Minnesota Seasons - Sakatah Lake State Park


Sakatah Lake State Park

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				Le Sueur and Rice Counties



Size	842 acres

Maps	Minnesota DNR All Season Map

Park Office	N44 13.140 W93 31.916

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.

Ecological Classification	Province	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Section	Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Subsection(s)	Big Woods Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association(s)	Cordova Moraine Iosco Moraine

Native Plant Communities¹	Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

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			Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail

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 and Arachnids

	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 var. 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) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. 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)

Visits	10/29/2005