Beaver Creek Valley State Park
About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Location |
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1,216 acres statutory, 706 owned |
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15954 County 1 N43 38.664, W91 34.737 |
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Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. |
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Daily park permit: $7 Annual park permit: $35 |
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Maps |
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Activities |
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Hiking Biking Mountain biking Horseback riding Picnicking Camping Backpacking Rock climbing and bouldering Swimming Boating Canoeing Birdwatching Nature photography Geocaching Cross country skiing Skate-skiing Winter hiking Snowshoeing Snowmobiling |
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Trails |
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Hunting and Fishing |
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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. |
Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Paleozoic Plateau |
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The Blufflands |
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| Land Type Association | Alluvial Plain Altura Ridgetops Brownsville Slopes Caledonia Ridgetops Elba Slopes |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Algific Talus: Dolomite Subtype Black Ash - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Blue Beech) Seepage Swamp Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Blue Beech) Forest Mesic Limestone - Dolomite Cliff (Southern) Mesic Sandstone Cliff (Southern) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest Southern Dry Cliff Southern Mesic Cliff Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest |
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| * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||
Natural Features |
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Kirk Nelson |
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Overlook near the Switch Back Trail |
Beaver Creek, looking upstream from the pedestrian bridge |
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Pedestrian bridge over Beaver Creek (a sign nearby reads, "Only one person at a time") |
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Sarkar Family, USA Travel Beaver Creek Valley State Park August 2011 |
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2011 Sarkar Family, USA Travel Beaver Creek Valley State Park August 2011 |
W4F - Webisode #7 - Fly Fishing "Beaver Creek Valley State Park" Camping and Fly Fishing |
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Published on Sep 24, 2013 Ken Tanaka of Wish4Fish takes you Beaver Creek Valley State Park for some Fly Fishing and Camping. |
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5/22/1999 4/3/2009 4/11/2009 |
Amphibians |
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Birds |
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American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) |
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Fishes |
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Fungi and Lichens |
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| Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) |  |
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Insects and Arachnids |
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American lady (Vanessa virginiensis) green blowfly (Lucilia sp.) margined carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma noveboracense) |
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Mammals |
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Reptiles |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List |
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| common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) |  |
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