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〕 | lat_d = 44 | lat_m = 9 | lat_s = 44 | lat_NS = N | long_d = 94 | long_m = 6 | long_s = 8 | long_EW = W | area_unit = acre | area_imperial = 4643 | area_round = 0 | established = 1905 | management_body = Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | map_locator = Minnesota | map = Minnesota Locator Map with US.PNG | map_caption = Location of Minneopa State Park in Minnesota }} Minneopa State Park is a state park in Minnesota, United States, and was established in 1905 to preserve Minneopa Falls. Located on Minneopa Creek and being the largest waterfall in southern Minnesota, the site has been a popular visitor attraction since the 1850s. Minneopa is Minnesota's third oldest state park, after Itasca and Interstate. Two park resources are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the 1862 Seppman Mill and a district of seven Rustic Style structures built by the Works Progress Administration in the late 1930s. The park is located almost entirely on the southern side of the Minnesota River west of Mankato. In 2014, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officials announced plans to reintroduce bison to the park in a fenced enclosure. ==Geography== Minneopa State Park is divided into two distinct sections by a corridor of roads, railroads, and private property. The original section contains the falls and Rustic Style structures. The much larger northern section, added in 1969, stretches along the Minnesota River and includes the campground and Seppmann Mill. Although the sections are contiguous, the only way to travel from one to the other is via a county road. Minneopa Creek drains a small watershed in Blue Earth County and a small part of eastern Brown County. Most of its flow through farmland before entering the park. upstream from its mouth, Minneopa Creek flows over two waterfalls.〔 The creek cascades about 6 or 7 feet (2 m) over the upper falls and flows before dropping over the lower falls.〔 The name is a shortening of ''Minneinneopa'', which is translated from the Dakota language as "water falling twice." Other translations have been given as "water of two falls" and "water of the dancing elk."〔 Although Minneopa Falls is often referred to as the highest waterfall in southern Minnesota, Minnemishinona Falls in a nearby Nicollet County park is slightly higher at but is not as scenic or well-known. Lower Minneopa Falls ''can'' be called the region's largest, as it is wide while Minnemishinona spans only .〔 The region of the park has a continental climate of cold winters and hot summers. Temperatures are slightly milder along Minneopa Creek than in the prairie section due to the heavy woods.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minneopa State Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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