Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

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			Mille Lacs County
			Central Minnesota

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Size

11,621 acres statutory, 9,773 owned

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Park Office

N46 8.128, W93 43.513

Parking

Kathio Landmark Trail
N46 8.680, W93 46.335

Hiking Trails

35 miles
1 mile interpretive, including ½ mile “Touch the Earth” trail with printed guide
1 mile handicapped accessible

Hunting

No hunting

Ecological Classification

Province

Laurentian Mixed Forest Province

Section

Western Superior Uplands

Subsection(s)

Mille Lacs Uplands

Land Type Association(s)

Eastside Till Plain

Mille Lacs Lake

Native Plant Communities¹

Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp

Aspen - Ash Forest

Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral)

Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral)

Black Spruce Bog: Semi-Treed Subtype

Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin)

Low Shrub Poor Fen

Meadow - Marsh - Fen-Swamp Complex

Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh

Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh

Northern Poor Fen

Poor Black Spruce Swamp

Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Tamarack Subtype

Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till)

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest

Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastcentral)

Sedge Meadow

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp

Ownership

Links

Minnesota DNR

Comments

This park is located on the southwest shore of Mille Lacs Lake.

Visits

7/28/2011

1/12/2013

8/2/2017


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	Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Sharon Somero


	Kathio State Park Brett Whaley

	About May 19, 2012

	Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Richard Sanders

	About Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, MN

	Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Minnesota campsitephotosdotcom

	About Published on Oct 29, 2013 Favorite Sites: 2, 4, 12, 15, 32, 36, 38, 40, 46, 52, 56

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	Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, P. 1 SpriteHikes

	About Uploaded on Apr 25, 2011 Update: On day one, the high temp was 45 and the low was 26. Brr. Easter hike. Hammocking, cooking, frozen brain, loons, BAD dinner, new stuff.

	Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, P. 2 SpriteHikes

	About Uploaded on Apr 25, 2011 Wildlife footage right off the bat, then some breakfast, a bit of hiking, a windy tower.

	Northwoods Adventure Archaeology Day Mille Lacs Kathio - Lakeland News at Ten - October 4, 2011.m4v LakelandPTV

	About Uploaded on Oct 6, 2011 No description available.

	Northwoods Adventure Geocaching at Mille Lacs Kathio - Lakeland News at Ten - February 28, 2012.m4v LakelandPTV

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	Mille Lacs Kathio State Park muchlijd

	About Uploaded on Nov 23, 2006 A brief account of my father and I as we meandered throughout this state park in Minnesota

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Amphibians	spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

Birds	Thirteen bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:
	Endangered	Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

	Threatened	Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

	Special concern	American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

	Tracked	Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist eBird Field Checklist

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Common Loon (Gavia immer) Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)

Fungi and Lichens	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) False Tinder Fungus (Phellinus igniarius)

Insects and Arachnids	belted whiteface (Leucorrhinia proxima) Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina) chalk-fronted corporal (Ladona julia) dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) monarch (Danaus plexippus) northern pearly eye (Lethe anthedon) white-faced meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum) widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Mammals	American beaver (Castor canadensis) American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Five plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
	Endangered	butternut (Juglans cinerea)

	Threatened	bog bluegrass (Poa paludigena) little goblin moonwort (Botrychium mormo)

	Special concern	least moonwort (Botrychium simplex) narrow-leaved water plantain (Alisma gramineum)

	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List

	Plants frequently found in: Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp FPn73a Aspen - Ash Forest MHn46 Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Alder Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn64b Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) WFn55b Black Spruce Bog: Semi-Treed Subtype APn80a2 Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) OPn92a Low Shrub Poor Fen APn91a Northern Bulrush - Spikerush Marsh MRn93 Northern Mixed Cattail Marsh MRn83 Northern Poor Fen APn91 Poor Black Spruce Swamp APn81a Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Tamarack Subtype APn81b2 Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) MHc36a Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest MHc26b Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastcentral) FPn72a Sedge Meadow WMn82b Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest MHn47a Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a

