Sax-Zim Bog February 2026

This is our third visit to Sax-Zim Bog. My sister and I partially paid for our trip with our holiday money and my father drove us. It's about an 8 hour drive from our home in Chicago. Sax-Zim has soooo much amazing wildlife, plants, and landscapes. Below are links to the posts form our adventure. 

Day 2, Fort Snelling State Park, Minneapolis


Day 1. 2.21.26 Chicago to Hudson, WI:

Wisconsin: Rocky Arbor State Park, Juneau County. Pictured: Rock formation, lichen, forest, moss.


Day 2. 2.22.26 Minnesota:

Minnesota: Fort Snelling State Park, Minneapolis. Pictured: diverse and thriving polypores, very large fallen tree, deer. Edit coming soon.

Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog. Pictured: mycelium, lichens, moss, landscapes, vegetation, European Starlings, forest, sunset.


Day 3. 2.23.26 Sax-Zim, MN:

Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog (mushrooms)Pictured: three or more species of unidentified polypore, two Tinder Conk color morphs, Chaga, and Artist Brackets.

Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog (Lichens & plants)Pictured: Boreal Oakmoss, Common Greenshield, Netted Shield Lichen, unidentified Sunburst, possible Bog Rosemary, Spruce, various habitats.

Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog (Animals)Pictured: three respective American Red Squirrels, a Barred Owl, and Black-capped Chickadees.

Minnesota: Sax-Zim Bog (Landscapes)Pictured: landscapes including Pines, Spruce, and Tamaracks, various roadside scenes, cows, very old broken cars.


Day 4. 2.24.26 Sax-Zim, MN to Chicago:

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