Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge

Great place to view nature, especially birds and wildflowers

Managers control the level of the ponds to improve the wildlife refuge's suitability for waterfowl. Sandhill cranes are easy to spot from your car.

Great for birds, not as much for humans

The birds love it - they should! It's designed for them! We saw 6 sandhill cranes, an eagle, trumpeter swans, egrets, herons, canada geese and a hawk. Lots of butterflies, dragonflies and grasshoppers...

Great Wildlife experience while driving.

There is a Prairie Wildlife Drive that is awesome. You will want to drive slowly because the creatures that live there are not always easy to see if you are driving fast. Roll your window down and t...

Great Wildlife Park

We saw a small story in Midwest Living magazine that at Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, they give Sandhill Crane Tours, in Oct. We can't go then, so on 9-1-18 we drove up there. We drove the Prair...

Wonderful place minus the horse flies

The first thing you need to know about this place is - HORSE FLIES of terror. Like, literally swarming around your head. Don't go hiking there in the warmer months if 20+ flies swarming your head will...