About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Location |
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Size |
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1,044 acres statutory, 477 owned |
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72158 County Road 30 |
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Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. |
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Fees |
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Daily park permit: $7 Annual park permit: $35 |
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Nicollet and Renville Counties | ||||||
Central and Southwest Minnesota | ||||||
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Hiking Trails |
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11 miles |
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No hunting |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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Ecological Province | Prairie Parkland Province |
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Ecological Section | North Central Glaciated Plains |
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Ecological Subsection | Minnesota River Prairie |
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Land Type Association | Gibbon Till Plain Milan Alluvial Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Dry Hill Prairie (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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Amphitheater |
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Fort Trail |
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Minnesota River Valley Overlook |
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Oak Savanna Trail |
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Powder Magazine and Commissary |
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Prairie Trail |
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Martha Decker |
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Rustic CCC-built Picnic Shelter |
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CCC-built Park Buildings |
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Monument & Commissary Building |
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Commissary Building with foundations of other fort buildings in foreground |
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Park Entrance |
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Minnesota River Lookout |
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Fort Ridgely Creek |
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Monument |
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Trails |
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Other Videos |
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Fort Ridgely State Park Prairie Public Broadcasting |
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Published on Dec 30, 2015 Fort Ridgely State Parks outside Fairfax in southern Minnesota boasts many unique features including an authentic reconstruction by the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1853 fort which was the site of many of the fiercest battle of the US-Dakota War. Production funding provided by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund and by the members of Prairie Public. About the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund |
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Kayaking (Snow) at Fort Ridgely 2-6-2016 Russell Sabo |
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Published on Feb 6, 2016 Snow kayaking at Fort Ridgely State Park, MN. With Adam Smith, Chris Bollingmo, Cassandra Brown, Danny Rockvam, and Russell Sabo |
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Fort Ridgely State Park cannon Jerry Nowell |
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Uploaded on Jun 18, 2011 Cannon demonstration at Fort Ridgely State Park |
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two tubers tubing on two tubes on youtube petersthorn |
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Uploaded on Dec 23, 2009 This was a tubing experience we had at Fort Ridgley State Park. Tubes were only $2.50 a piece. We had some other people come up and they used our tubes when we went in the warming house. We felt bad that we had to take the tubes back but we DID pay for them after all... |
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