Moose Lake State Park
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1,239 acres statutory, 832 owned |
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4252 County Road 137 N46 26.149, W92 44.156 |
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Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. |
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Daily park permit: $7 Annual park permit: $35 |
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Hiking Biking Mountain biking Horseback riding Picnicking Camping Backpacking Rock climbing and bouldering Swimming Boating Canoeing Birdwatching Nature photography Geocaching Cross country skiing Skate-skiing Winter hiking Snowshoeing Snowmobiling |
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No hunting. The park may hold one or more managed hunts in the fall. In most cases, Minnesota residents do not need a permit to fish in Minnesota State Parks. |
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Laurentian Mixed Forest Province |
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Western Superior Uplands |
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Mille Lacs Uplands |
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| Land Type Association | Nickerson Moraine |
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Aspen - Ash Forest Beaver Wetland Complex Black Ash - Basswood Forest Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Northern Rich Alder Swamp Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp Northern Wet Ash Swamp Northern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastcentral) Sedge Meadow Sedge Meadow: Lake Sedge Subtype Sedge Meadow: Tussock Sedge Subtype White Pine - White Spruce - Paper Birch Forest Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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Agate/Geological Interpretive Center |
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Echo Lake |
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Black Ash - Basswood Forest |
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Echo Lake Trail |
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Echo Lake Trail |
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Moose Lake State Park, MN |
Moose Lake State Park, Minnesota |
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Published on Oct 29, 2013 Favorite Sites: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 18, 19, 26, 31, 34, 35 |
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Minnesota - Moose Lake State Park |
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Aug 1, 2020 2nd State Park video of Minnesota! Located north of Minneapolis and south of Duluth on Interstate 35. Follow me on Instagram: ryanriedel24 for more travel photos and travel content! |
Goin' To The Lake: Moose Lake State Park |
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Jul 14, 2016 Kylie and Molly found out Thursday that Moose Lake is an agate hunter's dream. WCCO 4 News at 6 - July 14, 2016 |
PARK : QUICK VISIT TO MOOSE LAKE STATE PARK, MINNESOTA VLOG 205 |
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Premiered Oct 7, 2020 PARK : QUICK VISIT TO MOOSE LAKE STATE PARK, MINNESOTA VLOG 205 #MooseLake #Minnesota #StatePark Just a quick visit to Moose Lake before heading home from our cabin . Music - Epidemic Sound Video editor - Wondershare Filmora airbnb - https://www.airbnb.com/c/elviej2?curr... booking - https://www.booking.com/s/34_6/ebjohn71 E-mail - meriellebaenre@yahoo.com |
MOOSE LAKE STATE PARK |Quaint and family friendly |
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Oct 19, 2021 This small, sweet, and lovely state park is another Minnesota beauty. I camp and hike in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. I also guide Boundary Waters Retreats! In the Superior National Forest, in Northern Minnesota. And anywhere else I can venture to! I love sharing the journey with you all. Thank you for subscribing, it means a lot to me. Website: www.jodiphotography.org |
Baby Swans at Moose Lake State Park |
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Published on Jul 7, 2012 Dad was fishing and little baby swans came up and were resting right by us! They stayed for a good 45 minutes until the sun creeped so low that it got very hot where they were. Then they went to cool off in Eco Lake, Minnesota! Saw them the next day while we were kayaking and waved! |
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Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa) |
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American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) American emerald (Cordulia shurtleffii) American lady (Vanessa virginiensis) boxelder pouchgall mite (Aceria negundi) common green darner (Anax junius) eastern comma (Polygonia comma) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) mustard white (Pieris oleracea) narrow-headed marsh fly (Helophilus fasciatus) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) spring azure (Celastrina ladon) springtime darner (Basiaeschna janata) western thatching ant (Formica obscuripes) |
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American beaver (Castor canadensis) American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) |
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Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List |
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Plants frequently found in: Black Ash - Basswood Forest MHn46b Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest MHn35 Northern Rich Alder Swamp FPn73 Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp WFn64 Northern Wet-Mesic Hardwood Forest MHn46 Rich Tamarack Swamp (Eastcentral) FPn72a Sedge Meadow: Lake Sedge Subtype WMn82b4 Sedge Meadow: Tussock Sedge Subtype WMn82b2 |
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alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum) American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American black currant (Ribes americanum) American elm (Ulmus americana) American plum (Prunus americana) American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus) American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) balsam fir (Abies balsamea var. balsamea) balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) bigleaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) clasping-leaved twisted-stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) common burdock (Arctium minus) common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale) common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum) common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. pubescens) dwarf raspberry (Rubus pubescens) dwarf ginseng (Panax trifolius) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) hairy woodrush (Luzula acuminata ssp. acuminata) inland serviceberry (Amelanchier interior) interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern starflower (Lysimachia borealis) orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera) Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) prickly rose (Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red clover (Trifolium pratense) red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana) sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea) slender willow (Salix petiolaris) small white violet (Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens) smooth scouring rush (Equisetum laevigatum) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) speckled alder (Alnus incana ssp. rugosa) sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum) Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense) variegated yellow pond lily (Nuphar variegata) white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild oats (Uvularia sessilifolia) wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris) wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)
Abies balsamea var. balsamea (balsam fir) Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple) Achillea millefolium (common yarrow) Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (speckled alder) Amelanchier interior (inland serviceberry) Anemone americana (round-lobed hepatica) Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (wood anemone) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger) Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern) Barbarea vulgaris (winter cress) Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch) Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold) Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge) Clintonia borealis (bluebead lily) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) Equisetum laevigatum (smooth scouring rush) Equisetum sylvaticum (woodland horsetail) Eurybia macrophylla (bigleaf aster) Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hemerocallis fulva (orange daylily) Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) Luzula acuminata ssp. acuminata (hairy woodrush) Lysimachia borealis (northern starflower) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern) Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root) Nuphar variegata (variegated yellow pond lily) Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely) Claytosmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern) Panax trifolius (dwarf ginseng) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip) Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy) Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) Prunus americana (American plum) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Ribes americanum (American black currant) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi (prickly rose) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry) Rubus pubescens (dwarf raspberry) Salix petiolaris (slender willow) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Streptopus amplexifolius (clasping-leaved twisted-stalk) Tanacetum vulgare (common tansy) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover) Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover) Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail) Ulmus americana (American elm) Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Uvularia sessilifolia (wild oats) Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry) Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens (small white violet) |
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