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Minnesota State Parks birding kit

Try before you buy with our free loaner equipment!

 

Try out a new activity before you purchase all the necessary equipment, or check one out if you forgot your binoculars or fishing pole at home! Kits are first-come, first-served, and are available at the park's ranger station. Available equipment includes:

  • GPS units.
  • Kids Discovery kits: Activities and stories designed for children ages 5-12.
  • Fishing kits: Rod, reel and a stocked tackle box. Go fishing!
  • Birding kits: Binoculars, guide books and park-specific bird lists. Go birding!
 GPS UnitsBirding KitsFishing KitsKids Discovery Kits
Afton♦♦♦♦
Banning♦♦♦♦
Bear Head Lake♦♦♦♦
Beaver Creek Valley ♦ ♦
Big Bog SRA♦♦♦♦
Big Stone Lake♦♦♦♦
Blue Mounds ♦♦♦
Buffalo River♦♦♦♦
Camden♦♦♦♦
Cascade River ♦ ♦
Charles A. Lindbergh ♦♦♦
Crow Wing ♦ ♦
Cuyuna Country SRA ♦ ♦
Father Hennepin ♦ ♦
Flandrau♦♦ ♦
Forestville/Mystery Cave♦♦♦♦
Fort Ridgely♦♦♦
Fort Snelling♦♦♦♦
Frontenac♦♦♦♦
Glacial Lakes♦♦♦♦
Glendalough♦♦♦♦
Gooseberry Falls♦♦ ♦
Grand Portage♦♦ ♦
Great River Bluffs ♦ ♦
Hayes Lake♦♦♦♦
Interstate♦♦♦♦
Itasca ♦♦♦
Jay Cooke♦♦♦♦
Judge C.R. Magney ♦ ♦
Lac qui Parle♦♦♦♦
Lake Bemidji♦♦ ♦
Lake Bronson♦♦♦♦
Lake Carlos♦♦♦♦
Lake Maria♦♦ ♦
Lake Shetek♦♦♦♦
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine ♦ ♦
Maplewood♦♦♦♦
McCarthy Beach♦♦♦♦
Mille Lacs Kathio ♦ ♦
Minneopa♦♦ ♦
Moose Lake ♦♦♦
Myre-Big Island♦♦ ♦
Nerstrand Big Woods♦♦ ♦
Red River SRA♦♦♦♦
Rice Lake ♦ ♦
St. Croix♦♦♦♦
Sakatah Lake♦♦♦♦
Savanna Portage♦♦♦♦
Scenic ♦♦♦
Sibley♦♦♦♦
Split Rock Creek♦♦♦ 
Split Rock Lighthouse♦♦ ♦
Temperance River ♦♦♦
Tettegouche ♦♦♦
Whitewater ♦  
Wild River♦♦♦♦
William O'Brien♦♦♦ 
Zippel Bay♦♦♦♦

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