Borrow free equipment

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 Units

Birding Kits

Fishing Kits

Kids Discovery Kits

Afton

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Banning

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Bear Head Lake

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Beaver Creek Valley 

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Big Bog SRA

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Big Stone Lake 

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Blue Mounds 

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Buffalo River

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Camden

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Cascade River 

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Charles A. Lindbergh 

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Crow Wing 

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Cuyuna Country SRA 

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Father Hennepin 

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Flandrau 

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Forestville/Mystery Cave 

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Fort Ridgely

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Fort Snelling 

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Frontenac

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Glacial Lakes

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Glendalough

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Gooseberry Falls 

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Grand Portage

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Great River Bluffs 

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Hayes Lake

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Interstate 

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Itasca 

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Jay Cooke 

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Judge C.R. Magney    
Lac qui Parle

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Lake Bemidji

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Lake Bronson

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Lake Carlos

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Lake Maria 

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Lake Shetek

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Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine 

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Maplewood

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McCarthy Beach 

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Mille Lacs Kathio 

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Minneopa

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Moose Lake 

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Myre-Big Island

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Nerstrand Big Woods

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Red River SRA

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Rice Lake 

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St. Croix

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Sakatah Lake 

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Savanna Portage

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Scenic 

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Sibley

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Split Rock Creek

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Split Rock Lighthouse 

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Temperance River 

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Tettegouche 

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Whitewater 

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Wild River

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William O'Brien

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Zippel Bay

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