Sherburne County

133 acres

Map with GPS coordinates

Elk Lake (67^th St. SE)
N45 28.320, W93 56.251

Sauk Rapids City Park (10^th St. N. & River Ave.)
N45 35.822, W94 10.958

No hunting.

Province

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

Section

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

Subsection(s)

Anoka Sand Plain

Land Type Association(s)

Anoka Lake Plain

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Minnesota DNR

This SNA is accessible only by boat. The nearest road approach is Sherburne County Road 3 where it crosses the Elk River. Both sides of the river have dense growth to the river’s edge and appear impassible. Both sides are also fenced and are posted with “No Trespassing” signs. There appears to be an old road, long since overgrown, on the east side of the river that follows the river out of sight and may lead to the site. There is a wire gate across the road with a “No Trespassing” sign. If the road does lead to the sight it will leave the hiker on the wrong side—the east side—of the river.

The nearest public water access is a trailer launch on the east shore of Elk Lake at 67^th St. SE. The lake is the source of the Elk River about 8 miles southeast of the site.

Another nearby public water access is the trailer launch on the Mississippi River at Sauk Rapids City Park. The launch is 1 mile north of County Ditch 3, which leads, if navigable, 8½ miles southeast to the Elk River at a point 0.4 miles north of the SNA.

One plant species with protected status in Minnesota is found here:

Special concern – four-flowered yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora)

Minnesota DNR Plant List