Blue Mounds State Park
Pop-up book sale at library June 1-3
Friends of the Library will have a pop-up book sale in the Rock County Community Library in Luverne over Buffalo Days weekend. Hours will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 1, 11 to 4 Friday, June 2, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 3.
Pie and ice...
The Blue Mounds State Park naturalist will offer the following upcoming programs. Contact bluemounds.statepark@state.mn.us or 507-283-6050 with questions.
Colors of the Prairie will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 2, at Eagle Rock Vista. Join the naturalist for a walk on the prairie to see...
Blue Mounds State Park naturalist Tiffany Muellner will lead hikers on a “Wildlife Mamas and Babies Hike” Saturday morning, beginning at the park’s picnic area.
The hike begins at 9 a.m.
“It’s one of those programs that’s really going to vary,” Muellner said.
Center to the hike will be viewing more...
The Blue Mounds State Park will host its fourth annual Candlelight Hike from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the park’s main entrance off Highway 75.
The event will represent a return to tradition after two years off. “The last one held was in January of 2020, and we're excited to offer it again...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is hosting candlelight events across the state this winter, including one at Blue Mounds State Park on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Drop by any time between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. for hiking as stars twinkle overhead and candles flicker in the snow.
“Candlelight events...
When Tiffany Muellner isn’t talking about Blue Mounds State Park as part of her job as park naturalist, she’s busy visiting other parks.
“It is almost kind of funny that when I am not at work at the park, I am visiting parks for vacation,” she said.
Her life goal is to visit each Minnesota State...
Blue Mounds State Park played host to a nationwide initiative to get people outdoors Jan. 1.
Park naturalist Tiffany Muellner led more than a dozen people on a 90-minute hike that included several stops to view wildlife, their tracks and the buffalo that reside at the park north of Luverne.
“There’...
Lions member Gordon Mulder and current Lions Club president Steve Cattnach show one of three bike racks donated by the Luverne Lions Club to the Blue Mounds State Park.
A busload of state and local leaders with Minnesota’s Clean Water Council took a field trip Monday through the Blue Mounds State Park.
It was part of the council’s southwest Minnesota tour of projects funded by the state’s Clean Water Legacy Act.
Of particular interest was the former Lower Lake of...
The Friends of the Blue Mounds State Park will soon have a nature play area ready for park visitors, especially for families with small children.
It will be located in the picnic area of the park, replacing the aging metal swing set, designed to “spark curiosity, invite discovery, and foster...