At most Minnesota State Parks and some regional/county parks
June 1 – Sept 12, 2021
Minnesota’s parks have a diversity of mammals, flowers, trees, humans and birds.
Can you spot them?
Nancy Jahnel / P&TC Photo Contest
Jelieta Walinski/P&TC photo contest
Mdf/ Wikimedia Commons
Weekly Drawing
$20 Gift Cards
Click on the park you're visiting to begin your hunt
A-F
Afton
Anderson (Isanti Co. Park)
Banning
Bear Head Lake
Beaver Creek Valley
Bertram (Wright Co. Park)
Big Bog
Big Stone Lake
Blue Mounds
Buffalo River
Camden
Carley
Cascade River
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chester Woods (Olmsted Co. Park)
Crow Wing
Cuyuna Country
Father Hennepin
Flandrau
Forestville-Mystery Cave
Fort Ridgely
Fort Snelling
Franz Jevne
Frontenac
G-L
George H. Crosby Manitou
Glacial Lakes
Glendalough
Gooseberry Falls
Grand Portage
Great River Bluffs
Hayes Lakes
Indian Heights (Rochester Park)
Interstate
Itasca
Jay Cooke
John A. Latsch
Judge C. R. Magney
Kilen Woods
La Salle Lake
Lac Qui Parle
Lake Bemidji
Lake Bronson
Lake Carlos
Lake Louise
Lake Maria
Lake Shetek
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Mine
Lashbrook (Northfield Park)
M-S
Maplewood
McCarthy Beach
Mille Lacs Kathio
Minneopa
Minnesota Valley
Monson Lake
Moose Lake
Myre-Big Island
Nerstrand Big Woods
Old Mill
Red River
Rice Lake
Sakatah Lake
Savanna Portage
Scenic
Schoolcraft
Sibley
Split Rock Creek
Split Rock Lighthouse
St. Croix
T-Z
Temperance River
Tettegouche
Upper Sioux Agency
Whitewater
Wild River
William O’Brien
Zippel Bay
Rules
Ages: Anyone from age 1-100+ may participate, but an adult or parent/guardian of participants under age 13 will need to submit the form.
Submission: User must submit a completed online-based form, including the user name(s), email and mailing address to be entered in the drawing.
Entries: Entries are limited to one per park or trail during the event season.
Points:
| Points | Activity |
| 20 | For submitting a hunt |
| 1 each (19 max) | For each "item" found (simply check the item in the form) |
| 5 each (15 max) | For each child 12 and under who participates with you |
Photo Credits
We greatly appreciate the various photographers who share their photography that makes this project possible.
Click the photo to see the source websites (when applicable).
American Goldfinch
Mdf/ Wikimedia Commons
American Robin
WikiCommons
American Toad
National Parks Service
Aster
Pixnio.com
Bald Eagle
Walt Huss / P&TC photo contest
Basswood Tree
MnDNR
Bat
Richard Hurd / FlickrCC
Beaver
Cheryl Reynolds / Wikimedia Commons
Weekly Drawing Winners
Week 1 | June 7 | Cassandra M., entry from Blue Mounds State Park
Week 2 | June 14 | Linnea B., entry from Afton State Park
Week 3 | June 21 | Anthony P., entry from Bear Head Lake State Park
Week 4 | June 28 | Samantha P., entry from Afton State Park
Week 5 | July 5 | Brandy L., entry from Forestville-Mystery Cave State Park
Week 6 | July 12 | Sandeep K., entry from Wild River State Park
Week 7 | July 19 | Nikki R., entry from Tettegouche State Park
Week 8 | July 26 | Stacey W., entry from Tettegouche State Park
Week 9 | Aug. 2 | Amy M., entry from Jay Cooke State Park
Week 10 | Aug. 9 | Kristie G., entry from Afton State Park
Week 11 | Aug. 16 | Katie N., entry from Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park
Week 12 | Aug. 23 | Aaron B., entry from Crow Wing State Park
Week 13 | Aug. 30 | Jessica L., entry from Lake Bemidji State Park
Week 14 | Sep. 6 | Cathy C., entry from Bear Head Lake State Park
Week 15 | Sep. 13 | Markeita T., entry from Savanna Portage State Park
