Frontenac State Park

Area state parks to close for special deer hunts

Nov 6, 2024

Frontenac and Whitewater state parks will close for special deer hunts for certain dates in November, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Whitewater State Park in Altura will be closed Nov. 16-17 for firearms hunt. Frontenac State Park in Frontenac will be closed Nov. 23-24...

November in Frontenac State Park: Bare, cold, dark... and peaceful

Nov 6, 2024

Is it just us, or has time sped up lately? Wasn’t it just May? Or July? Then, suddenly, September skidded in, and now November is hurling itself at our windows. Trees are bald and bare, their branches spectral, almost skeletal, against the late afternoon dusk. Oak leaves rattle in the wind. Frost...

Stolen vehicle found at state park lot

Oct 9, 2024

On Oct. 2, a Goodhue County Sheriff’s Deputy checked on a vehicle parked oddly at the Frontenac State Park parking lot at the intersection of Hwy. 61 and Goodhue County Rd. 2, according to the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office determined that the vehicle had been stolen in Lake City.

October high: Frontenac State Park’s busiest month

Oct 9, 2024

By Pamela Miller Frontenac State Park Association newsletter editor Traditionally, October is the month of highest visitorship in Frontenac State Park. It’s not hard to understand why. Fall colors are peaking (the sumac alone! You’ll need your sunglasses to withstand its scarlet glow), and the...

Final Nature Explorers program of the season is Oct. 8 at state park

Oct 2, 2024

This summer, many little feet explored the picnic area at Frontenac State Park during free, monthly programs for preschool-age children, ages 3–6 years old. Made possible through a small grant from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – No Child Left Inside program, the Frontenac State...

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...

Goat on the lam at state park?

Sep 4, 2024

Frontenac State Park officials are seeking information on a guest believed to have overstayed its reservation. The park contracts to have herds of goats brought in to graze on invasive buckthorn. The goats are confined, but one is believed to have escaped last year and has since become known by...

Public sky observation planned at Frontenac State Park on Aug. 31

Aug 21, 2024

Frontenac State Park will host a free public sky observation event on Saturday, Aug. 31, from 7:45 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. Attendees park in the overflow parking area and meet at the picnic shelter. People who attend will have the opportunity to view the planets Venus, Saturn, Neptune, bright stars,...

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...

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...