Minnesota State Parks
Minnesota has 78 state parks on record, 41 with swimming and 16 with cabins. 78 have developed campgrounds (160 campsites in total on record). Dogs are allowed at every state park in Minnesota with a recorded policy (78 of 78); check each park's own page for exceptions.
Minnesota sells its own state park pass; check current pricing and eligibility with the Minnesota state parks agency.
Minnesota state parks map
- State parks
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Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
| Afton State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Afton State Park Beach | Yes | Yes |
| Banning State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Yes | Yes |
| Bear Head Lake State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Bear Head Lake | Yes | Yes |
| Beaver Creek Valley State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Yes | Yes |
| Big Bog State Recreation Area | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Big Stone Lake State Park | Big Stone County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Big Stone Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Blue Mounds State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Upper Dam and Upper Mound Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Buffalo River State Park (Minnesota) | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Camden State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Redwood River | Not on record | Yes |
| Camp Release State Monument | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Carley State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Cascade River State Park | Cook County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Charles A. Lindbergh State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Pike Creek | Not on record | Yes |
| Crow Wing State Park | Crow Wing County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Yes | Yes |
| Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area | Crow Wing County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Father Hennepin State Park | Not on record | 103 sites | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Mille Lacs Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Flandrau State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Cottonwood River | Not on record | Yes |
| Forestville Mystery Cave State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Fort Ridgely State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Fort Snelling State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Mississippi River | Not on record | Yes |
| Franz Jevne State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Frontenac State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Mississippi River w Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Garden Island State Recreation Area | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| George H. Crosby Manitou State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Glacial Lakes State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Signalness Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Glendalough State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Annie Battle Lake | Yes | Yes |
| Gooseberry Falls State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Silver Creek | Not on record | Yes |
| Grand Portage State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Great River Bluffs State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area | Yes | Yes |
| Hayes Lake State Park | Roseau County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Hayes Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Hill-Annex Mine State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Interstate State Park | Clay County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Croix River | Not on record | Yes |
| Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area | St. Louis County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Itasca State Park | Itasca County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Jay Cooke State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| John A. Latsch State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Judge C. R. Magney State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Brule River | Not on record | Yes |
| Kilen Woods State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| La Salle Lake State Recreation Area | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | La Salle Lake State Recreation Area | Not on record | Yes |
| Lac qui Parle State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Lake Bemidji State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Location of Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Lake Bronson State Park | Kittson County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | The park is now dominated by Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Lake Carlos State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Lake Carlos | Not on record | Yes |
| Lake Louise State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Upper Iowa River | Not on record | Yes |
| Lake Maria State Park | Murray County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Lake Maria | Yes | Yes |
| Lake Shetek State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Location of Lake | Yes | Yes |
| Lake Vermilion Soudan Underground Mine State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Lake Vermilion Soudan Underground Mine | Not on record | Yes |
| Lake Vermilion State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Lake Vermilion | Not on record | Yes |
| Maplewood State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| McCarthy Beach State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | McCarthy Beach | Not on record | Yes |
| Mille Lacs Kathio State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Mini-Wakan State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Spirit Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Minneopa State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Yes | Yes |
| Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area | Scott County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Monson Lake State Park | Becker County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Monson Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Moose Lake State Park | Wright County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Moose Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Myre-Big Island State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Albert Lea Lake | Yes | Yes |
| Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Old Mill State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Middle River | Not on record | Yes |
| Red River State Recreation Area | Marshall County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Rice Lake State Park | Sherburne County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Rice Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Saint Croix State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Croix River | Yes | Yes |
| Sakatah Lake State Park | Rice County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Sakatah Lake | Yes | Yes |
| Savanna Portage State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Mississippi River | Not on record | Yes |
| Scenic State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Coon Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Schoolcraft State Park | Hubbard County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Sibley State Park | Sibley County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Andrew Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Soudan Underground Mine State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Split Rock Creek State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Split Rock Lighthouse State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Temperance River State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Tettegouche State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Baptism River | Yes | Yes |
| Upper Sioux Agency State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Whitewater State Park | Olmsted County | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Wild River State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Not on record | Yes | Yes |
| William O'Brien State Park | Not on record | Yes | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | Croix River | Yes | Yes |
| Zippel Bay State Park | Not on record | 57 sites | Vehicle permit $7/day or $35/year | State park in Lake | Not on record | Yes |