Minnesota Seasons - George H. Crosby Manitou State Park


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	Size
	6,159 acres statutory, 5,831 owned

	Parking
	Entrance kiosk N47 28.713, W91 7.163

	Hours
	Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.

	Fees
	Daily park permit: $7 Annual park permit: $35


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					Lake County
					Northeast Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	24 miles

	Hunting
	About half of the park is open to all hunting but no trapping. See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Northern Superior Uplands
	Ecological Subsection			North Shore Highlands
	Land Type Association			North Shore Till Plain Sawtooth Mountain Bedrock Complex

	Native Plant Communities*
	Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Aspen - Birch Forest: Balsam Fir Subtype Aspen - Birch Forest: Hardwood Subtype Beaver Wetland Complex Bedrock Shrubland (Inland) Bedrock Shrubland (Lake Superior) Black Ash - Aspen - Balsam Poplar Swamp (Northeastern) Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Northern) Dry Mafic Cliff (Northern) Dry Open Talus (Northern) Dry Scrub Talus (Northern) Exposed Mafic Cliff (Lake Superior) Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin) Low Shrub Poor Fen Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore) Mesic Mafic Cliff (Northern) Northern Mesic Mixed Forest Paper Birch - Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) Poor Black Spruce Swamp Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) Upland White Cedar Forest Wet Mafic Cliff (Northern) White Cedar - Yellow Birch Forest White Pine - Red Pine Forest Young Forest Complex
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Park Entrance


	Blesner Creek


	Rustic Road - The Only Road

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	George Crosby Manitou State Park Richard Sanders

	About George Crosby Manitou State Park

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	W4F - Webisode #6 "Manitou State Park" Tips on Fishing, Camping & Hiking Wish4FishTV

	About Published on Sep 16, 2013 Ken Tanaka of Wish4Fish takes you to George H. Crosby Manitou State Park in Northern Minnesota. Tips on Fly Fishing, Camping and Hiking. Shows you how to build a campfire. As well as other tip that you help you have a successful trip next time you go out there.



	The Hill of Death Roustabout103

	About Uploaded on Aug 11, 2009 In which we amble down the Hill of Death on the path we took to leave our dear campsite. Campsite #9 at George H. Crosby Manitou State Park on the North Shore of Minnesota. If you stay in campsite 9, be warned.



	Field Testing Team Realtree Energy Drink supertasterdaily

	About Published on May 7, 2012 Supertaster takes an outdoor energy drink made by the Realtree camouflage folks out to Minnesota's George H. Crosby-Manitou state park for a trial run.



	Autumn Leaves 2011 moss13

	About Uploaded on Nov 8, 2011 Falling leaves along the Manitou River at George H Crosby Manitou State Park in Northern Minnesota. Taken on a hike 10-9-2011

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One fungi and lichen species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Special Concern	Pale-footed Horsehair Lichen (Bryoria fuscescens)


Fourteen plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened	alpine woodsia (Woodsia alpina) Braun’s hollyfern (Polystichum braunii) longleaf arnica (Arnica lonchophylla) New England sedge (Carex novae-angliae) rock clubmoss (Huperzia porophila) smooth woodsia (Woodsia glabella)
Special Concern	Douglas hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii) Fernald’s false manna grass (Torreyochloa pallida var. fernaldii) Hudson Bay eyebright (Euphrasia hudsoniana var. ramosior) intermediate sedge (Carex media) Mingan moonwort (Botrychium minganense) slender spikerush (Eleocharis nitida) small green wood orchid (Platanthera clavellata) snowline wintergreen (Pyrola minor)