Minnesota State and Public Parks

I’ve been to most of them and we’ll (hopefully) be getting to them all over time.

State Parks are wonderful places to go with your camera. Keep your eyes open. Learn to see. You’ll find hundreds of opportunities for great photos.

Listing of Minnesota State Parks:

1. Afton State Park (MN DNR Link)

2. Banning State Park (MN DNR Link)

3. Bear Head Lake State Park (MN DNR Link)

4. Beaver Creek Valley State Park (MN DNR Link)

5. Big Bog State Recreation Area (MN DNR Link)

6. Big Stone Lake State Park (MN DNR Link)

7. Blue Mounds State Park (MN DNR Link)

8. Buffalo River State Park (MN DNR Link)

9. Camden State Park (MN DNR Link)

10. Carley State Park (MN DNR Link)

11. Cascade River State Park (MN DNR Link)

12. Charles A. Lindbergh State Park (MN DNR Link)

13. Crow Wing State Park (MN DNR Link)

14. Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area (MN DNR Link)

15. Father Hennepin State Park (MN DNR Link)

16. Flandrau State Park (MN DNR Link)

17. Forestville Mystery Cave State Park (MN DNR Link)

18. Fort Ridgely State Park (MN DNR Link)

19. Fort Snelling State Park (MN DNR Link)

20. Franz Jevne State Park (MN DNR Link)

21. Frontenac State Park (MN DNR Link)

22. Garden Island State Recreation Area (MN DNR Link)

23. George H. Crosby Manitou State Park (MN DNR Link)

24. Glacial Lakes State Park (MN DNR Link)

25. Glendalough State Park (MN DNR Link)

26. Gooseberry Falls State Park (MN DNR Link)

27. Grand Portage State Park (MN DNR Link)

28. Great River Bluffs State Park (MN DNR Link)

29. Hayes Lake State Park (MN DNR Link)

30. Hill-Annex Mine State Park (MN DNR Link)

31. Interstate Park (MN DNR Link)

32. Itasca State Park (MN DNR Link)

33. Jay Cooke State Park (MN DNR Link)

34. John A. Latsch State Park (MN DNR Link)

35. Judge C. R. Magney State Park (MN DNR Link)

36. Kilen Woods State Park (MN DNR Link)

37. Lac qui Parle State Park (MN DNR Link)

38. Lake Bemidji State Park (MN DNR Link)

39. Lake Bronson State Park (MN DNR Link)

40. Lake Carlos State Park (MN DNR Link)

41. Lake Louise State Park (MN DNR Link)

42. Lake Maria State Park (MN DNR Link)

43. Lake Shetek State Park (MN DNR Link)

44. Maplewood State Park (MN DNR Link)

45. McCarthy Beach State Park (MN DNR Link)

46. Mille Lacs Kathio State Park (MN DNR Link)

47. Minneopa State Park (MN DNR Link)

48. Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area (MN DNR Link)

49. Monson Lake State Park (MN DNR Link)

50. Moose Lake State Park (MN DNR Link)

51. Myre-Big Island State Park (MN DNR Link)

52. Mystery Cave State Park (MN DNR Link)

53. Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park (MN DNR Link)

54. Old Mill State Park (MN DNR Link)

55. Red River State Recreation Area (MN DNR Link)

56. Rice Lake State Park (MN DNR Link)

57. Saint Croix State Park (MN DNR Link)

58. Sakatah Lake State Park (MN DNR Link)

59. Savanna Portage State Park (MN DNR Link)

60. Scenic State Park (MN DNR Link)

61. Schoolcraft State Park (MN DNR Link)

62. Sibley State Park (MN DNR Link)

63. Soudan Underground Mine State Park (MN DNR Link)

64. Split Rock Creek State Park (MN DNR Link)

65. Split Rock Lighthouse State Park (MN DNR Link)

66. Temperance River State Park (MN DNR Link)

67. Tettegouche State Park (MN DNR Link)

68. Upper Sioux Agency State Park (MN DNR Link)

69. Whitewater State Park (MN DNR Link)

70. Wild River State Park (MN DNR Link)

71. William O’Brien State Park (MN DNR Link)

72. Zippel Bay State Park (MN DNR Link)