John A. Latsch State Park


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	Size
	1,605 acres statutory, 409 owned

	Parking
	N44 10.327, W91 50.324

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

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


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					Winona County
					Southeast Minnesota


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Paleozoic Plateau
	Ecological Subsection			The Blufflands
	Land Type Association			Altura Ridgetops Elba Slopes Mississippi River Valley

	Native Plant Communities*
	Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) Oak - Shagbark Hickory Woodland Red Oak - White Oak Forest Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest Silver Maple - (Virginia Creeper) Floodplain Forest Southern Dry Cliff Southern Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Southern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Park Entrance


	Wood Routed Sign


	592 Steps


	The View from the Top

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	John Latsch State Park Richard Sanders

	About Exploring John A Latsch State park overlooking the Mississippi

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	Mississippi River @ John Latsch park, Minnesota bassman8355

	About Uploaded on May 17, 2010 John Latsch State Park. Minnieska, Minnesota on May 16, 2010



	Canadian Pacific - viewed from a bluff in John Latsch State Park, MN, - 18th October 2013 linesidevideoprod

	About Published on Feb 28, 2014 Lineside Video Productions presents this scene overlooking the giant Mississippi River of a northbound 'stack' train, which will appear in one of our forthcoming American Railway series of DVD programmes.

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One amphibian species with conservation status in Minnesota has been seen here:
Special Concern	mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus)


Eight bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered	Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Threatened	Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Special Concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)


Two fish species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered	crystal darter (Crystallaria asprella)
Special Concern	bluntnose darter (Etheostoma chlorosoma)


Seven plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Endangered	butternut (Juglans cinerea)
Special Concern	American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) American shoreweed (Littorella uniflora) cutleaf waterparsnip (Berula erecta) Gray’s sedge (Carex grayi) green dragon (Arisaema dracontium) Muskingum sedge (Carex muskingumensis)