Black Lake Bog SNA

1,414 Acres

Located from Sandstone 25 miles E on Co Hwy 30 and Co Rd 141, then 13 miles N on Co Hwy 31 to the abandoned town of Beldon, then 1.5 miles N on the Gandy Dancer State Trail. Access by canoe from Wisconsin, via Black River.

Pine County Twp 45N Rng 15W Sec 18 & 19 & 30 & 31

Type: Coniferous Forest

ECS Subsection: Mille Lacs Uplands

Description:

Black Lake Bog is an interstate natural area located in Pine County, Minnesota and Douglas County, Wisconsin. The Minnesota portion of the site contains black ash swamp, fen, forested bog, and open bog plant communities. Insectivorous pitcher plants and round-leaved sundews can be found in open bog communities. For a special experience take a couple of hours to just walk in the open and forested bog. This is truly one of those places where the visitor is in a wilderness setting, far beyond the road. The best times to visit are in early summer to view coniferous woodland wildflowers in bloom, in early fall for the tremendous diversity of color, and again in mid-winter to see timber wolf tracks in the snow.

Bird List This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.

Plant List

Black Lake Bog SNA Map

Visitor notes:

If you intend to visit this site it is advisable to carry a topographical map produced by the U.S. Geological Survey. These maps display many old logging trails which may or may not be identifiable on the ground anymore.