Mille Lacs Kathio State Park


	Location

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	Size
	11,621 acres statutory, 9,773 owned

	Parking
	15066 Kathio State Park Road Onamia, MN 56359 Park Office N46 8.128, W93 43.513 Landmark Trail N46 8.680, W93 46.335

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

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


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					Mille Lacs County
					Central Minnesota


	Activities

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

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Western Superior Uplands
	Ecological Subsection			Mille Lacs Uplands
	Land Type Association			Eastside Till Plain Mille Lacs Lake

	Native Plant Communities*
	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
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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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

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	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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Thirteen bird species with conservation status in Minnesota 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)


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)