Sakatah Lake State Park

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			Le Sueur and Rice Counties
			Southwest and Southeast Minnesota

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Size

820 acres statutory, 820 owned

Maps


All Season Map

Park Office

N44 13.135, W93 31.917

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.

Hunting

No hunting

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

Links

Minnesota DNR

Comments

Visits

10/29/2005

4/20/2012


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Park Entrance


Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest


Sakatah Lake


Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail

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Slideshows

	Hiking Club: Sakatah Lake State Park, April 2012 Carey

	About 08 APR 2012; Park #4, 2.2 miles

	Sakatah St Pk Restoration Evaluation


	Sakatah Lake State Park Richard Sanders

	About Sakatah Lake State Park, MN

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	Sakatah Lake State Park Chris Kratzke

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	Sakatah lake state park 1 John Kratzke

	About Published on Apr 28, 2012 This video was uploaded from an Android phone.

	Sakatah lake state park 2 John Kratzke

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Plants	showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis)


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Amphibians	boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens) spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)

Birds	Twelve bird species with conservation status in Minnesota and one tracked species have been seen here:
	Endangered	Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

	Threatened	Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

	Special concern	Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

	Tracked	Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist eBird Field Checklist (Le Sueur Co) eBird Field Checklist (Rice Co.)

	American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

Fungi and Lichens	Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Insects and Arachnids	bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) chokecherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes emarginatae) eastern comma (Polygonia comma) eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americanum) goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Mammals	American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants	Two plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
	Threatened	American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

	Special concern	late hawthorn (Crataegus calpodendron)

	Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Plant List

	Plants frequently found in: Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) UPs13d Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland FDs37

	Common Name Scientific Name American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana) American elm (Ulmus americana) Amur maple (Acer ginnala) bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina) black walnut (Juglans nigra) black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii) bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo) bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides) bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa) Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense) Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis) catnip (Nepeta cataria) chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana) cleavers (Galium aparine) 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 mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus) common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) cut-leaved toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens var. pubescens) Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum) eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati) eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana) fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum) gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) great St. Johnswort (Hypericum ascyron ssp. pyramidatum) green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) ironwood (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana) jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) late goldenrod (Solidago altissima) Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum) northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis) northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) northern red oak (Quercus rubra) northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica) pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra) red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa) red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea) scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine) sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba) silver maple (Acer saccharinum) slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) smooth Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum) smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum) sugar maple (Acer saccharum) Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum) western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii) white oak (Quercus alba) white rattlesnake root (Nabalus albus) white trout lily (Erythronium albidum) wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii) wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) wild ginger (Asarum canadense) wild grape (Vitis riparia) wild leek (Allium tricoccum) wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea) woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana) zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) Acer ginnala (Amur maple) Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder) Acer saccharinum (silver maple) Acer saccharum (sugar maple) Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry) Allium tricoccum (wild leek) Anemone acutiloba (sharp-lobed hepatica) Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine) Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) Arctium minus (common burdock) Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) Asarum canadense (wild ginger) Athyrium filix-femina ssp. angustum (northern lady fern) Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) Cardamine concatenata (cut-leaved toothwort) Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory) Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry) Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood) Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood) Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood) Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s breeches) Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone) Equisetum hyemale var. affine (scouring rush horsetail) Erythronium albidum (white trout lily) Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (woodland strawberry) Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry) Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash) Galium aparine (cleavers) Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw) Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf) Hypericum ascyron ssp. pyramidatum (great St. Johnswort) Juglans nigra (black walnut) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar) Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle) Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal) Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal) Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern) Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed) Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot) Nabalus albus (white rattlesnake root) Nepeta cataria (catnip) Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (ironwood) Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine) Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii (wild blue phlox) Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain) Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (smooth Solomon’s seal) Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood) Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry) Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry) Quercus alba (white oak) Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak) Quercus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa (bur oak) Quercus rubra (northern red oak) Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup) Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac) Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry) Ribes missouriense (Missouri gooseberry) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry) Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier) Solidago altissima (late goldenrod) Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod) Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion) Thuja occidentalis (northern white cedar) Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood) Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy) Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium) Ulmus americana (American elm) Ulmus rubra (slippery elm) Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein) Viola pubescens var. pubescens (downy yellow violet) Viola sororia (common blue violet) Vitis riparia (wild grape) Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)