Seven Mile Creek County Park


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	Location

	Maps
	Seven Mile Creek Brochure

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	Size
	628 acres

	Parking
	Back parking lot N44 15.944, W94 2.146

	Hours
	Park is closed dusk to dawn

	Fees
	No fee


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					Nicollet County
					Southwest Minnesota


	Activities

	Hiking Trails
	8.8 miles multi-use trails (hike, bike, and horse)

	Hunting
	No hunting


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Prairie Parkland Province Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			North Central Glaciated Plains Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			Minnesota River Prairie Big Woods
	Land Type Association			Gibbon Till Plain Le Sueur Alluvial Plain

	Native Plant Communities*
	Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	Park entrance


	Back parking lot


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


	Elm - Basswood - Black Ash - (Hackberry) Forest


	Seven Mile Creek


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	St. Peter MN - Seven Mile Creek 2004 - XC Skiing CherryStreetTheater

	About Premiered Feb 28, 2020 Seven Mile Creek 2004 - XC Skiing. Low resolution video: 720x480 15fps 32K Stereo 256spd. Southern Minnesota winter fun. Seven Mile Creek County Park is found between Mankato and St. Peter, Minnesota on Hwy 169. If you like to X/C ski this is a great place.

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Fifteen bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
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) Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)


Two fish species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Threatened	black buffalo (Ictiobus niger)
Special Concern	blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus)