Sakatah Lake State Park

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	About

	Ownership


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	Minnesota DNR

	Overview


	History


	Management


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	Location

	Maps
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	Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates


	Size
	820 acres

	Parking
	50499 Sakatah Lake State Park Road Waterville, MN 56096 N44 13.135, W93 31.917

	Hours
	Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.

	Fees
	Daily park permit: $7 Annual park permit: $35


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					Le Sueur and Rice Counties
					Southwest and Southeast Minnesota


	Activities

	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


	Ecology

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

	Native Plant Communities*
	Dry Hill Prairie (Southern) Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Southern Dry-Mesic Oak (Maple) Woodland
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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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



	Sakatah Lake State Park, Minnesota campsitephotosdotcom

	About Published on Oct 29, 2013 Favorite Sites: 3, 15, 16, 19, 29, 36, 44, 52, 57



	Sakatah Lake State Park Chris Kratzke

	About Published on Feb 13, 2014 I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator

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	Other Videos


	Hiking Through Sakatah Lake State Park in Minnesota - S1:E15 The Escape Shroom Perspective

	About Jan 26, 2021 Join us as we hike and explore Sakatah Lake State Park in Minnesota. It was a smaller park, but there was still plenty to do and see on a warm October day! We took a trail that led us through the campgrounds and stayed mainly close to the lake. Enjoy this video of our adventure at Sakatah Lake State Park! Enjoy this video and thanks for watching! Don't forget to like this video and Subscribe to see more! Follow us on social media for photos and more: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nawtmushroom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nawt_mushroom/ Camera used for this video: Olympus Stylus 1 Edited with DaVinci Resolve



	Sakatah Lake State Park! MN Prairie Gal

	About Oct 19, 2020 Join me for a hike through the historic Big Woods forest of southern Minnesota. Like and follow for more nature adventures



	S2:E1 SAKATAH LAKE STATE PARK, Minnesota (04.27.2019) Old Dad Revival Old Dad Revival

	About Sep 7, 2019 In April of 2019 we (Old Dad Revival) filmed our season two, episode one opener at Sakatah Lake State Park in Minnesota. It was early in the season and it snowed throughout Saturday, so we experienced a touch of winter camping. While there we took a bike tour of the Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail. We hope your find our Minnesota travel and travel vlog a useful guide for your family as well as entertaining.



	PERFECT Fall Colors while Hiking at Sakatah Lake State Park Check It Out! with Tom Young

	About Premiered Mar 4, 2021 Being a video of a day hiking trip I made on a windy day in the middle of October during the peak fall color season at Sakatah Lake State Park in Minnesota. The yellow fall colors were incredible! This was a relaxing day and I'm sure you will find this a very relaxing video too. The authentic sounds of the wind blowing thru the trees and the crunching of footsteps on the fallen leaves will have you wishing you were there. And now thru the magic of YouTube you can be! Please like, share, smash that subscribe button, and enjoy!



	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

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

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Plants

showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis)

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Visits
10/29/2005		4/20/2012

Amphibians

boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)

northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens)

spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)

Birds


Thirteen bird species with conservation status in Minnesota 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) Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii) 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)

Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

eBird Field Checklist – Le Sueur Co

eBird Field Checklist – The Narrows, Sakatah Lake / Lower Sakatah Lake

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 (Spatula discors)

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus 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)

Plants


Three plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Threatened	largebract ticktrefoil (Desmodium cuspidatum var. longifolium)
Special Concern	American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) late hawthorn (Crataegus calpodendron)