Blue Mounds State Park

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Blue Mounds State Park is a Minnesota State Park that is located in the far southwestern corner of Minnesota near Luverne, MN.

Some of Blue Mounds' attractions include:

• Minnesota's "Stonehenge" with opportunity to hike to the top of the mound, which rises 100 feet from the surrounding landscape.
• A bison herd grazeing on the prairie and a buffalo round-up every fall.
• Sioux Quartzite bedrock, which although pink in color, is said to have appeared blue from a distance to early settlers.
• A 1,250 foot long line of rocks, aligned by Plains Indians, which marks where the sun rises and sets at spring and fall equinoxes.
• Four park structures are are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
• Small remaining fragment of the once vast tallgrass prairie
• Swimming and camping

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