32 state parks with swimming in Minnesota

32 of Minnesota’s 71 state parks list swimming. 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
Bear Head Lake State ParkRed and white pine ring a 674-acre lake, with moose, wolves and black bear in the country around it — the…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Big Bog State Recreation AreaA boardwalk carries you a mile out over sphagnum and black spruce into the largest peatland in the lower 48…$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
Cuyuna Country State Recreation AreaIron pits abandoned in the eighties have filled with water clear enough for divers, and the stockpile ridges…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
Father Hennepin State ParkTwo campgrounds and a long sand beach on the quiet southeast corner of Mille Lacs, with accessible piers and…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
Flandrau State ParkA sand-bottomed swimming pond, and stone buildings the WPA raised in the thirties on ground that later held…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
Fort Snelling State ParkPike Island sits where the Minnesota empties into the Mississippi, and you can walk out to the point inside…$7 / vehicleDay use only
Frontenac State ParkBluff, prairie, floodplain and hardwood meet around Lake Pepin, and 260 bird species have been counted…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
Garden Island State Recreation AreaTwenty-three miles out into Lake of the Woods and reachable only by boat — the northernmost ground in the…$7 / vehicleDay use only
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
Glendalough State ParkSpecial rules keep the sunfish and crappie big in Annie Battle Lake, and no motor may touch it. The sites…$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
Itasca State ParkThe state's first park, kept since 1891, and the place you can step over the Mississippi before it runs 2,552…$7 / vehicleCampsitesBook a campsite
Lake Bemidji State ParkQuarter of a mile of boardwalk crosses a tamarack bog where showy lady's slippers, pitcher plants and sundews…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook 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 Shetek State ParkShetek is Ojibwe for pelican, and the birds work the biggest lake in this corner of the state all summer. A…$7 / vehicleCampsites · full hookupsCabinsBook 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
Moose Lake State ParkRolling hills, ponds and two fishing lakes, with a pier to work from and bass and northern in quiet Echo…$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
Savanna Portage State ParkSix miles of marsh and swamp took the Ojibwe, Dakota and voyageurs five days to cross, and their portage is…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook 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
Whitewater State ParkLimestone bluff and deep ravine over spring-fed water that holds brown, brook and rainbow trout in both the…$7 / vehicleCampsitesCabinsBook a campsite
William O'Brien State ParkRolling wooded hills over the St. Croix, an hour out of the Twin Cities, with northern, walleye, bass and…$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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