EAGAN
COMMUNITY GUIDE | 2025-26
Eagan includes area’ s largest park
The city of Eagan in northern Dakota County, which has a population of around 440,000 residents.
The Dakota County Courthouse is located in Hastings on the county’ s eastern edge. The county also operates the Western Service Center in Apple Valley where people can obtain some court and county services.
Eagan is part of County Board Districts 3 and 4, seats which are respectively held by Board Member Laurie Halverson( laurie. halverson @ co. dakota. mn. us or 651-438-4429) and Board Member Bill Droste( bill. droste @ co. dakota. mn. us or 651-438-4243).
Top county officials are Dakota County Administrator Heidi Welsch, Dakota County Attorney Kathy Keena and Dakota County Sheriff Joe Leko. County buildings include: County Government Center, 1590 Highway 55, Hastings
MN 55033-2343 and 651-437-3191 Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley,
MN 55124 and 952-247-7099 Northern Service Center, 1 Mendota Road W., West St.
Paul, MN 55118 and 651-377-7190 Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan, 651-450-2900, co. dakota. mn. us / libraries. Dakota County offers seven parks and three regional trails. The largest is Lebanon Hills Regional Park, which provides activities for all ages. Containing almost 2,000 acres, the park offers miles of trails and many lakes for year-round outdoor sports, recreation and environmental education. The Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, located in the eastern section of the park at 860 Cliff Road in Eagan, offers park information, interactive nature displays, courses and programs, and access to the park. Features in the park include:- Lebanon Hills Campground, 12100 Johnny Cake Ridge
Road in Apple Valley, open May to mid-October;- Camp Sacajawea Retreat Center, 5121 McAndrews Road in Apple Valley, 952-891-7000 for campsite availability;- Schulze Lake Beach; 10 a. m.- 8 p. m., Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day
Whitetail Woods Regional Park is a 456-acre park in Empire Township in the center of Dakota County, one mile north of the Vermillion River, at 17100 Station Trail. Among its amenities are the Empire Lake Shelter, Whitetail Woods Camper Cabins and Fawn Crossing Nature Play Area.
As part of the Spring Lake Park Master Plan, Dakota County reintroduced the American plains bison to the prairie in the park. For information on how to see the bison, go to the Bison Prairie page at co. dakota. mn. us / parks / parksTrails / SpringLake / Pages / default. aspx.
There are four other parks and three regional trails located in Dakota County. Call 952-891-7000 for more information or go online at www. co. dakota. mn. us.
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