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Overview |
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Formerly called O.L. Kipp State Park. |
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Location |
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Size |
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2,786 acres statutory, 2,147 owned |
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Parking |
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43605 Kipp Drive The entrance to the park is on Winona County Road 3, part of Apple Blossom Scenic Drive. N43 56.287, W91 24.364 |
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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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Winona County | ||||||
Southeast Minnesota | ||||||
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Hiking Trails |
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6.5 miles |
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Hunting |
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No hunting |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province | ||||||
Ecological Section | Paleozoic Plateau | ||||||
Ecological Subsection | The Blufflands | ||||||
Land Type Associations | Alluvial Plain Brownsville Slopes Caledonia Ridgetops |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Black Ash - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Blue Beech) Seepage Swamp Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Dry Limestone - Dolomite Cliff (Southern) Mesic Limestone - Dolomite Cliff (Southern) Mesic Sandstone Cliff (Southern) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Red Oak - White Oak Forest Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Southern Mesic Cliff Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
Natural Features |
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King’s and Queen’s Bluff SNA lies within the park. The park lies within the borders of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest. This part of the state is the “driftless” area of Minnesota, untouched by the last series of glaciers over the last 12,000 years. |
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Trail within the King’s Bluff State Park. |
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North Overlook |
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South Overlook The person in the image is placing her cell phone on the Selfie station at the overlook. |
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Near the South Overlook. |
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Park Entrance |
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Trails |
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Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland |
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Sugar Maple - Basswood - Red Oak - (Blue Beech) Forest |
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White Pine Plantation |
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Other Videos |
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Great River Bluffs State Park (north overlook) knapstersky |
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Published on Aug 18, 2013 Great River Bluffs State Park (north overlook). on a noon break. |
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Great River Bluffs State Park (south overlook) knapstersky |
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Published on Aug 18, 2013 Great River Bluffs State Park (south overlook). |
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Great River Bluffs State Park, September 2013 Rick Lund |
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Published on Sep 30, 2013 Camping weekend, the color was unexpectedly late this year but the views were none the less, great. Eight miles of hiking over the two days and a steady heavy rain on Saturday didn't stop a very good weekend. |
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Great River Bluffs MN State Park 630jes |
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Published on Jul 2, 2012 Hiking the Minnesota State Park just outside of Winona with the children in tow. Boys imagined lots of great adventures along the way. Teenagers connected with the earth instead of the t.v. And us parents enjoyed the beauty, exercise, and watching the kids play with sticks like they were the best toy on the planet. |
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