Frontenac State Park

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...

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...