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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Banning_State_Park&params=46_9_53_N_92_51_16_W_type:landmark_dim:5km"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">46°9′53″N</span> <span class="longitude">92°51′16″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">46.16472°N 92.85444°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">46.16472; -92.85444</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">6,237 acres (25.24 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">1,122 ft (342 m)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1963</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Governing body</th><td class="infobox-data">Minnesota Department of Natural Resources</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Banning State Park</b> is a <a href="/wiki/State_park" title="State park">state park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pine_County,_Minnesota" title="Pine County, Minnesota">Pine County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, stretched along 10 miles (16 km) of the <a href="/wiki/Kettle_River_(St._Croix_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kettle River (St. Croix River)">Kettle River</a> near the town of <a href="/wiki/Sandstone,_Minnesota" title="Sandstone, Minnesota">Sandstone</a>. The centerpiece of the park is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of churning <a href="/wiki/Rapids" title="Rapids">rapids</a>, some up to <a href="/wiki/International_Scale_of_River_Difficulty" class="mw-redirect" title="International Scale of River Difficulty">Class IV</a>. The daring <a href="/wiki/Whitewater_kayaking" title="Whitewater kayaking">kayakers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canoeing" title="Canoeing">canoeists</a> who shoot Blueberry Slide, Mother's Delight, Dragon's Tooth, Little Banning, and Hell's Gate each spring attract spectators to the park. Landbound visitors can hike along the state's first Wild and Scenic River amid dramatic sandstone rock formations, large potholes carved by the river, and the remains of a historic <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarry</a>. Other features are Wolf Creek Falls and Robinson Ice Cave. The park is located directly off <a href="/wiki/Interstate_35" title="Interstate 35">Interstate 35</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Website_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Website-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Banning State Park is open daily from 8am until 10pm. Each vehicle entering the park requires an up-to-date permit which can be purchased online or at the park office.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Natural_history">Natural history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banning_State_Park&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Natural history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banning_State_Park&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BanningStatePark_arf_(5).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BanningStatePark_arf_%285%29.JPG/220px-BanningStatePark_arf_%285%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BanningStatePark_arf_%285%29.JPG/330px-BanningStatePark_arf_%285%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BanningStatePark_arf_%285%29.JPG/440px-BanningStatePark_arf_%285%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3040" /></a><figcaption>One of the many <a href="/wiki/Giants_kettle" class="mw-redirect" title="Giants kettle">stone potholes</a> carved out by the Kettle River</figcaption></figure> <p>The park lies in a shallow, narrow valley worn by the Kettle River. The <a href="/wiki/Topsoil" title="Topsoil">topsoil</a> is very thin and in the center of the park the river has cut down through <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> known as the Hinckley Formation and on into the <a href="/wiki/Bedrock" title="Bedrock">bedrock</a>, resulting in a <a href="/wiki/Canyon" title="Canyon">gorge</a>—up to 40 feet (12 m) tall at Hell's Gate—and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of rapids.<sup id="cite_ref-Website_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Website-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The park is also notable for its numerous glacial <a href="/wiki/Giants_kettle" class="mw-redirect" title="Giants kettle">potholes</a>, smooth shafts scoured into rock. These were formed at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_glaciation" title="Wisconsin glaciation">Wisconsin glaciation</a> when the river was swollen by the melting ice, and powerful <a href="/wiki/Eddy_(fluid_dynamics)" title="Eddy (fluid dynamics)">eddies</a> sent debris swirling around and around, literally drilling shafts into the streambed. The Log Creek Arches in the northern section are potholes whose bottoms have been worn away on one side. </p><p>Robinson Ice Cave is a 200-foot (61 m) deep <a href="/wiki/Cave" title="Cave">cave</a> in the bluffs between Wolf Creek Falls and <a href="/wiki/Sandstone,_Minnesota" title="Sandstone, Minnesota">Sandstone</a>. The cave is not open to the public and the entrance is gated to protect the <a href="/wiki/Little_brown_bat" title="Little brown bat">little brown bats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_brown_bat" title="Big brown bat">big brown bats</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Keen%27s_myotis" title="Keen's myotis">Keen's myotis</a> bats that <a href="/wiki/Hibernation" title="Hibernation">hibernate</a> in it. In winter, large <a href="/wiki/Stalagmite" title="Stalagmite">stalagmites</a> of ice often form on the cave floor, but in a strict sense it is not an <a href="/wiki/Ice_cave" title="Ice cave">ice cave</a> because the ice does not persist year-round. </p><p>Below the rapids, the valley once again begins to widen. Away from the river valley, the topography is generally level to gently-rolling glacial <a href="/wiki/Till" title="Till">till</a> plain.