Lebanon Hills Regional Park

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	About

	Ownership


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	Dakota County Parks

	Comments
	This busy suburban park is the largest park in the Dakota County park system.


	Location

	Maps
	Summer Trail Map Winter Trail Map Printed trail maps are available at each parking area.

	Size
	2,000 acres

	Parking
	Holland Lake Trailhead N44 47.392, W93 08.726 Jensen Lake Trailhead N44 46.749, W93 09.953 Visitor Center N44 47.192, W93 07.727

	Hours
	Daily, 5 a.m.–10 p.m.

	Fees
	No fee


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	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	18.1 miles Hiking trails are well marked.

	Hunting
	Deer by compound bow. See Hunting (Dakota County Parks) for details.


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			St. Paul-Baldwin Plains and Moraines
	Land Type Associations			Wescott Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Tamarack Swamp (Southern)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

	Natural Features


	Visitor Photos

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	Kirk Nelson

	Goats are being used to help clear underbrush as part of the park’s woodlands and savanna restoration project.



	Jensen Lake, east end


	Jensen Lake, west end


	New bridge between Bridge Pond and Beaver Pond


	New picnic shelter, north side of Portage Lake


	The trail around McDonough Lake near the Visitors’ Center is newly paved …

	New & old

	…and includes a newly-constructed boardwalk over the northeastern part of the lake, as of 5/27/2017

	Portage landing, Lily Pond


	Winter Trail Running


	Winter Trails, Cattail Lake


	McDonough Lake Trail


	Dodd Rd Entrance


	Visitor Center


	Prairie area near Marsh Lake


	Summer hiking trail, southeast area near Marsh Lake


	Views in the southeast corner of the park






	MinnesotaSeasons.com Photos

	Visitor Center with “Green” Roof


	Visitor Center Trailhead




	Holland Lake Trailhead




	Jensen Lake Trailhead




	Spring Trails


	Summer Trails






	Winter Trails


	Boardwalk


	Holland Lake


	Jensen Lake


	Bridge Pond


	Shallow Lake


	Small Pond

Camera


	Slideshows


	Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 2016 Carey




	Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 2015 Carey




	Labanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan MN skyblue2904

	About Uploaded on Oct 21, 2008 A walk around a section of Labanon Hills Regional Park, in Eagan, Minnesota

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	Other Videos


	Lebanon Hills Regional Park Carlton McMillan

	About Published on Oct 10, 2013 At sunset.



	Mountain Biking at Lebanon Hills Regional Park Paul Holte

	About Uploaded on May 11, 2009 One of my favorite activities, mountain biking at Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan, MN. I am riding a Cannondale F5 purchased and maintained by Erik's Bike Shop in Burnsville, MN. The trail is maintained by MORC (Minnesota Off-Road Cyclists). The song used is Vertigo by U2.



	Lebanon Snowshoe Romp (Hillbilly Deluxe) Hammock camping and Hiking Ryan Viney

	About Published on Feb 18, 2014 Just a short Romp through the snowy woods at Lebanon Hills Regional Park. Snowshoes and a brief hammock hang with some outdoor brewing!Hiking Hammocks and Shenanigans! Hammock Camping

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Visitor Sightings

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Erica Erickson

Birds

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Robert Briggs

Fungi and Lichens

Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)

Kirk Nelson

MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings

Visits

6/9/2010

4/9/2014

1/19/2015

6/1/2016

6/3/2016

6/13/2016

6/15/2016

7/7/2016

7/10/2016

8/10/2016

5/2/2017

5/4/2017

5/8/2017

Amphibians

Ameroasian treefrogs (Dryophytes spp.)

boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Birds

eBird Field Checklist (Complete)

eBird Field Checklist (Campground)

eBird Field Checklist (Holland Lake)

eBird Field Checklist (Jensen Lake Loop)

eBird Field Checklist (McDonough Lake area)

eBird Field Checklist (Pilot Knob Rd)

eBird Field Checklist (Schulze Lake area)

eBird Field Checklist (Visitor Center)

eBird Field Checklist (West Trailhead)

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)

Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

Fungi and Lichens

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

Cedar-hawthorn Rust (Gymnosporangium globosum)

Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Crown-tipped Coral (Artomyces pyxidatus)

False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea)

Oak Leaf Blister (Taphrina caerulescens)

Shrimp Russula (Russula xerampelina)

Snow Morel (Gyromitra gigas)

Tubakia leaf spot (Tubakia dryina)

Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)

Insects, Arachnids, and other Arthropods

Minnesota Bee Atlas

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

American copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

ash bead gall mite (Aceria fraxini)

bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)

black cherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes cerasicrumena)

blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia)

clouded sulphur (Colias philodice)

common green darner (Anax junius)

confused eusarca (Eusarca confusaria)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

dot-tailed whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)

eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

four-lined plant bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

half-black bumble bee (Bombus vagans)

harvestman (Leiobunum spp.)

Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)

lilypad clubtail (Arigomphus furcifer)

little glassywing (Pompeius verna)

little wood satyr (Megisto cymela)

meadow spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)

monarch (Danaus plexippus)

mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis)

northern crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)

northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon)

oak leaf gall midge (Polystepha pilulae)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)

ruby meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)

snow flea (Hypogastrura nivicola)

spongy oak apple gall wasp (Amphibolips confluenta)

twice-stabbed stink bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana)

Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica)

western honey bee (Apis mellifera)

white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

winter crane fly (Trichocera sp.)

Mammals

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants


Four plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Endangered	wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium)
Tracked	arrowhead rattlebox (Crotalaria sagittalis) rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium) white wild indigo (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla)