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Sibley State Park
State Park Information
State Park Overview
Nature of the Area
The forest is dominated by oak, red cedar, ironwood, green ash -spen, maple and
basswood. On the knolls, remnants of prairie grasses still grow. Some of the fields which had been cleared and farmed by settlers have now been restored to native prairie grasslands and oak savanna.
Four times in the history of Minnesota, glaciers advanced from the north, covering the state with a sheet of ice up to two miles thick. During the last of these advances -s recent as 10,000 years ago, most of the features of the Minnesota landscape were formed.
White-tailed deer, red and gray fox, coyote, raccoon and
ruffed grouse are inhabitants of the forest. Chipmonks, red and gray squirrels, mink, striped skunks, badgers and
woodchucks are other species visitors can see as they hike the trails at Sibley State Park. Birds common to Sibley include great blue herons, egrets, wood ducks, Canada geese, scarlet tanagers, indigo bundings, pelicans, loons and bluebirds.
History of the Area
More Info
From St. Cloud, take State Hwy 23 to New London, then State Hwy 9 west to US Hwy 71. Go one mile south on 71 to park entrance.
From Willmar, take US Hwy 71 north, 15 miles to the park entrance.
Sibley State Park