681
Length in miles that the Mississippi River flows through Minnesota
1
Nationally recognized park between 694 and 494: the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
175
Height in feet of St. Anthony Falls 12,000 years ago, before it retreated upstream and shrank
3
Lock and dams on this stretch of the river—paddlers beware!
1
State parks between 694 and 494: Fort Snelling State Park
1
Number of true waterfalls on the entire 2,350-mile length of the Mississippi River: St. Anthony Falls—or in the Dakota language, Owámniyomni, a sacred spiritual site
840
Barrels of flour milled daily at Cadwallader C. Washburn’s original 1886 Gold Medal mill, which was powered by St. Anthony Falls
52
Total parks between 694 and 494 crossings, from Riverfront Regional Park to Wildflower Levee Park
5
Bird species nesting at Pig’s Eye Island Heron Rookery near 494: great blue herons, great egrets, black-crowned night herons, double-crested cormorants, and yellow-crowned night herons