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Hiking Biking Mountain biking Horseback riding Picnicking Camping Backpacking Rock climbing and bouldering Swimming Boating Canoeing Birding Nature photography Geocaching Cross country skiing Skate-skiing Winter hiking Snowshoeing Snowmobiling |
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14 miles The Taconite State Trail, a snowmobile trail, passes through the park. |
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No hunting. The park may hold one or more managed hunts in the fall. In most cases, Minnesota residents do not need a permit to fish in Minnesota State Parks. |
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Ecological Province | Laurentian Mixed Forest Province |
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Ecological Section | Northern Superior Uplands |
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Ecological Subsection | Border Lakes Nashwauk Uplands |
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Land Type Association | Ely - Knife Lake Bedrock Complex Pike - Sandy River Sand Plain Whalsten Till Plain White Iron Lake Bedrock Complex |
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Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Alder Swamp / Forested Peatland Complex Aspen - Birch Forest: Balsam Fir Subtype Beaver Wetland Complex Black Ash - Aspen - Balsam Poplar Swamp (Northeastern) Black Ash - Conifer Swamp (Northeastern) Black Spruce Bog Black Spruce Bog: Semi-Treed Subtype Black Spruce Bog: Treed Subtype Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin) Graminoid Poor Fen (Water Track) Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) Leatherleaf - Sweet Gale Shore Fen Low Shrub Bog Low Shrub Poor Fen Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore) Lowland White Cedar Forest (Northern) Northern Cedar Swamp Northern Dry Cliff Northern Mesic Mixed Forest Northern Poor Conifer Swamp Northern Poor Fen Northern Shrub Shore Fen Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp Northern Wet Cedar Forest Northern Wet Meadow/Carr Poor Black Spruce Swamp Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp Red Pine - White Pine Woodland (Canadian Shield) Rich Black Spruce Swamp (Basin) Rich Tamarack - (Alder) Swamp Sedge Meadow Upland White Cedar Forest White Cedar Swamp (Northeastern) White Pine - Red Pine Forest Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||
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Bear Head Lake State Park |
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Bear Head Lake State Park |
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Bear Head Lake State Park |
Bear Head Lake State Park, Minnesota |
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Published on Oct 26, 2013 Favorite Sites: 2, 4, 9, 14, 16, 25, 28, 32, 39, 40, 46, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 65 |
Minnesota State Parks, Loch Ness Visits Bear Head Lake State Park |
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Uploaded on Nov 1, 2011 "mikeminnesota" spent 3 days at Bear Head Lake State Park camping & Hiking. Here are some 500 photos to give you some idea what the park in Northern Minnesota, near Ely, Minnesota, BWCA, is all about. The couple days we where there we got to see a forest fire close to Ely, very impressive when we got up close. Check out the fishing boats in the video, 250 horse power motors. ALL ABOUT MIKEMINNESOTA Several of the travel videos are of Norway, both Nordland and Southern Norway. One of my best norway videos is of my great grandparents hometown Bodo, Nordland, near Lofoten Islands http://youtu.be/3KbqvMfL7bA You are free to go to my personal home page "mikeminnesota.com" http://home.comcast.net/~mwick4249/site/?/home/ with my family immigration history, Northern Norway lag (Nordlandlaget) Stevne 2013 http://home.comcast.net/~mwick4249/site/?/page/Nordlandslaget_2013_Stevne_Agenda/ N-AGA, Links to my Videos, Sons of Norway Lodge Norsota 1-602 http://home.comcast.net/~mwick4249/site/?/page/Sons__of__Norway_Norsota_1-602_Apple_Valley_Minnesota/&PHPSESSID=b19e61aa61546afdd3aea8f85ca7168e and more. |
Bearhead Lake State Park 2012 |
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BEAR HEAD LAKE STATE PARK - Minnesota |
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Voted "America's Favorite Park" in 2010 by beating out the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, we show you why Bear Head attracts both fishing and hiking enthusiasts. We hope you check it out for a 2021 Minnesota camping adventures. Our thanks to the MN D-N-R, Division of Parks and Trails Music - Epidemic Sound- Headlund |
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Bear Head Lake State Park: America's Favorite Park |
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Uploaded on Sep 17, 2010 Bear Head Lake State Park in Ely, Minn., won the title of "America's Favorite Park" and $100,000 in a nationwide campaign sponsored by Coca-Cola that ran July 29-Aug. 31, 2010. In addition to the honor, the park received $100,000 from America's State Parks Foundation, a gift made possible by Coca-Cola's Live Positively initiative. Located just south of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Bear Head Lake State Park has a similar wilderness quality, as can be seen in this video of the park's pristine forests and shoreline. More information about the park, including reservation information and a virtual tour with 360-degree panoramic photos, can be found on the park web page at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/bear_head_lake/index.html |
Bear Head Lake spring frogs |
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Uploaded on May 24, 2008 Norberg Lake Trail and pond where frogs were in concert on a spring morning in May of 2008 |
Twilight at Bearhead Lake |
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Uploaded on Jun 24, 2008 A view of Bearhead Lake at dusk from the group campground on Wednesday, June 18. |
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9/3/2022 Here are some of the wildlife I saw along the way at Bear Head Lake. |
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Bear’s Head Tooth (Hericium americanum) |
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elm sawfly (Cimbex americana) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp FPn73a Aspen - Birch Forest: Balsam Fir Subtype FDn43b1 Black Ash - Aspen - Balsam Poplar Swamp (Northeastern) WFn55a Black Ash - Conifer Swamp (Northeastern) WFn64a Black Spruce Bog: Semi-Treed Subtype APn80a2 Black Spruce Bog: Treed Subtype APn80a1 Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin) APn91b Graminoid Poor Fen (Water Track) APn91c Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92a Leatherleaf - Sweet Gale Shore Fen OPn81b Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore) WFn53a Lowland White Cedar Forest (Northern) WFn53b Northern Mesic Mixed Forest FDn43 Northern Poor Conifer Swamp APn81 Northern Shrub Shore Fen OPn81 Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp WFn64 Northern Wet Cedar Forest WFn53 Northern Wet Meadow/Carr WMn82 Poor Black Spruce Swamp APn81a Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp APn81b Red Pine - White Pine Woodland (Canadian Shield) FDn32a Rich Black Spruce Swamp (Basin) FPn62a Rich Tamarack - (Alder) Swamp FPn82a Upland White Cedar Forest FDn43c White Cedar Swamp (Northeastern) FPn63a |
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