23 state parks with horseback riding in Minnesota

23 of Minnesota’s 71 state parks list horseback riding. See these parks on a map

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Afton State ParkBur oak and big bluestem hold the ridgetops, and the ravines below fall 300 feet to the river. Every campsite…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Camden State ParkA wooded valley folded into open farmland, where the Redwood River holds brown trout and a spring-fed pool…$7 / vehicleCampsitesLodgeBook a campsite
Forestville/Mystery Cave State ParkUnderground it holds 48 degrees all year, and naturalists lead you past stalactites and standing pools…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Fort Ridgely State ParkEstablished in 1911, the fourth park the state made, on bluffs above the Minnesota where a frontier garrison…$7 / vehicleCampsites · electric & waterCabinsBook a campsite
Glacial Lakes State ParkKettle hills left by the ice stand over 56-acre Signalness Lake, where only electric motors are allowed…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Hayes Lake State ParkThe Roseau River's north fork was dammed to make this lake, backed by the Beltrami Island forest and its…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Jay Cooke State ParkA suspension footbridge swings over the St. Louis where the river pours across slabs of tilted slate laid…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Lac qui Parle State ParkThe Dakota name means the lake that speaks, and every spring and autumn thousands of Canada geese make the…$7 / vehicleCampsites · full hookupsCabinsBook a campsite
Lake Bronson State ParkNo observation tower in any Minnesota state park stands taller, and from it the prairie and aspen-oak run to…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
Lake Carlos State ParkA deep, clear lake at the head of the Alexandria chain, with woodland ponds, marsh and glacial hills around…$7 / vehicleCampsites · electric & waterCabinsBook a campsite
Lake Louise State ParkAn old milldam on the Upper Iowa makes the lake, and the paved Shooting Star State Trail runs clean through…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
Lake Maria State ParkMaple, basswood and oak on rough moraine — a surviving piece of the Big Woods that once ran across the south…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Maplewood State ParkWooded hills stand high over small clear lakes, and the maples turn the whole park gold and red each October…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
McCarthy Beach State ParkHalf a mile of sand on Sturgeon Lake, with shallow water running far enough out that children can wade it…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
Mille Lacs Kathio State ParkNine thousand years of people have passed through or lived on this ground, and it is a National Historic…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Minnesota Valley State Recreation AreaThe Minnesota Valley State Trail follows the river minutes from the Twin Cities, paved as far as Chaska and…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
Old Mill State ParkThe steam-powered flour mill and the settlers' log cabin still stand, and once a year the mill is fired up to…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
Scenic State ParkUncut pine still lines the shore of two lakes here, Coon and Sandwick, and a narrow ridge called Chase Point…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Sibley State ParkMount Tom looks out over forest, farm, prairie knoll and lake — few points within 50 miles stand higher…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Split Rock Creek State ParkNo lake in Pipestone County is bigger, and the Sioux quartzite dam the WPA finished in 1938 is what holds it…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
St. Croix State ParkThirty-four thousand acres held between two protected rivers — the St. Croix carries National Scenic Riverway…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Wild River State ParkEighteen miles of the St. Croix, with an easy day's paddle down to the park's southern access and an overlook…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Zippel Bay State ParkTwo miles of white sand facing Lake of the Woods, and sunsets that are the reason people come back. A marina…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite

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