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Blue Mounds State Park is full of natural surprises. Start with the Sioux quartzite cliff, rising 100 feet from the plains. A bison herd grazes on the prairie. Prickly pear cactus blooms in June and July. A sea of prairie grasses and flowers sway in the wind.
Blue Mounds State Park offers places to hike and camp, Sioux quartzite cliffs to climb, and stunning overlooks from which you can watch the prairie clouds sweep by, or take in the park's herd of bison as they graze. Enjoy your virtual tour, and come visit the park in person sometime soon!
Blue Mounds State Park offers places to hike and camp, Sioux quartzite cliffs to climb, and stunning overlooks from which you can watch the prairie clouds sweep by, or take in the park’s herd of bison as they graze.
ABOUT THE PARK. Blue Mounds State Park protects sheer quartzite cliffs and over 1,500 acres of highly diverse prairie. Here you have the opportunity to see more rare prairie species than in any other park in southwestern Minnesota. Management programs restore native grasses and wildflowers, resulting in a panorama of prairie colors in late summer.
Reserve a bison and prairie tour online. Experience the sights and smells of the prairie as you travel into the bison range at Blue Mounds State Park on this educational 90-minute tour. Bison are wild and unpredictable and may not be visible along the tour route.
The geologic history of Blue Mounds State Park is long and compelling, and many parts of this story are well displayed in the park. It spans nearly 2 billion years and involved tropical weathering of the Earth's most ancient crust; development of some of the earliest life forms; rain storms that repeatedly spread sand across broad, unvegetated ...
Bison at Blue Mounds State Park. The bison herd at Blue Mounds State Park is part of the Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd, which is managed to protect wild bison and preserve their genetic diversity. Bison need grass to eat.
Birding at Blue Mounds State Park. Blue Mounds atracts a wide variety of interesting and unusual birds, including a number of casual and accidental species. This is a reliable place find the blue grosbeak and other western birds that stray into Minnesota.
Blue Mounds State Park is a site of outstanding biodiversity significance—it serves as a refuge of remnant native prairie in Minnesota and provides habitat to a large number of rare grassland and rock outcrop species.
Experience the sights and smells of the prairie as you travel into the bison range at Blue Mounds State Park on this educational 90-minute bus tour.