Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park
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3,583 acres statutory, 2,954 owned |
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Forestville State Park Mystery Cave State Park |
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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 Trails |
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17 miles |
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Hunting |
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On about 430 acres of this state park, all hunting but no trapping. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details. |
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Ecological Classification |
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| Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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| Ecological Section | Paleozoic Plateau |
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| Ecological Subsection | The Blufflands Rochester Plateau |
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| Land Type Association | Alluvial Plain Chester Ridge Elba Slopes Stewartville Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Algific Talus: Limestone Subtype Black Ash - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Blue Beech) Seepage Swamp Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Elm - Ash - Basswood Terrace Forest Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Blue Beech) Forest Maderate Cliff: Limestone Subtype Mesic Limestone - Dolomite Cliff (Southern) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest Seepage Meadow/Carr Southern Dry Cliff Southern Mesic Cliff Southern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest White Pine - Oak - Sugar Maple Forest White Pine - Sugar Maple - Basswood Forest (Cold Slope) |
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| * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
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Martha Decker |
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Steel Truss Bridge built in 1899 |
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Road near Meighen Store |
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Meighen Store built in 1856 |
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Park Entrance |
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Historic Forestville |
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Big Spring Trail |
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Maple Ridge Trail |
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River Bottoms Trail |
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Sandbank Trail |
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Other Trail |
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Canfield Creek |
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Forestville Creek |
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South Branch Root River |
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Unnamed Creek |
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Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Blue Beech) Forest |
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Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest |
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Slideshows |
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| Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park Brett Whaley |
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Visited April 28-29, 2018. Sunny and nice during the day, was cold at night. Morning was 25 degrees. Parts of the forested slopes had been prescribed burn last fall it appeared. Lots of things coming up but most had not started to bloom. Mid May this year would be very nice. |
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| Mystery Cave State Park Sharon Somero |
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| Forestville State Park Sharon Somero |
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| Hiking Club: Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, May 2015 Carey |
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23 MAY 2015; Park #21, 2.0 miles. Missed the password sign :( Includes some photos from the Mystery Cave which is not part of the hiking club trail. |
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| Forestville State Park Richard Sanders |
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Forestville State Park |
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| Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, Minnesota campsitephotosdotcom |
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Published on Oct 28, 2013 Favorite Sites: 2, 4, 10, 27, 29, 34, 53, 53, 59, 63 |
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Other Videos |
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| A Walk in the Park: Forestville/Mystery Cave A Walk in the Park |
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Jun 12, 2017 Visit Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park to see natural wonders above and below ground. In the summer, beat the heat with a visit below ground. Explore the world of Mystery Cave with its stalactites, stalagmites, and underground pools. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00148#homepage Shot & Edited by Michael Uss |
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| Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park virtual tour MinnesotaDNR |
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Uploaded on Dec 28, 2009 Take a virtual tour of Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park to see natural wonders above and below ground. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/virtual_tours.html |
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| KSMQ Video Squad - "National Parks" - Forestville Mystery Cave KSMQ TV |
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Uploaded on Oct 1, 2009 No description available. |
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| Forestville State Park Bradley Herreid |
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Published on May 11, 2012 Pictorial of Forestville State Park |
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| Camping at Forestville Mystery Cave State Park MN amantastic |
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Published on Aug 23, 2013 camping |
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_02.jpg "bur oak (var. macrocarpa)")
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