About • Location • Activities • Ecology
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Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve is a popular park for horseback riders. If you hike the horse trails you will encounter horseback riders, even on a week day. The northeast corner of the park is a wildlife sanctuary. Trails leading to it are marked “Trail Closed”. |
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History |
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Management |
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The area labeled “restored prairie” on the park map was sprayed with 2,4-d herbicide in May, 2014. One week later, every plant on these prairies was dead or dying. |
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Location |
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Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates |
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Size |
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2,786 acres |
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Parking |
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Murphy Lake Boulevard (hiking trailhead) Sunset Lake Road (horse trailhead) Judicial Road (dog trailhead) |
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5 AM–10 PM |
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No fee |
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Dakota and Scott Counties | ||||||
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Activities |
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Hiking Trails |
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Summer Winter |
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Hunting |
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Deer hunting by shotgun and archery. See Natural Resources Management (Three Rivers Park District) for details. |
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Ecology |
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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 | Big Woods |
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Land Type Association | Elko Moraine Wescott Moraine |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) Dry Hill Oak Savanna (Southern) Pin Oak - Bur Oak Woodland Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest Sedge Meadow Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
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Horse Flies and Deer Flies
Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve is a popular park for horseback riders. Horse flies and deer flies are prolific here in the summer. Deer fly season is June and July. Horse fly season is July and August. If you hike the horse trails during fly season you will want to wear a long sleeve shirt and long pants. A headnet is a plus.
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Keeping Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve wild (but not that wild) Sascha Lodge |
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Published on Sep 3, 2013 Keeping Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve wild (but not that wild) Dan Comerford, Forestry Specialist, Three Rivers Park District Presented August 15th, 2013 at the University of Minnesota Invasive Plants Symposium |
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2012 Surf the Murph Bryan Cochran |
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Published on Nov 7, 2012 Surf the Murph is a trail run through the beautiful Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve held each year on the last Saturday in October. |
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Murphy-Hanrehan 10_9_2011 Mountain Bike Trails Three Rivers Park Single Track elizabeth flom |
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Uploaded on Oct 9, 2011 Three Rivers Park District Mountain Bike Trail System at Murphy Hanrehan Park Reserve - Great Single Track ,Trails 84 degree October Day! |
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Important Bird Area
In 2004 Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve was designated an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society.
Nesting Hooded Warblers
Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve provides habitat for the only-known breeding population of Hooded Warblers in Minnesota.
Blanding’s turtles
Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve hosts a population of approximately 100 Blanding’s turtles.
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