	Common Name Scientific Name alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium ssp. montanum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American germander (Teucrium canadense) American hazel (Corylus americana) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata) American hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American spikenard (Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa) American starflower (Lysimachia borealis) American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana) Amur maple (Acer ginnala) annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus) balsam fir (Abies balsamea var. balsamea) beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta var. cornuta) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) black ash (Fraxinus nigra) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black medick (Medicago lupulina) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis) bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) butter and eggs (Linaria vulgaris) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) cinnamon fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomea) cleavers (Galium aparine) common agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common hop (Humulus lupulus) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common plantain (Plantago major) common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common water hemlock (Cicuta maculata var. maculata) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) crested wood fern (Dryopteris cristata) curly dock (Rumex crispus) downy arrowwood (Viburnum rafinesqueanum) drooping woodland sedge (Carex arctata) dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens) early meadow rue (Thalictrum dioicum) eastern bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix) eastern marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field clover (Trifolium campestre) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) graceful sedge (Carex gracillima) grass-leaved goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) green carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy goldenrod (Solidago hispida) hairy-stem gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum) harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) hop sedge (Carex lupulina) Indianpipe (Monotropa uniflora) interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) large-flowered trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) Lindley’s aster (Symphyotrichum ciliolatum) low serviceberry (Amelanchier humilis) marsh bellflower (Campanula aparinoides var. grandiflora) mint-leaved bergamot (Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) narrow-leaved meadowsweet (Spiraea alba var. alba) northern bedstraw (Galium boreale) northern blue flag (Iris versicolor) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) paleleaf woodland sunflower (Helianthus strumosus) palespike lobelia (Lobelia spicata) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax) pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum) poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata) prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) prairie peppergrass (Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum) purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia) purple-leaf willow herb (Epilobium coloratum) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) rabbit’s foot clover (Trifolium arvense) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red pine (Pinus resinosa) reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) roadside agrimony (Agrimonia striata) rough cinquefoil (Potentilla norvegica) rough-fruited cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) round-leaved dogwood (Cornus rugosa) round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana) scarlet Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea f. coccinea) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) small purple fringed orchid (Platanthera psycodes) smooth serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis) spinulose wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana) spotted Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium maculatum) spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis) spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) stinging nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum) tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris) tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana) timothy (Phleum pratense) upright carrionflower (Smilax ecirrhata) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum) western oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) western ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya) white avens (Geum canadense) white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba) white clover (Trifolium repens) white oak (Quercus alba) white panicled aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum) white poplar (Populus alba) white sage (Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana) white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima) white spruce (Picea glauca) white sweet clover (Melilotus albus) white-flowered leaf-cup (Polymnia canadensis) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) yellow avens (Geum aleppicum) yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris) yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) Abies balsamea var. balsamea (balsam fir) Acer ginnala (Amur maple) Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Actaea pachypoda (white baneberry) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair) Agastache scrophulariifolia (purple giant hyssop) Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot) Agrimonia gryposepala (common agrimony) Agrimonia striata (roadside agrimony) Ambrosia psilostachya (western ragweed) Amelanchier humilis (low serviceberry) Amelanchier laevis (smooth serviceberry) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (American hog peanut) Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (American hog peanut) Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) Anemone americana (round-lobed hepatica) Anemone virginiana (tall thimbleweed) Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (Parlin’s pussytoes) Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa (American spikenard) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana (white sage) Asarum canadense (wild ginger) Asclepias exaltata (poke milkweed) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum (northern lady fern) Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold) Campanula aparinoides var. grandiflora (marsh bellflower) Campanula rapunculoides (creeping bellflower) Campanula rotundifolia (harebell) Carex arctata (drooping woodland sedge) Carex gracillima (graceful sedge) Carex lupulina (hop sedge) Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge) Castilleja coccinea f. coccinea (scarlet Indian paintbrush) Cicuta maculata var. maculata (common water hemlock) Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade) Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) Cirsium muticum (swamp thistle) Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle) Conyza canadensis (Canadian horseweed) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood) Corylus americana (American hazel) Corylus cornuta var. cornuta (beaked hazel) Cuscuta gronovii (common dodder) Desmodium glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil) Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose wood fern) Dryopteris cristata (crested wood fern) Echinocystis lobata (wild cucumber) Elymus hystrix (eastern bottlebrush grass) Epilobium coloratum (purple-leaf willow herb) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Equisetum hyemale var. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane) Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane) Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster) Euthamia graminifolia var. graminifolia (grass-leaved goldenrod) Eutrochium maculatum (spotted Joe Pye weed) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry) Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry) Frangula alnus (glossy buckthorn) Fraxinus nigra (black ash) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium aparine (cleavers) Galium boreale (northern bedstraw) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Geum aleppicum (yellow avens) Geum canadense (white avens) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Gymnocarpium dryopteris (western oak fern) Helianthus strumosus (paleleaf woodland sunflower) Heracleum sphondylium ssp. montanum (American cow parsnip) Humulus lupulus (common hop) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not) Iris versicolor (northern blue flag) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum (prairie peppergrass) Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy) Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) Lobelia spicata (palespike lobelia) Lysimachia borealis (American starflower) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern) Medicago lupulina (black medick) Melilotus albus (white sweet clover) Mollugo verticillata (green carpetweed) Monarda fistulosa var. menthifolia (mint-leaved bergamot) Monotropa uniflora (Indianpipe) Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Osmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern) Osmundastrum cinnamomea (cinnamon fern) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (ironwood) Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) Phleum pratense (timothy) Picea glauca (white spruce) Pinus resinosa (red pine) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Plantago major (common plantain) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Platanthera psycodes (small purple fringed orchid) Polymnia canadensis (white-flowered leaf-cup) Populus alba (white poplar) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil) Potentilla recta (rough-fruited cinquefoil) Prunella vulgaris (heal-all) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (western bracken fern) Pyrola elliptica (shinleaf) Quercus alba (white oak) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup) Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Ribes hirtellum (hairy-stem gooseberry) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus pubescens (dwarf raspberry) Rumex crispus (curly dock) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion) Smilax ecirrhata (upright carrionflower) Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod) Solidago hispida (hairy goldenrod) Spiraea alba var. alba (narrow-leaved meadowsweet) Symphyotrichum ciliolatum (Lindley’s aster) Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (white panicled aster) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Teucrium canadense (American germander) Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow rue) Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens (eastern marsh fern) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Trifolium arvense (rabbit’s foot clover) Trifolium campestre (field clover) Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens (white clover) Trillium grandiflorum (large-flowered trillium) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Viburnum rafinesqueanum (downy arrowwood) Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch) Vitis riparia (wild grape)