Scenic State Park
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Two areas of Scenic State Park are included separately on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the service yard and the CCC Rustic Style Historic District. The service yard includes four buildings on the western shore of Sandwick Lake. The historic district is 16 acres on the south shore of Coon Lake that includes five buildings and a set of stone steps. The buildings in these areas were designed by the National Park Service and constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). They were designed in Rustic Style Architecture and built with a labor-intensive process. They are considered irreplaceable. The work was performed during the Great Depression between 1933 and 1935. On June 6, 1992, the service yard was placed in the NRHP. On June 8, 1992, the historic district was placed in the NRHP. |
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In 1921, in an effort to preserve the birch and pines around Coon and Sandwick Lakes from logging, 2,121 acres in Itasca County were acquired and Scenic State Park was created. Subsequent land acquisitions have almost doubled the size of this park. |
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North section |
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Size |
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3,936 acres statutory, 2,650 owned |
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56956 Scenic Highway 7 N47 42.189, W93 34.012 |
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Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. |
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Daily park permit: $7 Annual park permit: $35 |
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Hiking Trails |
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14 miles |
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Hunting |
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No hunting |
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Ecology |
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Ecological Classification |
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| Ecological Province | Laurentian Mixed Forest Province |
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| Ecological Section | Northern Minnesota Drift & Lake Plains |
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| Ecological Subsection | St. Louis Moraines |
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| Land Type Association | Coon Lake Till Plain |
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Native Plant Communities* |
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Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Aspen - Birch - Basswood Forest Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Northern) Low Shrub Poor Fen Northern Dry Sand Pine Woodland Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp Northern Wet-Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer Forest Red Pine - White Pine Woodland Rich Tamarack - (Alder) Swamp White Cedar Swamp (Northcentral) Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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| * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources | |||||||
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Park Entrance |
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Coon Lake |
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Osprey Nest Trail |
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Chase Point Trail |
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Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp |
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Aspen - Birch - Basswood Forest |
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Red Pine - White Pine Woodland |
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Slideshows |
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| Scenic State Park Sharon Somero |
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| Scenic State Park Brett Whaley |
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| Scenic State Park Richard Sanders |
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| Scenic State Park MN Chris Kratzke |
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Published on Feb 13, 2014 I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator |
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| Scenic State Park in Minnesota - Video Tour OpenRoadAdventures |
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Uploaded on May 3, 2011 http://OpenRoadAdventures.biz - Scenic State Park in Minnesota is one of our little known local treasures. This video tour will show you how the aptly named "Scenic" got its name. Visit www.OpenRoadAdventures.biz for more on Scenic State Park in Minnesota and to see our Minnesota Audio Tours. |
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| SCENIC STATE PARK - Minnesota Aug 2, 2020 |
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Scenic State Park is a quiet and peaceful park just about 45 miles north of Grand Rapids, MN. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. |
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Other Videos |
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| scenic state park nick hoffman |
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Premiered Jul 17, 2020 scenic state park MN |
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| Chase Point, Scenic State Park. Bigfork, MN. Relaxing Hiking Video with Ambient Music. Tent Walls to Waterfalls |
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Jul 8, 2021 This is a video of us hiking Chase Point at Scenic State Park. |
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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| Scenic State Park Minnesota MillyReed |
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Jul 24, 2018 Minnesota Scenic State Park boat in campsite #4 Bigfork MN Suggested by Kill Rock Stars |
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