Goodhue County Discovery Area

Frontenac State Park – In Yan Teopa Rock

29223 County 28 Blvd., Frontenac, MN 55026

Coordinates: 44.523734° N, -92.342140° W

 

Park at the picnic area for this hike. The Upper Bluffside Trail takes hikers across a steep 430-foot-high limestone bluff that overlooks Lake Pepin, a natural widening of the Mississippi, to In-Yan-Teopa rock to see this natural limestone arch on the blufftop. 

 

Accessible?: No

 

Dog Friendly?: Yes

 

Time to Complete: 2 hours

 

Distance: 2 Miles (roundtrip)

 

Difficulty: Moderate/Strenuous

 

Maintained by: The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

 

More Info:

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00160#homepage

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=cb108141401d4e2bbb5b8b1356673ad5

https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/57294/MGS_ES_10.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/geos-karst-feature-inventory-pts