<sup id="cite_ref-Brochure_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brochure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora">Flora</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banning_State_Park&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Flora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The vegetation in this part of the Mille Lacs Uplands is still recovering from 19th century human industry and <a href="/wiki/Wildfire" title="Wildfire">forest fires</a>. The forest was logged, and around the quarry the ground was stripped bare. Today middle-<a href="/wiki/Ecological_succession" title="Ecological succession">successional</a> species like <a href="/wiki/Birch" title="Birch">birch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aspen" title="Aspen">aspen</a> are more prevalent than the <a href="/wiki/Red_Pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Pine">Norway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_White_Pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern White Pine">eastern white pines</a> that would have originally dominated the area.<sup id="cite_ref-Website_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Website-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fauna">Fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banning_State_Park&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>184 bird species have been sighted in Banning State Park, including <a href="/wiki/Ruffed_grouse" title="Ruffed grouse">ruffed grouse</a>. Commonly spotted mammals include <a href="/wiki/White-tailed_deer" title="White-tailed deer">white-tailed deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_black_bear" title="American black bear">black bear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fox" title="Fox">fox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_coyote" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeastern coyote">coyote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raccoon" title="Raccoon">raccoon</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_American_beaver" title="North American beaver">beaver</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Snowshoe_hare" title="Snowshoe hare">snowshoe hare</a>. 17 species of reptiles and amphibians and 34 species of mammals live in this park.<sup id="cite_ref-Brochure_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brochure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_history">Cultural history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banning_State_Park&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cultural history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="position: relative; 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position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 255.875px; left: 234px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: 9px; font-weight:normal;"> 3km<br />2miles</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute;top: 9px;left: 214px"><div style="color: white; opacity:100; font-size: 19px; font-weight:normal; text-align: left;"><a class="mw-kartographer-maplink no-icon" data-mw-kartographer="maplink" data-style="osm-intl" href="/wiki/Special:Map/12/46.185/-92.85/en" data-zoom="12" data-lat="46.185" data-lon="-92.85" data-overlays="["_f4052f352c6818ba4def38d62404eca556f04137"]"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Click for interactive fullscreen map with links to nearby articles"> </span></a></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption">Banning State Park</div></div></div> <p>The durable, pink-colored sandstone exposed by the river was an ideal construction material, and in 1892 quarrying began after the <a href="/wiki/St._Paul_and_Duluth_Railroad" title="St. Paul and Duluth Railroad">St. Paul and Duluth Railroad</a> laid a spur to the outcrop. The 1894 <a href="/wiki/Great_Hinckley_Fire" title="Great Hinckley Fire">Great Hinckley Fire</a> was a major setback, but quarrying bounced back quickly, and two years later a town arose just outside the quarry. It was named Banning after the president of the railroad, whose tracks allowed the stones to be shipped to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a>, and beyond. The quarrying frenzy was over by 1905, a victim of local and national factors. Within the quarry most of the easily extractable high-quality sandstone was gone, and there was a nationwide architectural move away from stone to <a href="/wiki/Structural_steel" title="Structural steel">structural steel</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Asphalt_concrete" title="Asphalt concrete">asphalt</a> company lingered on until 1912, but when it closed so too did the town of <a href="/wiki/Banning,_Minnesota" title="Banning, Minnesota">Banning</a>. The railroad company removed its tracks later that decade.<sup id="cite_ref-Website_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Website-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1959 the Pine County Historical Society interested the state in acquiring the <a href="/wiki/Banning,_Minnesota" title="Banning, Minnesota">Banning ghost town</a> as a historical site. Given the obvious scenic value of the area, the proposal quickly evolved into a call for a new state park. A bill to this effect was ratified in 1963, although the state didn't acquire enough land to begin developing recreational facilities until 1967. An undeveloped northern section was added in 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-Meyer_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meyer-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995 a dam at the southern tip of the park was removed, restoring a waterfall and another series of rapids.<sup id="cite_ref-Website_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Website-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ironically the remains of the town, which prompted the creation of the park, are no longer even visible. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recreation">Recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Banning_State_Park&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BanningStateParkMN_arf_(1).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/BanningStateParkMN_arf_%281%29.JPG/220px-BanningStateParkMN_arf_%281%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/BanningStateParkMN_arf_%281%29.JPG/330px-BanningStateParkMN_arf_%281%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/BanningStateParkMN_arf_%281%29.JPG/440px-BanningStateParkMN_arf_%281%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A kayaker on the Kettle River</figcaption></figure> <p>The Kettle River is a destination for whitewater paddling including rafting, <a href="/wiki/Canoe" title="Canoe">canoeing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kayak" title="Kayak">kayaking</a>. Within the park there are two carry-in access points and two boat ramps. Much of the river is Class I, with portages around the rapids.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fishing is also available along the Kettle River, which has held and produced state-record sturgeon.