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FLANDRAU
STATE PARK
FACILITIES AND
FEATURES
• 34 electric semi-modern
campsites
• 2 Camper Cabins
• 18 non-electric
semi-modern campsites
• 33 rustic drive-in campsites
• 3 rustic walk-in sites
• Dumping station, showers,
and flush toilets
• Camping reservations
accepted: 1-866-857-2757
• Volleyball
• Horseshoes
• Log play structure
• Modern group center
(110 lodging capacity)
• 60 picnic sites with an
enclosed beach house
shelter
• Swimming pool with sand
bottom
• 8 miles of hiking trails
• 6 miles of ski trails
• 2 miles of groomed
snoeshoe trails
POINTS OF INTEREST
• Trail overlooks: Indian Point,
Grassland, Cottonwood
and River Loop
• Swimming pool and beach
house
• Historic WPA-era buildings
• Group center
Center Street
Highland Avenue
Herman
Monument
to Group Center
Martin
Luther
College
Vogel Field House
Family Rec Center
and Swimming
Pool
Garden Street
3rd St. S.
5th St. S.
15
NEW ULM
Broadway
Franklin Street
Washington Street
State Street
7th St. S.
68
Jefferson Street
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0.6
Payne Street
Grassland Trail
Summit Avenue
Bluebird
0.3
Trail
10th St. S.
0.1
0.2
NO EXIT
service
road only
0.2
Oxbow
0.3
Rustic sites
Trail
Bluebird Trail
0.2
0.1
0.4
Oxbow Trail
0.6
Cottonwood Trail
0.3
0.3
Spring Trail
Ridge Trail
Beach
House
Shelter
0.2
0.2
Non-electric sites
0.2
(loop)
Indian
Point
Trail
0.2
Electric sites
NOTE:
Trail includes steps
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Pool Trail
0.3
service
area
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Woodland Trail
0.2
0.3
Nehls
City Park
(frisbee golf)
Pool
10th Street S.
Trail
Park
Entrance
Summit Avenue
12th St. S.
15th St. S.
to Schell Brewery
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FLANDRAU
STATE PARK
River Trail
0.2
NOTE:
Trail includes steps
0.4
NORTH
Old Island Loop
NEW ULM COUNTRY CLUB
(Private)
August
Schell
Brewery
Old Dam Trail
0.7
Former
dam site
0.1
SUMMER MAP
TRAILS
Hiking
Hiking Club Trail
0.6
FACILITIES
Park Office
Parking
Swimming Pool
Campground
Trailer Sanitation Station
Group Center
Walk-in Campsites
Camper Cabin
Overlooks
Carry-in Boat Access
Playground
Sports Area
Year-round Water
Toilets
Private Property
Public Use Prohibited
Cottonwood Street
to Group Center
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Miles
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Kilometers
© 11/2011 by State of Minnesota,
Department of Natural Resources
Because lands exist within the boundaries of this
park that are not under the jurisdiction of the D.N.R.,
check with the park manager if you plan to use
facilities such as trails and roads other than those
shown.
LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION ?
The DNR has mapped the state showing federal,
state and county lands with their recreational
facilities.
Public Recreation Information Maps (PRIM) are
available for purchase from the DNR gift shop, DNR
regional offices, Minnesota state parks and major
sporting and map stores.
Check it out - you'll be glad you did.

Minneapolis/
St. Paul
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FLANDRAU
STATE PARK
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FLANDRAU
STATE PARK
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Flandrau State Park
1300 Summit Avenue
New Ulm, MN 56073-3664
(507) 233-9800
Department of Natural Resources
Information Center
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-4040
(651) 296-6157 (Metro Area)
1-888-646-6367 (MN Toll Free)
TDD (Telecommunications
Device for Deaf)
(651) 296-5484 (Metro Area)
1-800-657-3929 (MN Toll Free)
mndnr.gov/stateparks
New Ulm Web Site: www.newulm.com
1-888-4NEWULM
FLANDRAU STATE PARK is located in
southcentral Minnesota, partially within the
city of New Ulm in Brown County. Entrance
to the park is at 1300 Summit Avenue. State
highway map index: G-19.
The Cottonwood River, a scenic prairie river,
flows easterly through Flandrau State Park.
Within the park, oxbow marshes trace the
river’s past meanderings through floodplain
forest and grassy expanses. Confining the
river and forming the park’s boundaries are
steep slopes covered with cool, moist forests
and oak shaded bluffs dotted with dry prairie
knolls.
GEOLOGY: Flandrau lies in a valley cut by
the Cottonwood River through 100 to 200 feet
of glacial “drift” deposited by glaciers which
covered southern Minnesota thousands of
years ago.
Underneath this glacial material is sandstone
laid down millions of years ago by great seas
which once covered North America.
Fossilized plant materials and orange-colored
iron oxide bands can be seen in the exposed
sandstone near the park’s eastern boundary.
