Bunker Hills Regional Park
Anoka, MN
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1,600 acres |
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550 Bunker Lake Boulevard NW North Parking Area |
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5:00 am - 10:00 pm |
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Daily permits are $6 per day. Annual permits are $30, and are honored at all Anoka County, Washington County, and Carver County parks. |
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No hunting |
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| Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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| Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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| Ecological Subsection | Anoka Sand Plain |
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| Land Type Association | Anoka Lake Plain |
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Dry Barrens Oak Savanna (Southern): Oak Subtype Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh Northern Rich Fen (Basin) Sedge Meadow Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland |
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| Bunker Hills Restoration Evaluation |
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| Bunker Hills Regional Park Mikes Orchids |
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Bunker Hills Regional Park is a county park north of Minneapolis. It is on the Anoka Sandplain and has a nice example of a sand dune type oak savanna habitat. As the glaciers retreated north at the end of the ice age, a large area of sand formed north of what is now the Mississippi river. This habitat is normally very flat and level, but in some cases wind redistributed the sand into sand dunes. The dunes are now mostly stabilized by prairie and forests. It is depressingly small considering the area this habitat could occupy. This entire set was taken along a railroad right of way a golf course (natural sand traps), and a subdivision built during the housing boom in the early 2000s. |
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| Bunker Hills Slideshow - Dark Cloud Disc Golf DarkCloudDiscGolf |
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Published on Jun 17, 2012 DK hits up Bunker Hills disc golf course for the first time. Here's a look at hole by hole of this semi-pay to play course in Blaine, MN. |
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| Bunker Hills Regional Park on "Twin Cities Live" AnokaCountyMN |
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Uploaded on Jun 30, 2011 See the wide variety of things to do with your whole family in one spot! KSTP-TV's "Twin Cities Live highlights Anoka County's Bunker Hills Regional Park! |
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| Andover Grass Fire Bunker Hills Park TwinCitiesFireWire |
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Uploaded on Sep 29, 2011 No description available. |
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_02.jpg "bur oak (var. macrocarpa)")
_04.jpg "stiff sunflower (ssp. subrhomboideus)")
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