Minnesota Seasons - Sakatah Lake State Park


Sakatah Lake State Park

County	Le Sueur and Rice Counties
GPS	N44 13.090 W93 31.931
Size	842 acres
Habitat	“Big Woods” maple-basswood forest
Hiking Trails	5 miles 0.36 mile handicapped accessible trail Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail, a 39-mile paved multiple-use trail, runs through the park.

Links	Minnesota DNR

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		Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail runs through the park.


Amphibians

	northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)


Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

	American robin (Turdus migratorius) American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)


Insects

	bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)


Mammals

	eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)


Plants

	American basswood (Tilia americana) amur maple (Acer ginnala) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) common blue violet (Viola sororia) common burdock (Arctium minus) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum) lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white oak (Quercus alba) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)