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Icelandic State Park / Gunlogson Nature Preserve

State Park · Red River Valley · Red River Valley (Tongue River / Lake Renwick watershed); about 200 wooded acres

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SPState ParkVerified coordinates48.77861, -97.76194

Location

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Verified coordinates from the source record. Still confirm the current entrance and road status before travelling.

Best windows

May to June breeding songbirds; September fall migration

Peak months in the record: May, Sep

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Sunrise, sunset, light and weather

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Weather at Icelandic State Park / Gunlogson Nature Preserve

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Access, fees and cautions

Unverified access note

Access notes

About 3 miles of preserve trails, lake and river frontage.

Fees

ND state park vehicle permit: $7 daily / $35 annual

Cautions

Verify trail conditions seasonally.

Check current access

The notes on this page come from the guide's fixed records and can age. These links open what the managing agency publishes right now — always the last word on access.

Managing agency

North Dakota Parks and Recreation (State Park)

Agency pages are found by searching the place name, so the search may list nearby units too — no page here is a stored link to a specific trailhead or gate.

Your access check

No access check recorded for this place yet. Once you have confirmed the current rules with ND Parks and Rec, mark it here so you can see how fresh your information is.

This only records that you checked. It never changes the guide's access notes and is not a statement from any agency.

Leaves at this place

Live observation

When leaves turned colour

Historical evidence

Nobody publishes an open fall-colour peak map, so these are the dates volunteers recorded coloured leaves in North Dakota — a handful of plants at a handful of sites, not a statewide peak. Use the official reports below for the wider picture.

Leaf-out and leaf-colour timing: USA National Phenology Network (usanpn.org).

Birds linked to this place (2)

Painted illustration of a Baltimore Oriole
Likely this monthFall migration
Spring
early to mid-May
Fall
late August to September

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Males arrive before leaves fully open; early May cottonwoods along the Missouri River bottoms are prime. Oranges and nectar feeders bring them to eye level.

Illustration, not a field photograph · Real photos on All About Birds

Painted illustration of a Yellow Warbler
Likely this monthFall migration
Spring
early to mid-May (representative of 25+ warbler species; peak warbler movement is mid-May)
Fall
late August to September

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Willow thickets at eye level in morning light. In mid-May, Tennessee, Magnolia, Blackburnian, American Redstart, and Blackpoll warblers move through in the same week.

Illustration, not a field photograph · Real photos on All About Birds

Historical photo evidence (0)

These are historical public posts collected as supporting evidence. They are not live sightings and do not guarantee current bird activity. Photos are not copied here — each entry links to the original post.

No collected post is mapped to this place. Several posts name only free-text locations — see the evidence log for those.

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