Zippel Bay State Park

About Zippel Bay State Park

During your visit to Zippel Bay, you will be greeted by a sunset and miles of white sandy beaches. During your visits to the Spiš region, you will be able to enjoy the sunsets on the white sand of the beach.

The park is located on the east bank of Zippel Bay Lake in the Zips region of Great Lakes State Park. In winter, visitors can enjoy the intricate ice forms on rocks on the shore. In spring, the ice is said to be laden with wind compression, and the lake freezes over and remains ice-covered until spring. Due to its size, it is frozen to a depth of about 0.8 metres in spring.

The 3000 hectare park features a stone jetty that provides access to the lake and the shore of Zippel Bay Lake and the Zips River. The atmosphere of the lakes constantly changes from a calm, silent lake with thousands of rustling seagulls that are not visible from the lake to an approaching storm with lightning.

Zippel Bay State Park is located on the west side of the Zips River, just a few hundred yards from the beach. The park offers car rides, campsites and group camps, as well as the opportunity to observe the sand hills, cranes and whistling plovers.

At its widest point, the lake is 55 miles wide and varies from 150 feet deep in the northern area to 4.35 feet deep in the southern bay, with a 150 feet deep southern area. Lake and sea dominate the picture, as do many other parks in the state of New York. About 80 miles from the northern tip of this lake is the park's finest sandy beach, where visitors can stand.

In June and July, you can observe a variety of wildlife along the paths of the park, such as deer, elk, elk, coyotes and other wildlife. Over the years, visitors have discovered many different bird species, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds. In small clearings in the parks, deer and other wildlife can be observed, as well as birds of prey and wild flowers.

The area in which the park is located was once covered by the Agassiz glacier and lake and includes a number of lakes, rivers, lakes and streams as well as a variety of other natural features.

The western end of Red Lake Peatlands is perhaps the last pure wilderness left in Minnesota, and the park's gently sloping topography is interrupted only by a few miles of asphalt road and a small stream. From the harbour you have a beautiful view of Zippel Bay from the coast and from a distance of about 1,000 feet above the water.

The park's location on the state's northern border provides a great opportunity to observe an interesting variety of wildlife that is not common elsewhere in the states. Animals in and around the park include wolves, elks, deer, elks, coyotes, bears, wolves and other wildlife.

Wolves are occasionally seen or heard in this park, and occasionally elk have been spotted.

Deer are often seen along the coast and along Red Lake Peatlands and along Zippel Bay Bay.

In spring and autumn, you can hear sand grouse almost every day, and ospreys can be seen in the bay and lakes. The list of bird watching includes ring and double-billed cormorants, white-breasted sparrows, black-nosed hawks, red-owls, bald eagles, blue jays and red-bellied and green-bellied gulls.

The endangered plover can also be observed on the beach and promenade, in the wetlands and along the coast, as well as on some paths.

Evidence of prehistoric humans, which suggests human activity 2,000 years ago, has been found in the area. When William La Verendrye, a member of the US Army, explored this area in 1732, he reported that it was inhabited by the Cree, Monsonis, Assiniboine and Dakota Indians. He founded Fort St. Charles on the northwest corner of Lake Woods and led the exploration work from the outpost, which eventually opened the north-west to a flood of fur traders.

When the fort was abandoned in 1763, the British claimed the territory, and for the next 75 years they became known as French-Canadian Voyageurs, trading in the region.

In 1887, a group of settlers from the village of St. Paul, Minnesota, settled on a piece of land at the entrance to Zippelbucht, and their families settled in 1887. In 1909 a small fishing village was founded on the site, of which hardly anything is left except a few small wooden houses.

In 1959, the state turned Zippel Bay into a state park to provide access to the lake and recreational opportunities. Today, the park covers 2,906 hectares, which are used for fishing, hiking, camping and other recreational activities such as kayaking, canoeing, boating and fishing.

Take Highway 172, take Highway 172 and walk approximately five miles west to the park entrance and then a short walk east to Zippel Bay State Park.