Lake Rebecca Park
Hastings, MN
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Lake Rebecca Park is a community park in the City of Hastings. It is part of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area corridor. It lies between Lock & Dam Road and Lake Rebecca. Jaycee Park and River Flats Park lie between the road and the Mississippi River. A strip of restored prairie within Lake Rebecca Park is Flint Hills Resources Riverfront Nature Preserve. Lake Rebecca is stocked with channel catfish by the Minnesota DNR. |
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The area between the boat launch and Lock and Dam No. 2 was formerly a tank farm for Koch Industries, now Flint Hills Resources. The tanks were removed in the 1990’s. Koch Industries cleaned the site where the tanks had stood, restored native vegetation, and gifted the site to the City of Hastings as a Nature Preserve. Guided by National Park Service requirements, restoration of native vegetation continues. In 2005, tables in the picnic area at the north end of Lake Rebecca were removed and replaced by tall grasses and other native vegetation. |
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Size |
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130 acres (80 acres water) |
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415 Lock & Dam Road N44 44.800, W92 51.660 |
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6 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
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No fee |
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Hiking Trails |
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The Mississippi River Greenway, a paved multiuse trail, passes through the park. When completed in 2021 or 2022, the trail will extend 27 miles along the Mississippi River in Dakota County. |
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Ecological Classification |
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| Ecological Province | Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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| Ecological Section | Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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| Ecological Subsection | St. Paul-Baldwin Plains and Moraines |
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| Land Type Association | Pig’s Eye Alluvial Plain |
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Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest |
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Park Entrance |
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Main Parking Lot |
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Boat Launch Parking Lot |
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Fishing Pier |
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Park Lawn |
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Lake Rebecca |
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Jaycee Park |
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Flint Hills Resources Riverfront Nature Preserve |
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Mississippi River Greenway |
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Lock and Dam No. 2 |
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Slideshows |
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| Hastings River Flats Restoration Evaluation |
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Other Videos |
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| Lake Rebecca, Hastings, Minnesota paddlecanoe |
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Jul 6, 2014 Sheri's first kayak outing of the year. |
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| HASTINGS LAKE REBECCA HASTINGSMNTV |
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Aug 9, 2015 |
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| It's Feeding Time at Lake Rebecca HastingsNow |
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May 10, 2014 Follow HastingsNow.com on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. |
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| REBECCA LAKE,HASTINGS MN. TIME LAPSE STEVES PHOTOWORLD |
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Uploaded on Apr 28, 2011 2 1/2 HOUR 2600 FRAMES |
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The sightings and species lists below are from the entire peninsula that includes Lake Rebecca Park, Jaycee Park, River Flats Park, Flint Hills Resources Riverfront Nature Preserve, and Lock and Dam No. 2. |
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Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) |
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| multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) |  |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c |
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Waterfowl Viewing
A resident Mallard population attracts a diverse assortment of migrating waterfowl to the small lake.
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