| Park Name |
County or Counties |
Area in acres (km²) |
Date
founded |
Stream(s) and / or Lake(s) |
Remarks |
| Afton State Park [1] |
Washington |
1695 acres (6.86 km²) |
1969 |
St. Croix River |
Park lies on a glacial moraine with deep ravines that drop 300 feet (91.44 m) down to the St. Croix River. |
| Banning State Park [2] |
Pine |
6201 acres (25.09 km²) |
1963 |
Kettle River |
Park consists of 1.5 miles (2.41 km) of churning rapids. |
| Bear Head Lake State Park [3] |
St. Louis |
4523 acres (18.30 km²) |
1961 |
Bear Head Lake |
Park is located just south of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. |
| Beaver Creek Valley State Park [4] |
Houston |
1187 acres (4.80 km²) |
Unknown |
None |
Park is home to the timber rattlesnake. |
| Big Bog State Recreation Area [5] |
Beltrami |
9459 acres (38.28 km²) |
2006 |
None |
The Big Bog sits on the southeast side of glacial Lake Agassiz. |
| Big Stone Lake State Park [6] |
Big Stone |
986 acres (3.99 km²) |
1961 |
Big Stone Lake |
The park is located on the south end of glacial Lake Agassiz. |
| Blue Mounds State Park [7] |
Rock |
1826 acres (7.39 km²) |
1961 |
None |
The park is named after a linear escarpment of Precambrian quartzite bedrock. |
| Buffalo River State Park [8] |
Clay |
1,322 acres (5.35 km²) |
1937 |
Buffalo River |
The prairie within the park is judged to be one of the largest and best of the state's prairie preserves. |
| Camden State Park [9] |
Lyon |
2245 acres (9.09 km²) |
1934 |
Redwood River |
Thirteen buildings and structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Carley State Park [10] |
Wabasha |
209 acres (0.85 km²) |
1948 |
Whitewater River |
Park is named after State Senator James A. Carley, who donated the land. |
| Cascade River State Park [11] |
Cook |
2865 acres (11.59 km²) |
1957 |
Lake Superior and Cascade River |
Park is connected to the Superior Hiking Trail and North Shore State Trail. |
| Charles A. Lindbergh State Park [12] |
Morrison |
436 acres (1.76 km²) |
1901 |
Mississippi River |
Park is home of Charles August Lindbergh, Congressman and the father of the famous aviator, Charles Lindbergh. |
| Crow Wing State Park [13] |
Crow Wing, Cass, and Morrison |
2871 acres (11.62 km²) |
1959 |
Mississippi and Crow Wing Rivers |
The region was formed by the drainage of glacial Lake Grantsburg. |
| Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area [14] |
Crow Wing |
1824 acres (7.38 km²) |
1993 |
Chain of small lakes and streams |
American Bald Eagles frequent the area. |
| Father Hennepin State Park [15] |
Mille Lacs |
320 acres (1.29 km²) |
1941 |
Mille Lacs Lake |
Park is named after Father Louis Hennepin, a priest who visited the area with a French expedition in 1680. |
| Flandrau State Park [16] |
Brown |
1006 acres (4.07 km²) |
1934 |
Cottonwood River |
Park is named after Charles Eugene Flandrau, an important figure in the Battles of New Ulm during the Dakota War of 1862. |
| Forestville Mystery Cave State Park [17] |
Fillmore |
3170 acres (12.83 km²) |
Unknown |
None |
Park contains Mystery Cave, the longest cave in the state that is open to the public. |
| Fort Ridgely State Park [18] |
Nicollet and Renville |
1040 acres (4.21 km²) |
1911 |
Fort Ridgely Creek |
Park preserves Fort Ridgely, which is notable for its use during the Dakota War of 1862. |
| Fort Snelling State Park [19] |
Ramsey, Hennepin, and Dakota |
2931 acres (11.86 km²) |
1962 |
Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers |
Park contains historic Fort Snelling, which was built in 1819. |
| Franz Jevne State Park [20] |
Koochiching |
118 acres (0.48 km²) |
1967 |
Rainy River |
The sons of Franz Jevne, a lawyer, offered to donate land to the state for use as a park on the condition that it be named after their father. |
| Frontenac State Park [21] |
Goodhue |
2270 acres (9.19 km²) |
1957 |
Lake Pepin on Mississippi River |
Park is home to 260 species of birds for part or all of the year. |
| Garden Island State Recreation Area [22] |
Lake of the Woods |
734 acres (2.97 km²) |
Unknown |
Lake of the Woods |
|
| George H. Crosby Manitou State Park [23] |
Lake |
3320 acres (13.44 km²) |
1955 |
Manitou River |
Park contains many undisturbed miles of fir, cedar, spruce, and northern hardwoods. |
| Glacial Lakes State Park [24] |
Pope |
|
1963 |
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| Glendalough State Park [25] |
Otter Tail |
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| Gooseberry Falls State Park [26] |
Lake |
1675 acres (6.77 km²) |
1933 |
Lake Superior |
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| Grand Portage State Park [27] |
Cook |
|
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Pigeon River |
Park contains a 120 foot (37 meter) waterfall, the tallest in the state. |
| Great River Bluffs State Park [28] |
Winona |
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Mississippi River |
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| Hayes Lake State Park [29] |
Roseau |
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| Hill-Annex Mine State Park [30] |
Itasca |
