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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 Park s. 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

List Of U.S. National Parks

List Of U.S. State Parks

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