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Banning State Park's drive-in campground has 33 sites (11 with electrical hookups), a camper cabin, and showers. There are four canoe campsites spaced along the river. Banning State Park staff also manage a campground within nearby <a href="/wiki/General_C._C._Andrews_State_Forest" title="General C. C. Andrews State Forest">General C. C. Andrews State Forest</a> that boasts 38 drive-in sites, 2 walk-in sites, and a group tent camp.<sup id="cite_ref-Website_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Website-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The park has 17 miles (27 km) of <a href="/wiki/Hiking" title="Hiking">hiking</a> trails. A paved <a href="/wiki/Bicycling" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicycling">bicycling</a> path leads out of the park and connects with the <a href="/wiki/Willard_Munger_State_Trail" title="Willard Munger State Trail">Willard Munger State Trail</a>. 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title="Federal government of the United States">National</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service#National_Park_System" title="National Park Service">Parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Voyageurs_National_Park" title="Voyageurs National Park">Voyageurs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_monument_(United_States)" title="National monument (United States)">Monuments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System#National_historic_and_scenic_trails" title="List of areas in the United States National Park System">Scenic Trails</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Country_Trail" title="North Country Trail">North Country Trail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="National Wildlife Refuge">Wildlife<br />Refuges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agassiz_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge">Agassiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge">Big Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crane_Meadows_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge">Crane Meadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Ridge_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge">Glacial Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamden_Slough_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge">Hamden Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge">Mille Lacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Valley_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge">Minnesota Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Tallgrass_Prairie_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge">Northern Tallgrass Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge">Rice Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rydell_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Rydell National Wildlife Refuge">Rydell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherburne_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge">Sherburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamarac_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge">Tamarac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Mississippi_River_National_Wildlife_and_Fish_Refuge" title="Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge">Upper Mississippi River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;">Wetland<br />Management<br />Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_Wetland_Management_District" title="Big Stone Wetland Management District">Big Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lakes_Wetland_Management_District" title="Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District">Detroit Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fergus_Falls_Wetland_Management_District" title="Fergus Falls Wetland Management District">Fergus Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield_Wetland_Management_District" title="Litchfield Wetland Management District">Litchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Valley_Wetland_Management_District" title="Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District">Minnesota Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Wetland_Management_District" title="Morris Wetland Management District">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windom_Wetland_Management_District" title="Windom Wetland Management District">Windom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_forest_(United_States)" title="National forest (United States)">Forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_National_Forest" title="Chippewa National Forest">Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_National_Forest" title="Superior National Forest">Superior</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Natural_Landmarks" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Natural Landmarks">Natural<br />Landmarks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traverse_Gap" title="Traverse Gap">Ancient River Warren Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Creek_Ecosystem_Science_Reserve" title="Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve">Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itasca_State_Park" title="Itasca State Park">Itasca Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keeley_Creek_Natural_Area" title="Keeley Creek Natural Area">Keeley Creek Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac_la_Croix_Research_Natural_Area" title="Lac la Croix Research Natural Area">Lac la Croix Research Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Agassiz_Peatlands_Natural_Area" title="Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area">Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Point_Research_Natural_Area" title="Pine Point Research Natural Area">Pine Point Research Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bog_State_Recreation_Area" title="Big Bog State Recreation Area">Upper Red Lake Peatland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wilderness_Preservation_System" title="National Wilderness Preservation System">Wilderness</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agassiz_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="Agassiz Wilderness">Agassiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Waters_Canoe_Area_Wilderness" title="Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness">Boundary Waters Canoe Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamarac_Wilderness" title="Tamarac