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1912 |
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| Interstate Park [31] |
Chisago |
|
1895 |
St. Croix River |
This was the first park in the United States to span two states (Minnesota and Wisconsin) |
| Itasca State Park [32] |
Hubbard, Clearwater, and Becker |
32000 acres (129.50 km²) |
1891 |
Lake Itasca |
Minnesota's oldest state park. Lake Itasca is the source of the Mississippi River |
| Jay Cooke State Park [33] |
Carlton |
8,818 acres (35.69 km²) |
1915 |
Saint Louis River |
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| John A. Latsch State Park [34] |
Winona |
1654 acres (6.69 km²) |
1925 |
Mississippi River |
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| Judge C. R. Magney State Park [35] |
Cook |
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1957 |
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| Kilen Woods State Park [36] |
Jackson |
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| Lac Qui Parle State Park [37] |
Lac qui Parle and Chippewa |
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| Lake Bemidji State Park [38] |
Beltrami |
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| Lake Bronson State Park [39] |
Kittson |
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| Lake Carlos State Park [40] |
Douglas |
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| Lake Louise State Park [41] |
Mower |
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| Lake Maria State Park [42] |
Wright |
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| Lake Shetek State Park [43] |
Murray County |
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| Maplewood State Park [44] |
Otter Tail |
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| McCarthy Beach State Park [45] |
St. Louis |
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| Mille Lacs Kathio State Park [46] |
Mille Lacs |
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| Minneopa State Park [47] |
Blue Earth |
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| Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area [48] |
Hennepin, Dakota, Scott, Carver, Sibley, and Le Sueur |
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Minnesota River |
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| Monson Lake State Park [49] |
Swift County |
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| Moose Lake State Park [50] |
Carlton |
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| Myre-Big Island State Park [51] |
Freeborn |
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Albert Lea Lake |
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| Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park [52] |
Rice |
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| Old Mill State Park [53] |
Marshall |
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| Red River State Recreation Area [54] |
Polk |
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| Rice Lake State Park [55] |
Steele and Dodge |
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| Saint Croix State Park [56] |
Pine County |
|
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St. Croix River |
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| Sakatah Lake State Park [57] |
Le Sueur and Rice |
|
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Sakatah Lake on the Cannon River |
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| Savanna Portage State Park [58] |
Aitkin and St. Louis |
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| Scenic State Park [59] |
Itasca |
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| Schoolcraft State Park [60] |
Cass and Itasca |
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| Sibley State Park [61] |
Kandiyohi |
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| Soudan Underground Mine State Park [62] |
St. Louis |
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| Split Rock Creek State Park [63] |
Pipestone |
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| Split Rock Lighthouse State Park [64] |
Lake |
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| Temperance River State Park [65] |
Cook |
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| Tettegouche State Park [66] |
Lake |
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| Upper Sioux Agency State Park [67] |
Yellow Medicine |
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| Whitewater State Park [68] |
Winona |
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| Wild River State Park [69] |
Chisago |
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St. Croix River |
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| William O'Brien State Park [70] |
Washington |
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St. Croix River |
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| Zippel Bay State Park [71] |
Lake of the Woods |
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Lake of the Woods |
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