Blue Mounds State Park
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1,830 acres statutory, 1,579 owned |
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1410 161st Street N43 43.062, W96 11.565 |
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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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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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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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Prairie Parkland Province |
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North Central Glaciated Plains |
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Inner Coteau |
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| Land Type Association | Blue Mounds Luverne Alluvial Plain Trosky Till Plain |
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Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Sioux Quartzite Subtype Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Mesic Prairie (Southern) Seepage Meadow/Carr: Tussock Sedge Subtype Southern Dry Savanna Spikerush - Bur Reed Marsh (Prairie) Wet Prairie (Southern) |
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Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock, the high point in the park at 1,683 feet, provides a spectacular 360-degree panoramic view that includes three states.
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Lakebed, formerly Lower Mound Lake |
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Dam and spillway, damaged in 2014 |
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Dam and spillway, damaged in 2014 |
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Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie), |
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View from Eagle Rock |
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Lower Cliffline Trail |
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Blue Mounds State Park, A photo essay |
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Published on Sep 7, 2012 A Photo Essay of Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota. A film by Joel Schnell. www.schnellphoto.com |
"Blue Mounds State Park" Lahardee's photos around Luverne, United States (luverne park sd) |
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Uploaded on Dec 19, 2010 Preview of Lahardee's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.travelpod.com%2Ftravel-blog-entries%2Flahardee%2F1%2F1245449492%2Ftpod.html&session_token=H4jM6cagZGTP-EGys9FwxOIsRT58MTM5MzYwODUxMEAxMzkzNTIyMTEw This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these videos: http://www.travelpod.com/help/faq#youtube |
Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota |
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New bison calves, at Blue Mounds State Park! |
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Published on May 15, 2012 New bison calves have been born on the Minnesota prairie at Blue Mounds State Park. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/blue_mounds |
A walk/hike through Blue Mounds state park. GoPro |
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Published on Jul 3, 2013 A walk/hike through Blue Mounds state park. GoPro head mount |
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Uploaded on May 29, 2011 I take you on a journy where my feet have never been before LOL.. its nature. |
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Published on Aug 17, 2012 This video displays some of the breathtaking views at Blue Mounds State Park in Luverne, Minnesota - a state park in the Southwestern part of the state. This state park is known for its beautiful landscapes and protected herd of bison. |
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American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) common buckeye (Junonia coenia) common green darner (Anax junius) common whitetail (Plathemis lydia) deer fly (Chrysops spp.) eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americanum) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) long dash (Polites mystic) orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme) plum finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) regal fritillary (Argynnis idalia) seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) spongy oak apple gall wasp (Amphibolips confluenta) spring azure (Celastrina ladon) striped horse fly (Tabanus lineola) twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella) twice-stabbed stink bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana) white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella) |
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eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Basswood - Bur Oak - (Green Ash) Forest MHs38b Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) MRp83a Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Prairie): Sioux Quartzite Subtype ROs12a2 Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest MHs49a Mesic Prairie (Southern) UPs23a Seepage Meadow/Carr: Tussock Sedge Subtype WMs83a1 |
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American black currant (Ribes americanum) American bugleweed (Lycopus americanus) American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) American elm (Ulmus americana) American plum (Prunus americana) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) bearded wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus) big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) blue vervain (Verbena hastata) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bracted spiderwort (Tradescantia bracteata) brittle prickly pear (Opuntia fragilis) broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) broad-leaved cattail (Typha latifolia) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) Canada anemone (Anemonastrum canadense) Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) candle anemone (Anemone cylindrica) Carolina foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus) Carolina geranium (Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum) cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common chickweed (Stellaria media) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum) cursed crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus) dark green bulrush (Scirpus atrovirens) desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata var. punctata) downy phlox (Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida) early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) field chickweed (Cerastium arvense) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) field pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) field sagewort (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata) Flodman’s thistle (Cirsium flodmanii) fox sedge (Carex vulpinoidea) foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida) glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) golden alexanders (Zizia aurea) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) grimmia dry rock moss (Grimmia laevigata) heart-leaved four o’clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea) heart-leaved golden alexanders (Zizia aptera) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) June grass (Koeleria macrantha) Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis) Leonard’s skullcap (Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis) little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) mapleleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium simplex) marsh hedge nettle (Stachys palustris) Maximilian’s sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani) meadow garlic (Allium canadense var. canadense) Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba) narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) narrow-leaved vervain (Verbena simplex) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata) oval-leaf milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia) peachleaf willow (Salix