Wilderness">Tamarac</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#bbeb85;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota#Law_and_government" title="Minnesota">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_parks" title="List of Minnesota state parks">Parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afton_State_Park" title="Afton State Park">Afton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Head_Lake_State_Park" title="Bear Head Lake State Park">Bear Head Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Creek_Valley_State_Park" title="Beaver Creek Valley State Park">Beaver Creek Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_Lake_State_Park" title="Big Stone Lake State Park">Big Stone Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Mounds_State_Park" title="Blue Mounds State Park">Blue Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_River_State_Park_(Minnesota)" title="Buffalo River State Park (Minnesota)">Buffalo River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_State_Park" title="Camden State Park">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carley_State_Park" title="Carley State Park">Carley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cascade_River_State_Park" title="Cascade River State Park">Cascade River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Lindbergh_State_Park" title="Charles A. Lindbergh State Park">Charles A. Lindbergh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_Wing_State_Park" title="Crow Wing State Park">Crow Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father_Hennepin_State_Park" title="Father Hennepin State Park">Father Hennepin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flandrau_State_Park" title="Flandrau State Park">Flandrau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestville_Mystery_Cave_State_Park" title="Forestville Mystery Cave State Park">Forestville Mystery Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Ridgely_State_Park" title="Fort Ridgely State Park">Fort Ridgely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Snelling_State_Park" title="Fort Snelling State Park">Fort Snelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Jevne_State_Park" title="Franz Jevne State Park">Franz Jevne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontenac_State_Park" title="Frontenac State Park">Frontenac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Crosby_Manitou_State_Park" title="George H. Crosby Manitou State Park">George H. Crosby Manitou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lakes_State_Park" title="Glacial Lakes State Park">Glacial Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendalough_State_Park" title="Glendalough State Park">Glendalough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gooseberry_Falls_State_Park" title="Gooseberry Falls State Park">Gooseberry Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Portage_State_Park" title="Grand Portage State Park">Grand Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_River_Bluffs_State_Park" title="Great River Bluffs State Park">Great River Bluffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayes_Lake_State_Park" title="Hayes Lake State Park">Hayes Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill-Annex_Mine_State_Park" title="Hill-Annex Mine State Park">Hill-Annex Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstate_Park" title="Interstate Park">Interstate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itasca_State_Park" title="Itasca State Park">Itasca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Cooke_State_Park" title="Jay Cooke State Park">Jay Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Latsch_State_Park" title="John A. Latsch State Park">John A. Latsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_C._R._Magney_State_Park" title="Judge C. R. Magney State Park">Judge C. R. Magney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilen_Woods_State_Park" title="Kilen Woods State Park">Kilen Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac_qui_Parle_State_Park" title="Lac qui Parle State Park">Lac qui Parle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Bemidji_State_Park" title="Lake Bemidji State Park">Lake Bemidji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Bronson_State_Park" title="Lake Bronson State Park">Lake Bronson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Carlos_State_Park" title="Lake Carlos State Park">Lake Carlos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Louise_State_Park" title="Lake Louise State Park">Lake Louise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Maria_State_Park" title="Lake Maria State Park">Lake Maria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Shetek_State_Park" title="Lake Shetek State Park">Lake Shetek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Vermilion-Soudan_Underground_Mine_State_Park" title="Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park">Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maplewood_State_Park" title="Maplewood State Park">Maplewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCarthy_Beach_State_Park" title="McCarthy Beach State Park">McCarthy Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_Kathio_State_Park" title="Mille Lacs Kathio State Park">Mille Lacs Kathio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneopa_State_Park" title="Minneopa State Park">Minneopa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monson_Lake_State_Park" title="Monson Lake State Park">Monson Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Lake_State_Park" title="Moose Lake State Park">Moose Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myre-Big_Island_State_Park" title="Myre-Big Island State Park">Myre-Big Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerstrand-Big_Woods_State_Park" title="Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park">Nerstrand-Big Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Mill_State_Park" title="Old Mill State Park">Old Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Lake_State_Park" title="Rice Lake State Park">Rice Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix_State_Park" title="Saint Croix State Park">Saint Croix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakatah_Lake_State_Park" title="Sakatah Lake State Park">Sakatah Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savanna_Portage_State_Park" title="Savanna Portage State Park">Savanna Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scenic_State_Park" title="Scenic