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There are 64 state parks, nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides, and 23 state trails in the Minnesota state park system, totaling approximately 267,000 acres (1,080 km 2). [1][2] 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.
Lake Bemidji State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, on the north shore of 6,765-acre (27.38 km 2) Lake Bemidji. The northern half of the park preserves a spruce-tamarack bog . A district of National Park Service rustic structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and National Youth Administration in the 1930s is on the ...
278 acres (113 ha) Elevation. 846 ft (258 m) [1] Established. 1989. Governing body. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Grand Portage Indian Reservation. Grand Portage State Park is a state park at the northeastern tip of the U.S. state of Minnesota, on the Canada–United States border. It contains a 120-foot (37 m) waterfall, the ...
Itasca State Park (/ aɪ ˈ t æ s k ə /) is a state park of Minnesota, United States, and contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The park spans 32,690 acres (132.3 km 2 ) of northern Minnesota, and is located about 21 miles (34 km) north of Park Rapids, Minnesota and 25 miles (40 km) from Bagley, Minnesota .
In 2000, Minnesota returned ownership of the 300-acre (1.2 km 2) Grand Portage State Park to the Chippewa Band, which was lost more than 50 years ago in a tax forfeiture. In a unique arrangement in the state, this is the only state park to be managed jointly by the state and an American Indian band. The park includes a 120-foot high waterfall ...
Designated NMON. January 27, 1960. Grand Portage National Monument is a United States National Monument located on the north shore of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota that preserves a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg Ojibwe heritage. The area became one of the British Empire 's four main fur trading centers in North ...
1,475 acres (5.97 km 2) Elevation. 981 ft (299 m) [1] Established. 1963. Governing body. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Lake Maria State Park (/ məˈraɪə / mə-RY-ə) is a state park of Minnesota, United States, created to provide a wilderness area within an easy drive of Minneapolis–Saint Paul. [2]
Lake Claiborne State Park. Claiborne Parish. 643 acres (260 ha)[35] 1974[36] Lake Claiborne State Park is situated on, but does not include, Lake Claiborne, the park's main attraction. When at full reservoir level, Lake Claiborne has a surface area of 6,400 acres (2,590 ha).