Blue Mound State Park

Blue Mound State Park                 

Aug 28- Sep 1

66e

40 electrical sites

13 miles of hiking trails
dump station in park

A neighbor's farm cats love to come at visit campers in homes for food.

There a number of trails to hike at the park.  One runs along the fenced in Buffalo area.  

With beautiful views 

sometimes you can only see the buffalo from a distance

Other times you can see them from a platform next to the road.  

We sat there watching them for more than a hour.  

Blue Mound State Park has 140 Buffalo with a pure blood line.  We are so lucky to have a state investing in saving and preserving the animal's blood line, breeding animals without defects.  Next year Blue Mound will be offering jeep rides to the buffalo because you might not see them in this vast park.  Not many states are preserving these animals.  It is nice to see two Minnesota State Park with Buffalo and soon one more to add to the mix.  

Upper Sioux Agency

Upper Sioux  or Yellow Medicine Indian Agency

Upper Sioux Agency State Park

Upper Sioux Agency State Park              

Aug 25-28

19e

14 electrical sites

 Three 18 feet diameter canvas tipis located in the main campground, yellow medicine River.

18 miles of hiking trails

View from one of our hikes

views are quite and peaceful

From the Upper Sioux Agency Site you can follow the trial to see the grave site of Mazomani.  He was the leader of the Wahpetonwan who died during the Dakota Sioux War in 1862.  

His story and many others during this time was so tragic.  It was at these site I got a better understanding on how badly we treated the American Indians during the Civil War. 

See Upper Sioux Agency 

 Roads around the camp ground

 Our site below shaded by trees

Nearest dump station located in Granite Falls near water treatment plant on US Highway 212

Upper Sioux State Park - Aug 25-28th

Upper Sioux State Park

Aug 25-28th

19e
14 electrical sites
18 miles of hiking trails
No dump station in park

There is no dump station in the park, but Granite Falls water treatment plant on hwy 212 has a dump station.

The park of frogs and tipi.  

Three Tipies to choose from

roads in side of the campground

Wicked Tree at the entrance of campground