State Park">Scenic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_State_Park" title="Schoolcraft State Park">Schoolcraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibley_State_Park" title="Sibley State Park">Sibley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Split_Rock_Creek_State_Park" title="Split Rock Creek State Park">Split Rock Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Split_Rock_Lighthouse_State_Park" title="Split Rock Lighthouse State Park">Split Rock Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_River_State_Park" title="Temperance River State Park">Temperance River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tettegouche_State_Park" title="Tettegouche State Park">Tettegouche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Sioux_Agency" title="Upper Sioux Agency">Upper Sioux Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitewater_State_Park" title="Whitewater State Park">Whitewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_River_State_Park" title="Wild River State Park">Wild River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_O%27Brien_State_Park" title="William O'Brien State Park">William O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zippel_Bay_State_Park" title="Zippel Bay State Park">Zippel Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;">Recreation<br />Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bog_State_Recreation_Area" title="Big Bog State Recreation Area">Big Bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuyuna_Country_State_Recreation_Area" title="Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area">Cuyuna Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Island_State_Recreation_Area" title="Garden Island State Recreation Area">Garden Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenleaf_Lake_State_Recreation_Area" title="Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area">Greenleaf Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Range_Off-Highway_Vehicle_State_Recreation_Area" title="Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area">Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Lake_State_Recreation_Area" title="La Salle Lake State Recreation Area">La Salle Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Valley_State_Recreation_Area" title="Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area">Minnesota Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_State_Recreation_Area" title="Red River State Recreation Area">Red River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Croix_Boom_Site" title="St. Croix Boom Site">Saint Croix Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_parks#State_waysides" title="List of Minnesota state parks">Waysides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caribou_River_(Minnesota)" title="Caribou River (Minnesota)">Caribou Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devils_Track_Falls_State_Wayside&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Devils Track Falls State Wayside (page does not exist)">Devils Track Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flood_Bay_State_Wayside&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flood Bay State Wayside (page does not exist)">Flood Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspiration_Peak" title="Inspiration Peak">Inspiration Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brown_House_Ruins" title="Joseph Brown House Ruins">Joseph R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kodonce_River_State_Wayside&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kodonce River State Wayside (page does not exist)">Kodonce River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Berglund_State_Wayside" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Berglund State Wayside">Ray Berglund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Croix_Boom_Site" title="St. Croix Boom Site">St. Croix Boom Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Brown_Memorial_State_Wayside" title="Sam Brown Memorial State Wayside">Sam Brown Memorial</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_forests" title="List of Minnesota state forests">Forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badoura_State_Forest" title="Badoura State Forest">Badoura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battleground_State_Forest" title="Battleground State Forest">Battleground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Island_State_Forest" title="Bear Island State Forest">Bear Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltrami_Island_State_Forest" title="Beltrami Island State Forest">Beltrami Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Fork_State_Forest" title="Big Fork State Forest">Big Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birch_Lakes_State_Forest" title="Birch Lakes State Forest">Birch Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackduck_State_Forest" title="Blackduck State Forest">Blackduck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowstring_State_Forest" title="Bowstring State Forest">Bowstring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista_State_Forest" title="Buena Vista State Forest">Buena Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burntside_State_Forest" title="Burntside State Forest">Burntside</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Centennial_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Centennial State Forest (page does not exist)">Centennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengwatana_State_Forest" title="Chengwatana State Forest">Chengwatana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloquet_Valley_State_Forest" title="Cloquet Valley State Forest">Cloquet Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_Wing_State_Forest" title="Crow Wing State Forest">Crow Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D.A.R._State_Forest_(Minnesota)" title="D.A.R. State Forest (Minnesota)">D.A.R.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_State_Forest" title="Emily State Forest">Emily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_State_Forest" title="Finland State Forest">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_State_Forest" title="Fond du Lac State Forest">Fond du Lac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foot_Hills_State_Forest" title="Foot Hills State Forest">Foot Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_C._C._Andrews_State_Forest" title="General C. C. Andrews State Forest">General C. C. 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