Wright

N45 18.237
W93 56.646

1,590 acres

“Big Woods” maple-basswood forest

14 miles

i mile interpretive (2 half-mile trails)

Minnesota DNR

Among the birds seen here, along with those listed below, are bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), common loon (Gavia immer), Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii), eastern screech owl (Otus asio), Franklin’s gull (Larus pipixcan), great blue heron (Ardea herodias), great egret (Ardea alba), great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), northern harrier (Circus cyaneus), osprey (Pandion haliaetus), short-eared owl (Asio flammeus), and snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca).

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

The park hosts a large diversity of mammal species including, along with those listed below, American mink (Neovison vison), eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), fisher (Martes pennanti), muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and woodchuck (Marmota monax),

Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), a Minnesota threatened species, can be seen here.