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September: Fall is nigh at Frontenac State Park

Sep 4, 2024

Now commences September, that month of beautiful light and lengthening shadows, cooler days and longer nights. Along with May, it’s the favorite month of many Minnesotans who cite its heralding of a fresh, dramatic new season. And not surprisingly, it’s one of the most popular months to visit...

August at Frontenac State Park: Summer in earnest

Jul 31, 2024

August! Languid, mature summer is at hand, featuring bright, breezy, steamy days and nights in which tree frogs and crickets sing you to sleep. In Frontenac State Park, native grasses and wildflowers sway in the warm wind, sheltering deer, birds and all manner of creatures that burst out to...

July in Frontenac State Park: The picture-perfect heart of summer

Jul 3, 2024

Oh my, it’s July! The beautiful, blazing, beating heart of summer, and what a summer we’re having! After three years of merciless drought, copious rain has drenched Frontenac State Park, creating an intricate palette of every kind of green imaginable, and countless other hues. We hope you’re...

June in Frontenac State Park: Everywhere, light and life

Jun 19, 2024

Rain, glorious rain! May and early June brought reams of it to our area, easing worries about thirsty trees and prolonged drought. The woods and prairies of Frontenac State Park drank it in, and morel mushroom hunters were delighted (nope, nope—still not telling you all where they might have been...

May in Frontenac State Park: All things fresh and beautiful

May 8, 2024

How long we have waited for this time of year—May, when all things are being born, blooming, amazing us with their fresh beauty. Yay, May! And of course, it is a major month at Frontenac State Park, as visitors pour in to walk the prairie and woodland trails in search of the beautiful reassurances...

About 24 people help with Sand Point cleanup

May 1, 2024

The Frontenac State Park Association is happy with outcome of its cleanup event on the Sand Point trail on Saturday, April 20. “We had a great get together on April 20 and feel really good about our results,” association member Jeneann Oppedahl said. “Pam Miller, who regularly patrols that park...

April at Frontenac State Park: Hungry for spring

Apr 3, 2024

Our whacko winter has waned, and we couldn’t be more curious to see what April, the moon of reawakenings, holds. Will we be blessed with April showers? Another late snowstorm or two? Will spring ephemerals arrive earlier than usual? What about mushrooms? Birds? Some things we know for sure: Green...

Sand Point clean-up slated for April 20

Mar 20, 2024

The Frontenac State Park Association is planning a clean up of Sand Point and welcomes members of the public to join us in this effort. The event is scheduled for April 20 from 9 a.m. to noon at Sand Point, located at Hwy. 61 and Goodhue County Road 2 between Frontenac and Lake City. Safety...

March in Frontenac State Park: More light, and stirrings of spring

Mar 6, 2024

It’s been a disconcerting winter for those of us who love traditional Minnesota weather. And it’s made it tricky for us to write about what’s coming next at Frontenac State Park, weather-wise—heck, who even knows anymore? Yet as March arrives, we find ourselves feeling Minnesotans’ traditional...

Hundreds walk lighted state park trails after dark

Feb 28, 2024

About 400 people came out to Frontenac State Park on Saturday night to walk trails lit by luminaries and a beautiful full moon for the park’s annual candelight walk. In an ordinary year, the luminaries would have been made of ice, not candles in wax-coated bags, and people would also have been...