Victoria, MN
About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Size |
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3,300 acres |
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Parking |
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7400 Grimm Road Lowry Nature Center |
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Hours |
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5 AM–10 PM |
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Fees |
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No fee Beginning December 1, 2019, visitors to Carver County Parks are no longer required to purchase a daily or yearly vehicle pass. |
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Activities |
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Hiking Trails |
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Turf hiking trails – 21.6 miles One leg of the Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail begins in the park. |
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Hunting |
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No hunting In 2021 Carver Park Reserve was closed to all visitors for a scheduled deer hunt on November 13-14. |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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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 | Big Woods |
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Land Type Association | Maple Plain Moraine |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Southern Mesic Maple-Basswood Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Sugar Maple Forest (Big Woods) Tamarack Swamp (Southern) |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
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Kirk Nelson |
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Floating walkway on the Maple Trail at Lowry Nature Center |
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Sliding hill at Lowry Nature Center |
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Part of the Maple Trail at Lowry Nature Center |
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Oak Trail at Lowry Nature Center |
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Visitor's Center at Lowry Nature Center |
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Horse Trail Entrance |
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Lowry Nature Center and Hiking Trail Entrance |
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Crosby Lake |
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Stone Lake |
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Shorebird Sanctuary |
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Summer Trails |
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Boardwalk through Cattail Marsh |
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Winter Trails |
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Tamarack Swamp (Southern) |
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Slideshows |
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Carver Park reserve 2012 MN Chris Kratzke |
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About
Published on Feb 14, 2014 I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator (http://www.youtube.com/upload) |
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Other Videos |
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Cross Country Skiing in Carver Park Reserve, Minnesota Philippe Debaty |
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Published on Dec 29, 2013 Filmed with a GoPro Hero 3+. Cross Country skiing with my brother, sister in law and 3 nephews in Carver Park Reserve, near Minneapolis. |
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Trumpeter Swans
Trumpeter Swans can be viewed on Crosby Lake, at the Fred E. King Waterfowl Sanctuary on Lutsen Lake, and from a blind at the end of Carver Park Road.
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