Stanley Eddy Memorial Park Reserve

 

 

     
 
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Wright County

 
     
 

Overview

 
 

Stanley Eddy Memorial Park Reserve is the largest park in the Wright County park system. Its 879 acres are divided between three units. The North and South Units consist of forested rolling hills, small wetlands, and very little open area. The North Unit includes an unnamed lake, shoreline along Widmark and Pickerel Lakes, and 3½ miles of hiking/horse trails. The South Unit includes a scenic overlook and the highest point in Wright County, and 4 miles of hiking/horse trails. Park benches are conveniently located next to the trail after all steep climbs. The trails are marked but hikers on their first visit may benefit by printing and bringing the trail maps (see Maps above). Horses are not allowed on the trails between November and May. The distinctive call of Red-shouldered Hawks greets visitors in very early spring.

 
     
 

History

 
 

 

 
     
 

Management

 
 

 

 
     
 

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Location
 
 

Maps

 
 

Stanley Eddy North Park Map

Stanley Eddy South Park Map

 
         
 

Printable Map(s) with GPS coordinates

 
         
         
 

Size

 
 

879 acres

 
         
 

Parking

 
 

North Unit
Rhoades Ave NW
Annandale, MN 55302
N45 14.356, W94 14.945

Middle Unit
N45 13.508, W94 13.902

South Unit, Southeast Parking Lot:
N45 13.693, W94 13.692

South Unit, Southwest Parking Lot:
N45 12.703, W94 14.443

 
         
 

Hours

 
 

daily from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.

 
         
 

Fees

 
 

No fee

 
         
 

Driving Directions

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          Wright County  
          Central Minnesota  
     
 
Activities
 
 

Hiking Trails

 
 

North Unit: 4 miles

South Unit: 3.5 miles

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

 

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

   
  Ecological Subsection    

Big Woods

   
  Land Type Association    

Maple Plain Moraine

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Bog birch - Alder Shore Fen

Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie)

Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin)

Meadow - Marsh - Fen -Swamp Complex

Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp

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

Sedge Meadow

Tamarack Swamp (Southern)

   
  * Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources      
         
 

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Park Entrance

 
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Parking

 
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Widmark Lake

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

 
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Trails

 
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South Unit

 
 

Southeast Park Entrance

 
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Southeast Parking Lot

 
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Southwest Parking Lot

 
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Highest Elevation in Wright County

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

 
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Cattail Marsh

 
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Trails

 
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Campsite

 
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  Stanley Eddy - Week of August 7
UMN Extension - Wright County 4-H
 
   
 
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Jun 11, 2020

Join Wright County 4-H Virtual Hiking Club to explore a new Wright County Park each week. Learn about unique park features and how to connect your visit to 4-H project learning. For more information on Virtual Hiking Club, including how to share your visit with us, visit https://z.umn.edu/hikingclub

 
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Snowshoeing Stanley Eddy south unit, Wright County Mn.

   

 

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Amphibians

 
  boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)   boreal chorus frog  
 

Birds

 
 

Four bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

 
 

eBird Field Checklist (North Unit)

eBird Field Checklist (South Unit)

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)

Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

 

Blue Jay

Canada Goose

Mallard

Northern Cardinal

White-breasted Nuthatch

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

 
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
 

Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)

Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina)

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

bracket fungus (Trametes pubescens)

Chaga (Inonotus obliquus)

False Tinder Fungus (Phellinus igniarius)

False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea)

Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius)

Milk-white Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus)

narrow-headed marsh fly (Helophilus fasciatus)

Phomopsis gall on hickory (Phomopsis spp.)

Scarlet Cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca)

Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)

 

Artist’s Conk

Hoof Fungus

Willow Bracket

 
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

narrow-headed marsh fly (Helophilus fasciatus)

  goldenrod gall fly  
 

Mammals

 
 

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

  American red squirrel  
 

Plants

 
 

One plant species with conservation status in Minnesota is found here:

Special Concern

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

Plants frequently found in:

Bog birch - Alder Shore Fen OPn81a

Cattail - Sedge Marsh (Prairie) MRp83a

Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin) APn91b

Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp APn81b

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs38c

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

Tamarack Swamp (Southern) FPs63a

     
 

 

American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)

American dog violet (Viola labradorica)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis)

bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)

bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common blue violet (Viola sororia)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum)

common motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca)

common strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

eastern false rue anemone (Enemion biternatum)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

Howell’s pussytoes (Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica)

Indianpipe (Monotropa uniflora)

jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

long-beaked sedge (Carex sprengelii)

nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera)

Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica)

puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa)

red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea)

rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

starry false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum stellatum)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

tamarack (Larix laricina)

thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus)

white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens)

white oak (Quercus alba)

wild leek (Allium tricoccum)

wild oats (Uvularia sessilifolia)

wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia)

yellow marsh marigold (Caltha palustris var. palustris)

 

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple)

Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)

Allium tricoccum (wild leek)

Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (wood anemone)

Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica (Howell’s pussytoes)

Aplectrum hyemale (puttyroot)

Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)

Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger)

Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera (paper birch)

Caltha palustris var. palustris (yellow marsh marigold)

Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)

Carex sprengelii (long-beaked sedge)

Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)

Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry)

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (red osier dogwood)

Elymus virginicus (Virginia wildrye)

Enemion biternatum (eastern false rue anemone)

Fragaria virginiana (common strawberry)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galium aparine (cleavers)

Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw)

Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy)

Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf)

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar)

Larix laricina (tamarack)

Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca (common motherwort)

Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)

Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal)

Maianthemum stellatum (starry false Solomon’s seal)

Monotropa uniflora (Indianpipe)

Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely)

Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam)

Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain)

Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Quercus alba (white oak)

Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Quercus rubra (northern red oak)

Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup)

Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)

Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry)

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)

Spirodela polyrrhiza (greater duckweed)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum thalictroides (rue anemone)

Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood)

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover)

Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium)

Ulmus americana (American elm)

Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle)

Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort)

Uvularia sessilifolia (wild oats)

Veronica serpyllifolia (thyme-leaved speedwell)

Viola labradorica (American dog violet)

Viola sororia (common blue violet)

 

black cherry

bloodroot

Canada mayflower

common blue violet

common strawberry

eastern false rue anemone

fragrant bedstraw

ground ivy

Indianpipe

large-flowered bellwort

puttyroot

red clover

rue anemone

Virginia waterleaf

wood anemone

yellow marsh marigold

 

 

 

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