Lura Lake Vacation and Resort Properties

This lake is located near Mapleton, MN.

 

 

 

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Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge (40 miles)

Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1937 to provide a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The actual slough is all that remains of a pre-glacial riverbed, and its name is derived from the connection or "union" of two watersheds: the Blue Earth River of Minnesota and the East Fork of the Des Moines River. The terrain is nearly flat, allowing the flow of the water to be determined by the direction of the wind at times.

The refuge is on the... More

 
Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (65 miles)

The Neal Smith National Wildife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center was created by an act of Congress in 1990, to re-construct tallgrass prairie and restore oak savanna on 8,654 acres of the Walnut Creek watershed and to provide a major environmental education facility focusing on prairie, oak savanna, and human interaction. The refuge, bordering the southwest city limits of Prairie City, Iowa, began from a core 3,600 acres that was purchased from an electric utility company after a proposed... More

 
Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District (77 miles)

The Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District (WMD) is a fourteen-county district located in east central Minnesota. It includes portions of the Minnesota, Cannon, and Mississippi river watersheds.

Pre-settlement habitats included prairie pothole, native prairie, oak savannah, and big woods. Currently, the prevalent land use in the district is agriculture and urban development around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. As the population of the Metropolitan area increases, many... More

 
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (77 miles)

Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is located within the urban and suburban areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul. It is a green belt of large marsh areas bordered by office buildings, highways, residential areas, and grain terminals. The refuge is comprised of eight linear units totaling approximately 12,500 acres, spanning 34 miles of the Minnesota River.

Refuge habitats include riverine wetlands, fens, seeps, floodplain forests, oak savannas and forest, and native grasslands. More than... More

 

 

 

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Other Lakes with the same name, or a similar name: Akalura Lake (Akhiok, AK)