The Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area [KONHSA] is
located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, 17 miles from the Macalester
College campus. It was established in 1967 by Macalester
College. The many natural habitats found on-site include tall
grass prairie, oak savannah and woodlands, aspen and birch forests,
seasonal and permanent ponds and springs, and a backwater lake,
adjacent to the Mississippi River.
These lands have been set aside by the College for
biological and environmental education, for restoration activities, and
for the protection of native plant communities, wildlife habitat and
natural environments.
For the vision statement, click
here.
Guests are welcome to the area, but please call in advance
to make arrangements for a visit. The area is closed on Sundays.
For more information, contact the Ordway Field Station at
651-455-6204. The resident Associate Director can also be
contacted at Macalester campus, on 651-696-6230. The campus
office for Ordway is located at Olin Rice room 217.
For maps and directions to the area, click here.
For watershed and topographical maps and aerial photos,
click here.
See a satellite pic of Ordway. Ordway is about 4
inches in from the right-hand border, and 4 inches down...just west of
where the St Croix enters the river.
Katharine Ordway Natural History Study Area
9550 Inver Grove Trail
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
651-455-6204
The KONHSA is
private property of Macalester College. This area is within the
Inver Grove Heights city limits: no hunting, gathering, or fishing
allowed. Trespass enforced; please no entry without prior permission.
