Minnesota Seasons - St. Croix State Park


St. Croix State Park

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			Pine County




Size	34,037 acres

Maps	Minnesota DNR Summer Map

Park Office	N45 56.777, W92 36.385

Hiking Trails	127 miles 1.5 miles interpretive 1.5 miles handicapped accessible The Willard Munger State Trail, a multi-use trail, runs through the park.

Hunting	No hunting.

Ecological Classification	Province	Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
	Section	Western Superior Uplands
	Subsection(s)	Mille Lacs Uplands
	Land Type Association(s)	Cloverdale Sand Plain Duxbury Moraine St. Croix Terraces

Native Plant Communities¹	None or no information available

Natural Features	Black Spruce and tamarack bog, sugar maple-Basswood forest, jack pine barrens, meadows, streams

Ownership	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Links	Minnesota DNR

Comments	This is Minnesota’s largest state park. Unlike Itasca State Park this park does not have a designated wildlife drive. However, it does have 25 miles of heavily-forrested road to explore between St. John’s Landing in the east and Maple Island and Eagle Bend in the west.

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Birds	Minnesota DNR Bird Checklist

	American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

Mammals

	American black bear (Ursus americanus americanus) whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Plants

	Canada hawkweed (Hieracium kalmii) Michigan lily (Lilium superbum) orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) prickly rose (Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi) quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) red pine (Pinus resinosa) sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis var. perennis)

Reptiles

	wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)

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