Frontenac State Park

Early childhood nature program offered at Frontenac State Park

May 15, 2024

Project Get Outdoors (Project GO) has teamed up with the Frontenac State Park Association (FSPA) to offer a nature program series for preschool-age children. The Nature Explorers program is a free monthly program series being held at Frontenac State Park this May through October. Over the past...

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...

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...

State park candlelight hike is Feb. 24

Feb 7, 2024

The public is invited to hike by candlelight at Frontenac State Park on Feb. 24. The park’s annual candlelight hike, ski, snowshoe event is Saturday, Feb. 24, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. People can “drop by any time between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. for a hike, snowshoe or cross-country ski (snow conditions...

February: A month made for reflection

Jan 31, 2024

How many of you out there consider February your favorite month? Anyone? Hello? Anyone? Bueller? Crickets… we thought so. But we’re here to argue that February is underrated. It carries us one step away from the heart of winter and one step closer to spring, and can be a time of quiet appreciation...

January: Frontenac State Park looks ahead

Jan 3, 2024

The Frontenac State Park Association is excited for the coming year, with a full schedule of programs from talks to walks to volunteer work days, which we’ll keep you apprised of in our monthly newsletters. (You can find them, along with more about our group and the park, at...

Frontenac one of 12 state parks hosting First Day Hikes on Jan. 1

Dec 27, 2023

First Day Hikes will take place at 12 Minnesota state parks, including Frontenac State Park, on Monday, Jan. 1, as part of a nationwide effort to connect people with the outdoors, according to a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) news release. In an initiative spearheaded by the...

‘Tis the season for... wild mushrooms?

Dec 6, 2023

For obvious reasons, December in Minnesota is not a field month for students of wild mushrooms. But we can’t resist writing about this one, which you may recognize as a major motif in European Christmas tableaus – the spotted bright red fly agaric (Amanita muscaria). They’re usually found well...