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  2. Minneopa State Park - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  3. Mankato's Minneopa State Park could preview Minnesota's ... - AOL

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    Just miles west of downtown Mankato, Minneopa State Park commands regular visits for its iconic Minneopa Falls. The park is home base, too, to a flourishing bison herd that attracts hundreds of ...

  4. Monday Informer: Start off new year hiking at Minneopa - AOL

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    Dec. 26—Minneopa State Park's winter landscape may be viewed during a guided hike 10 a.m. Saturday. A Minneopa Area naturalist will lead The First Day Hike at the rural Mankato state park.

  5. From Gooseberry Falls to Minneopa, state parks felt ... - AOL

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    Heavy rain and flash flooding across Minnesota have washed out state park campsites and trails, damaged regularly used bridges and roads, and altered popular attractions to a statewide scale ...

  6. List of Minnesota state parks - Wikipedia

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    Minnesota's first attempt to create a state park came in 1885, when a 173-acre (70 ha) park was authorized to preserve Minnehaha Falls.The effort was delayed by legal appeals from the various landowners of the desired parkland, and by the time those were settled in favor of the state in 1889, Minnesota no longer had the money to purchase the land.

  7. Category:State parks of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Glacial Lakes State Park; Glendalough State Park; Gooseberry Falls State Park; ... Minneopa State Park; Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area; Monson Lake State Park;

  8. Glimpse of the Past: Falls attracted visitors before Minneopa ...

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    Jul. 17—MANKATO — The area around Minneopa Creek's waterfalls became a state park in 1906, but it had been a popular recreational area for many previous years, even offering its own vacation ...

  9. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Wikipedia

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    The Parks and Trails Division manages 76 state park and recreation areas, 56 primitive campgrounds within Minnesota State Forests, 35 designated state water trails (totalling over 4,500 miles), over 3,000 public water accesses, over 1,300 miles of state trails (600 miles of paved trails), and over 300 fishing piers throughout the state. [8 ...