WILDLIFE: A variety of plant communities
provide summer habitat for over 60 species of
birds and 25 species of mammals.
Bur oak, eastern red cedar, and aspen thrive
on the warm, dry, south-facing bluffs. Nestled
amongst the trees are open prairie knolls with
big bluestem and Indian grasses, colorful
butterfly milkweed, blazing stars, and prairie
sunflowers.
Cool, moist shade is abundant under the
sugar maple, basswood, and hackberry found
on the north facing slopes. Towering
cottonwoods dominate portions of the river
floodplain while cattails and prairie cord
grass grow in many oxbow marshes.
At dusk, visitors can spot deer browsing in
the grassy meadows and hear beaver
splashing in the river. Raccoon, squirrel,
rabbit, mink, coyote, opposum and fox are
also found in the park.
Broad-winged hawks nest in the park and can
often be seen circling high overhead. Singing
on some high branch, indigo buntings and
northern orioles claim their territory. Other
birds are kingfishers, hummingbirds,
bluebirds, and several species of
woodpeckers.
HISTORY: For hundreds of years, American
Indians hunted, fished, and gathered wild
plants in the Cottonwood River Valley. No
doubt they camped on the river’s prairie
bluffs where warm summer breezes kept
insects away.
Abundant Indian artifacts, campsites, and
petroglyphs, which have been found in the
surrounding countryside, give evidence of the
river valley’s natural wealth and earliest
inhabitants. Today, buffalo bones can still be
found in fresh gravel washouts along the
river’s banks.
In the mid 1600s to the early 1800s
adventurers, fur traders, and explorers came
through the Cottonwood River Valley. By the
1830s, the first pioneers and settlers were
entering the river valley, clearing and plowing
the land for agriculture.
Land was acquired in the 1930s for the
creation of a park with a reservoir dam. A
beach house, trails, and tree plantings were
completed by the Civilian Conservation
Corps and the Work Projects Administration
from 1935 to 1942. Devastating flood waters
destroyed the dam three times, the last in
1969. Since then, the river has been allowed to
return to its natural state.
Originally named Cottonwood State Park, it
was changed in 1945 to Flandrau State Park to
honor Charles E. Flandrau, a prominent
lawyer and Indian agent of the Minnesota
River country during the 1860s.
SO EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THE PARK...
• The park belongs to all Minnesotans. Please
treat it with respect and help us to protect it
by following the rules.
• The park is open year-round. On a daily basis,
the park gate is closed from 10:00 P.M. to 8:00
A.M. the following morning except to
registered campers.
• Camp in designated locations.
• The use of firearms, explosives, air guns,
slingshots, traps, seines, nets, bows and
arrows, and all other weapons is prohibited in
state parks.
• Pets must be restrained on a leash no longer
than six feet. Pets must be personally attended
to and quiet at all times. Pets are not allowed
in park buildings or in pool area.
• Tight-fitting plastic pants or swim diapers are
required on all diaper-age children to enter
the pool.
• Park in designated areas only.
• Motor bikes and other licensed vehicles are
allowed only on park roads, not on trails.
• Enjoy park wildlife and plants but please
respect them. Do not pick or dig up plants,
disturb or feed animals, or scavenge dead
wood.
• Build fires only in designated locations—fire
rings or fireplaces. Wood is available for
purchase from park staff. Portable stoves or
grills are permitted.
• Daily or annual permits are required for all
vehicles entering a state park. They may be
purchased at the park headquarters or the
Information Center in St. Paul (see “FOR
MORE INFORMATION” to left).
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Non-electric sites
Sites with Electricity
Water
Vault Toilets
Restrooms/Showers
Trailer Sanitation Station
Parking
Shelter
Walk-in Sites
Council Fire
Bulletin Board
Dumpster/Recycling
Camper Cabin
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Coffeetree
Retreat
No Exit
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to pool
59
to overlook
to rustic
campground
58
to park office, pool
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Notice to Rustic Campground campers:
•Parking and site is just before each numbered site post.
•Showers are available at the pool beachhouse from 8 A.M. until sunset.
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Hackberry
Haven
“Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of
the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is available to all
individuals regardless of race, color, creed or religion, national origin,
sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual
orientation, age or disability. Discrimination inquires should be sent
to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette
Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4031; or the Equal Opportunity Office,
Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240.”
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FLANDRAU STATE
PARK
SEMI-MODERN
CAMPGROUND
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to Office
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Underlined site numbers
are RESERVABLE
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© 10/2011 by State of Minnesota,
Department of Natural Resources
FLANDRAU RUSTIC
CAMPGROUND
Underlined site numbers
are RESERVABLE
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Oxbow Trail
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This information is available in
alternative format upon request.
© 11/2011 by State of Minnesota,
Department of Natural Resources
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Minnesota
DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES