Winona County

2,147 acres

Minnesota DNR All Season Map

6.5 miles
2.5 mile interpretive trail

No hunting.

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Paleozoic Plateau

Subsection(s)

The Blufflands

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota DNR

Formerly called O.L. Kipp State Park.

The entrance to the park is on Winona County Road 3, part of Apple Blossom Scenic Drive.

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.

One bird species with protected status in Minnesota has been seen here:

Endangered – Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)

Henslow’s Sparrow and Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii) have been seen near the entrance. Orchard oriole (Icterus spurius) has also been seen here.

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

The park contains a stand of northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis), not found anywhere else in southern Minnesota. Other trees found here not listed below include sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum), green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), black walnut (Juglans nigra), and American basswood (Tilia americana).