Prairie SNA Butterwort Cliffs SNA Caldwell Brook Cedar Swamp SNA Cannon River Trout Lily SNA Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA Cedar Mountain SNA Cedar Rock SNA Chamberlain Woods SNA Cherry Grove Blind Valley SNA Chimney Rock SNA Chisholm Point Island SNA Clear Lake SNA Clinton Falls Dwarf Trout Lily SNA Clinton Prairie SNA Cold Spring Heron Colony SNA Compass Prairie SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crystal Spring SNA Des Moines River SNA Dinner Creek SNA Eagle’s Nest Island No. 4 SNA East Rat Root River Peatland SNA Egret Island SNA Englund Ecotone SNA Falls Creek SNA Felton Prairie SNA, Assiniboia Skipper Unit Felton Prairie SNA, Bicentennial Unit Felton Prairie SNA, Shrike Unit Franconia Bluffs SNA Frenchman’s Bluff SNA Glynn Prairie SNA Gneiss Outcrops SNA Greenwater Lake SNA Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Gully Fen SNA Gustafson’s Camp SNA Harry W. Cater Homestead Prairie SNA Hastings Sand Coulee SNA Hastings SNA Helen Allison Savanna SNA Hemlock Ravine SNA Hole in the Bog Peatland SNA Holthe Prairie SNA Hovland Woods SNA, North Unit Hovland Woods SNA, South Unit Hythecker Prairie SNA Iona’s Beach SNA Iron Horse Prairie SNA Iron Springs Bog SNA Itasca Wilderness Sanctuary SNA Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA Kasota Prairie SNA Kawishiwi Pines SNA Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA, Kellogg Weaver Unit Kellogg Weaver Dunes SNA, Weaver Dunes Unit Kettle River SNA King’s and Queen’s Bluff SNA La Salle Lake SNA Ladies Tresses Swamp SNA Lake Alexander Woods SNA, Central Unit Lake Alexander Woods SNA, North Unit Lake Alexander Woods SNA, South Unit Lake Bronson Parkland SNA Langhei Prairie SNA Lawrence Creek SNA Lester Lake SNA Little Too Much Lake SNA Lost 40 SNA Lost Lake Peatland SNA Lost River Peatland SNA Lost Valley Prairie SNA Lundblad Prairie SNA Lutsen SNA Luxemberg Peatland SNA Malmberg Prairie SNA Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA McGregor Marsh SNA Mille Lacs Moraine SNA Minnesota Point Pine Forest SNA Mississippi Oxbow SNA Mississippi River Islands SNA Moose Mountain SNA Morton Outcrops SNA Mound Prairie SNA Mound Spring Prairie SNA, North Unit Mound Spring Prairie SNA, South Unit Mulligan Lake Peatland SNA Myhr Creek Ridge SNA Myrtle Lake Peatland SNA Nett Lake Peatland SNA Norris Camp Peatland SNA North Black River Peatland SNA North Fork Zumbro Woods SNA Oronoco Prairie SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Otter Tail Prairie SNA Partch Woods SNA Pembina Trail Preserve SNA, Crookston Prairie Unit Pembina Trail Preserve SNA, Foxboro Prairie Unit Pembina Trail Preserve SNA, Pembina Trail Unit Pennington Bog SNA Pigs Eye Island Heron Rookery SNA Pin Oak Prairie SNA Pine & Curry Island SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Pine Creek Peatland SNA Potato Lake SNA Prairie Bush Clover SNA Prairie Coteau SNA Prairie Creek Woods SNA Prairie Smoke Dunes SNA Purvis Lake-Ober Foundation SNA Quarry Park SNA Racine Prairie SNA Red Lake Peatland SNA Rice Lake Savanna SNA Richard M. & Mathilde Rice Elliot SNA Ripley Esker SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA River Warren Outcrops SNA Rock Ridge Prairie SNA Roscoe Prairie SNA Rush Lake Island SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA St. Wendel Tamarack Bog SNA Sand Lake Peatland SNA Sandpiper Prairie SNA Santee Prairie SNA Savage Fen SNA Sedan Brook Prairie SNA Seminary Fen SNA Shooting Star Prairie SNA South Black River Peatland SNA Sprague Creek Peatland SNA Spring Beauty Northern Hardwoods SNA Spring Creek Prairie SNA Sugarloaf Point SNA Swedes Forest SNA Townsend Woods SNA Twin Lakes SNA Twin Valley Prairie SNA Two Rivers Aspen Prairie Parkland SNA Uncas Dunes SNA Verlyn Marth Memorial Prairie SNA Wabu Woods SNA Watrous Island SNA Wawina Peatland SNA West Rat Root River Peatland SNA Western Prairie SNA Whitney Island SNA Wild Indigo SNA Winter Road Lake Peatland SNA Wolsfeld Woods SNA Wood-Rill SNA Wykoff Balsam Fir SNA Yellow Bank Hills SNA Zumbro Falls Woods SNA		Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Bluestem Prairie SNA Butterwort Cliffs SNA Chimney Rock SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Gneiss Outcrops SNA Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Holthe Prairie SNA Iona’s Beach SNA Lake Alexander Woods SNA, South Unit Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA Morton Outcrops SNA Myhr Creek Ridge SNA Partch Woods SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Richard M. & Mathilde Rice Elliot SNA Spring Beauty Northern Hardwoods SNA Sugarloaf Point SNA Twin Lakes SNA Yellow Bank Hills SNA

SNAer

Pronounced snay’-er. A person who visits scientific and natural areas (SNAs). If you are looking at this page to plan a trip, then you may be a SNAer.

Last Updated:

About Us | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | © MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved.