Helen Allison Savanna is an 80-acre tract of beautiful bur oak savanna that is situated at the corner of Anoka County Roads 26 and 15, just off the southeast corner of Cedar Creek. It is owned by The Nature Conservancy and administered as an Scientific and Natural Area by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. A small parking area and registration box is at the southeast corner of the site. There are no facilities, and no collecting, but one is free to wander over this marvelous site.
Anoka County Regional Park at Martin Lake has a picnic area and fine boardwalk running from Martin Lake west to Island Lake. Unfortunately this species-rich wetland is being invaded by purple loosestrife and glossy-leaved buckthorn.