amygdaloides) pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) plains prickly pear (Opuntia macrorhiza) cream wild indigo (Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea) plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides ssp. acanthoides) porcupine grass (Hesperostipa spartea) porcupine sedge (Carex hystericina) prairie alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) prairie cordgrass (Sporobolus michauxianus) prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie onion (Allium stellatum) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum) prairie sagewort (Artemisia frigida) prairie smoke (Geum triflorum var. triflorum) prairie violet (Viola pedatifida var. pedatifida) prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola) prickly sow thistle (Sonchus asper) purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) quackgrass (Elymus repens) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota) quill sedge (Carex tenera var. echinodes) red clover (Trifolium pratense) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata) rough blazing star (Liatris aspera) rough false pennyroyal (Hedeoma hispida) round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) sandbar willow (Salix interior) Scribner’s panic grass (Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. scribnerianum) short-awned foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis) showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) sleepy catchfly (Silene antirrhina) smooth oxeye (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) soft-stem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida) stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus) sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata) tall cinquefoil (Drymocallis arguta) tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum) tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea) Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Virginia stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale) western panic grass (Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides) white prairie clover (Dalea candida) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) wolfberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woolly plantain (Plantago patagonica) yellow goat’s beard (Tragopogon dubius)
Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony) Allium canadense var. canadense (meadow garlic) Allium stellatum (prairie onion) Alopecurus aequalis (short-awned foxtail) Alopecurus carolinianus (Carolina foxtail) Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed) Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo) Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Anemone cylindrica (candle anemone) Antennaria neglecta (field pussytoes) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (field sagewort) Artemisia dracunculus (tarragon) Artemisia frigida (prairie sagewort) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata (swamp milkweed) Asclepias ovalifolia (oval-leaf milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior (butterfly weed) Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed) Asparagus officinalis (asparagus) Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea (cream wild indigo) Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) Carduus acanthoides (plumeless thistle) Carex hystericina (porcupine sedge) Carex tenera var. echinodes (quill sedge) Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cerastium arvense (field chickweed) Chenopodium simplex (mapleleaf goosefoot) Cirsium altissimum (tall thistle) Cirsium flodmanii (Flodman’s thistle) Coreopsis palmata (prairie coreopsis) Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort) Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata (orchard grass) Dalea candida (white prairie clover) Dalea purpurea var. purpurea (purple prairie clover) Daucus carota ssp. carota (Queen Anne’s lace) Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum (western panic grass) Dichanthelium oligosanthes ssp. scribnerianum (Scribner’s panic grass) Drymocallis arguta (tall cinquefoil) Echinacea angustifolia (narrow-leaved purple coneflower) Elymus repens (quackgrass) Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus (bearded wheatgrass) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Equisetum laevigatum (smooth scouring rush) Erigeron canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (common boneset) Euthamia graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum (Carolina geranium) Geum triflorum var. triflorum (prairie smoke) Grimmia laevigata (grimmia dry rock moss) Hackelia virginiana (Virginia stickseed) Hedeoma hispida (rough false pennyroyal) Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian’s sunflower) Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus (stiff sunflower) Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra (smooth oxeye) Hesperostipa spartea (porcupine grass) Heuchera richardsonii (prairie alumroot) Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum (foxtail barley) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Koeleria macrantha (June grass) Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort) Lepidium densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Lespedeza capitata (round-headed bush clover) Liatris aspera (rough blazing star) Liatris punctata var. punctata (dotted blazing star) Lithospermum canescens (hoary puccoon) Lithospermum occidentale (western marbleseed) Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Lycopus americanus (American bugleweed) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Matricaria discoidea (pineapple-weed) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) Mirabilis nyctaginea (heart-leaved four o’clock) Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) Opuntia fragilis (brittle prickly pear) Opuntia macrorhiza (plains prickly pear) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Oxalis violacea (violet wood sorrel) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Phlox pilosa ssp. fulgida (downy phlox) Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago patagonica (woolly plantain) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil) Prunus americana (American plum) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Ranunculus sceleratus (cursed crowfoot) Ratibida pinnata (gray-headed coneflower) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes americanum (American black currant) Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry) Sagittaria latifolia (broad-leaved arrowhead) Salix amygdaloides (peachleaf willow) Salix interior (sandbar willow) Sambucus canadensis (American elderberry) Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (soft-stem bulrush) Scirpus atrovirens (dark green bulrush) Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort) Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis (Leonard’s skullcap) Silene antirrhina (sleepy catchfly) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Silphium laciniatum (compass plant) Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum (cup plant) Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod) Solidago speciosa (showy goldenrod) Sonchus asper (prickly sow thistle) Sonchus oleraceus (common sowthistle) Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass) Spiraea alba var. alba (narrow-leaved meadowsweet) Sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed) Sporobolus michauxianus (prairie cordgrass) Stachys palustris (marsh hedge nettle) Stellaria media ssp. media (common chickweed) Symphoricarpos occidentalis (wolfberry) Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides (white heath aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Tradescantia bracteata (bracted spiderwort) Tragopogon dubius (yellow goat’s beard) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Verbena hastata (blue vervain) Verbena simplex (narrow-leaved vervain) Verbena stricta (hoary vervain) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Viola pedatifida var. pedatifida (prairie violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) |
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