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Frontenac State Park |
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Goodhue County |
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| Size | 2,276 acres |
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| Park Office | N44 31.425, W92 20.532 Sand Point |
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| Hiking Trails | 13 miles |
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| Hunting | No hunting. |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Paleozoic Plateau |
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Subsection(s) |
The Blufflands |
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Altura Ridgetops Elba Slopes Mississippi River Valley |
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| Native Plant Communities1 | Black Oak - White Oak Woodland (Sand) Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Dry Sand - Gravel Prairie (Southern) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Red Oak - White Oak Forest Sand Beach/Sandbar (River): Permanent Stream Subtype Silver Maple - Green Ash - Cottonwood Terrace Forest Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest |
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| Ownership | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
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| Birds | One of the best parts of this park to find birds is also the one of the easiest to miss. The park entrance is on Goodhue County Road 2 one mile from US 61. Bypass the entrance and follow CR 2 for 0.7 mile through Old Frontenac then south 1.5 miles to a parking area and historic site. A trail leads from this parking area to a trail shelter near Sand Point. The road near Villa Maria and the trail are good places to look for migrating warblers. Sand Point is a good spot for viewing gulls, terns, and shorebirds. The trail may be muddy and waterproof footwear is recommended in the spring. |
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American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) |
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black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) Deptford pink (Dianthus armeria) gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea var. purpurea) silvergreen bryum moss (Bryum argenteum) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western marbleseed (Lithospermum occidentale) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) |
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| Visits | 7/19/1999 6/24/2001 5/16/2005 |
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