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A Minnesota state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Minnesota preserved by the state for its natural, historic, or other resources. Minnesota currently has 71 state parks. Each was created by an act of the Minnesota Legislature and is maintained by the Department of Natural Resources. The Minnesota Historical Society operates sites within some of them. The park system began in 1891 when a state law was adopted to "maintain intact, forever, a limited quantity of the domain of this commonwealth...in a state of nature."
List of Minnesota state parks
- Afton State Park, Washington County
- Banning State Park, Pine County
- Bear Head Lake State Park, St. Louis County
- Beaver Creek Valley State Park, Houston County
- Big Bog State Recreation Area
- Big Stone Lake State Park, Big Stone County
- Blue Mounds State Park, Rock County
- Buffalo River State Park, Clay County
- Camden State Park, Lyon County
- Carley State Park, Wabasha County
- Cascade River State Park, Cook County
- Charles A. Lindbergh State Park, Morrison County
- Crow Wing State Park, Crow Wing, Cass, and Morrison Counties
- Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area
- Father Hennepin State Park, Mille Lacs County
- Flandrau State Park, Brown County
- Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, Fillmore County
- Fort Ridgely State Park, Nicollet and Renville Counties
- Fort Snelling State Park, Ramsey, Hennepin, and Dakota Counties
- Franz Jevne State Park, Koochiching County
- Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County
- Garden Island State Recreation Area
- George H. Crosby Manitou State Park, Lake County
- Glacial Lakes State Park, Pope County
- Glendalough State Park, Otter Tail County
- Gooseberry Falls State Park, Lake County
- Grand Portage State Park, Cook County
- Great River Bluffs State Park, Winona County
- Hayes Lake State Park, Roseau County
- Hill-Annex Mine State Park, Itasca County
- Interstate Park, Chisago County
- Itasca State Park, Hubbard, Clearwater, and Becker Counties
- Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County
- John A. Latsch State Park, Winona County
- Judge C. R. Magney State Park, Cook County
- Kilen Woods State Park, Jackson County
- Lac Qui Parle State Park, Lac qui Parle and Chippewa Counties
- Lake Bemidji State Park, Beltrami County
- Lake Bronson State Park, Kittson County
- Lake Carlos State Park, Douglas County
- Lake Louise State Park, Mower County
- Lake Maria State Park, Wright County
- Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County
- Maplewood State Park, Otter Tail County
- McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis County
- Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Mille Lacs County
- Minneopa State Park, Blue Earth County
- Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area
- Monson Lake State Park, Swift County
- Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County
- Myre-Big Island State Park, Freeborn County
- Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park, Rice County
- Old Mill State Park, Marshall County
- Red River State Recreation Area
- Rice Lake State Park, Steele and Dodge Counties
- Saint Croix State Park, Pine County
- Sakatah Lake State Park, Le Sueur and Rice Counties
- Savanna Portage State Park, Aitkin and St. Louis Counties
- Scenic State Park, Itasca County
- Schoolcraft State Park, Cass and Itasca Counties
- Sibley State Park, Kandiyohi County
- Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St. Louis County
- Split Rock Creek State Park, Pipestone County
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County
- Temperance River State Park, Cook County
- Tettegouche State Park, Lake County
- Upper Sioux Agency State Park, Yellow Medicine County
- Whitewater State Park, Winona County
- Wild River State Park, Chisago County
- William O'Brien State Park, Washington County
- Zippel Bay State Park, Lake of the Woods County
See also
External links
- Minnesota State Parks on the Department of Natural Resources website
- Minnesota Statute 85.012 State parks - statutory list
References
- Arthur, Anne. Minnesota's State Parks. Adventure Publications, 1998. ISBN 188506151X
- Meyer, Roy Willard. Everyone's Country Estate: A History of Minnesota's State Parks. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991. ISBN 0873512669
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