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Buffalo River State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, conserving a prairie bisected by the wooded banks of the Buffalo River.Together with the adjacent Bluestem Prairie Scientific and Natural Area co-owned by The Nature Conservancy and Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources, it protects one of the largest and highest-quality prairie remnants in Minnesota. [2]
There are 64 state parks, nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides, and 23 state trails in the Minnesota state park system, totaling approximately 267,000 acres (1,080 km 2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources.
Minnesota's first state park, Itasca State Park, was established in 1891, and is the source of the Mississippi River. [79] Today Minnesota has 72 state parks and recreation areas, 58 state forests covering about four million acres (16,000 km 2 ), and numerous state wildlife preserves, all managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources .
The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota.Also known by its slogan, "The Great Minnesota Get-Together", it is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance [2] and the second-largest state fair in the United States by total attendance, [3] trailing only the State Fair of Texas, which generally runs twice as long as the Minnesota State ...
Banning State Park is a state park in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, stretched along 10 miles (16 km) of the Kettle River near the town of Sandstone. The centerpiece of the park is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of churning rapids , some up to Class IV .
Minneopa State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was established in 1905 to preserve Minneopa Falls, a large waterfall for southern Minnesota, and was expanded in the 1960s to include the lower reaches of Minneopa Creek and a large tract of prairie. [2] Minneopa is Minnesota's third oldest state park, after Itasca and ...
Cascade River State Park is a state park near the northeastern tip of Minnesota, US. The park is in a rocky and rugged location where the Cascade River descends to meet Lake Superior. It has many different types of wildlife including various birds and mammals. Cascade River State Park is also connected to the Superior Hiking Trail. The site was ...
In 1970 a swimming beach was opened in the park and visitation increased by 75%. An interpretive center was opened in 1974, the first year-round interpretive center in the Minnesota state park system. Even without a campground, this is the most visited state park in Minnesota for most years.