Overlooking Pool 4. An eagle’s view of the Mississippi River from Latsch State Park on a humid autumn afternoon.
Six Driftless parks win low-skeeter rating
WINONA, Minn. – The state Natural Resources Department listed six of its parks as the least inviting to mosquitos, all in southeast Minnesota. It’s the Driftless area, where ancient glaciers carved out few of the small lakes and ponds elsewhere in Minnesota where mosquitos breed. Streams drop steadily down coulees in the Driftless Area. Even what apea still waters have a current. The DNR’s low-mosquito census parks, all with hiking trails:
> Beaver Creek: Near Caledonia. 42 campsites, 1 cabin.
> Forestville-Mystery Cave: Near Wykoff. 73 campsites, 55 horse camps, 5 cabins.
> Frontenac: Between Lake City and Red Wing. 53 campsites.
> Great River Bluffs: Near Nodine. 34 campsites.
> Latsch: Between Winona and Minneiska. Day camp only.
> Whitewater: Near Elba. 110 campsites, RV sites, 4 cabins.