Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve


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	Wright County

	Overview
	At 866 acres, Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve is the second largest park in the Wright County park system. It consists of two units separated by Endicott Avenue NW. A recent land acquisition has connected the two units. The larger West Unit consists of hilly oak woodland, one mile of wooded shoreline around Mary Lake, a small unnamed lake surrounded by marsh, and a second small marsh. The East Unit is a more work in progress. It includes a prairie restoration on a hill, a wetland, and a hardwood seeding. The seeding is mostly red oak and rock elm. In August of 1970 Albert Ney arranged to have land deeded to Wright County upon his death along with a trust fund. That land became Robert Ney Memorial Park. A small chapel was erected in 1973 to honor Albert’s son Robert, who died in World War II. The Environmental Education Center, now called Ney Nature Center, was constructed in 1996. By 2011, the park had expanded to 866 acres. Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve is adjacent to the 245-acre Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area. There are more than 10 miles of natural surface hiking trails, not all of which are mapped as of this writing (January 2016).

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	Management


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	Location

	Maps
	Robert Ney Regional Park Map

	Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates


	Size
	East Unit: 395 acres West Unit: 451 acres

	Parking
	West Unit 5212 73rd St. NW Maple Lake, MN 55358 N45 15.409, W93 59.844 East Unit N45 16.004, W93 59.034

	Hours
	6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.

	Fees
	No fee


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					Wright County
					Central Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	East Unit: 3.8 miles mapped, more than 1 mile unmapped (1/2016) West Unit: 5.4 miles

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			Big Woods
	Land Type Association			Maple Plain Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie)
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	West Unit
	Parking


	Information Sign


	Bring Your Own Trail Map


	Robert E. Ney Memorial Chapel


	Ney Nature Center


	Silver Creek


	Silver Creek Trail

	Unnamed Lake


	Pond Trail


	Drop-Tine Trail


	Unnamed Trail to Mary Lake


	Unmapped Bridge on Unnamed Trail from Mary Lake


	Prairie


	East Unit
	Parking


	Large Pond and Wetland


	Small Pond and Cattail Marsh


	Prairie and Wetland


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	October 27 2013 Trumpeter Swan Rescue Bill Doms

	About Published on Oct 27, 2013 Swan rescue at the Robert E Ney Nature Reserve in Wright county Minnesota near Maple Lake. The swan was transported to the Wildlife Rehab Center in Roseville, MN for a evaluation of it's wing injury.



	My Granddaughters First Dogsled Ride huskyhauler

	About Published on Feb 23, 2013 Running with my Siberian Huskies at Robert Ney Memorial Park, Minnesota