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Bird Watching in Minnesota

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Minnesota State Parks with Bird Watching

Bear Head Lake State Park Minnesota

Bear Head Lake State Park

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Beaver Creek Valley State Park Minnesota

Beaver Creek Valley State Park

+7 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Hunting Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Big Bog State Recreation Area

Big Bog State Recreation Area

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking

Blazing Star State Trail
Blue Mounds State Park (Minnesota)

Blue Mounds State Park

+8 Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Scenic Overlooks RV Biking

Blufflands State Trail: Harmony-Preston Valley Segment
Buffalo River State Park (Minnesota)

Buffalo River State Park

+1 Snowshoeing
Camp Ripley/Veterans State Trail (Minnesota)

Camp Ripley/Veterans State Trail
Caribou Falls State Wayside (Minnesota)

Caribou Falls State Wayside
trees beginning to bud over a river in a state park near rochester mn

Carley State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking

Casey Jones State Trail

Central Lakes State Trail
Charles A. Lindbergh State Park (Minnesota)

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Crow Wing State Park (Minnesota)

Crow Wing State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area (Minnesota)

Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area

+7 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Scuba Diving Kayaking Canoeing Biking

Des Moines River Valley State Trail

+1 Biking

Devils Track Falls State Wayside

Douglas State Trail
Father Hennepin State Park (Minnesota)

Father Hennepin State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Flandrau State Park (Minnesota)

Flandrau State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Forestville / Mystery Cave State Park (Minnesota)

Forestville / Mystery Cave State Park

+9 Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Cave Tours Biking
Fort Snelling State Park (Minnesota)

Fort Snelling State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Franz Jevne State Park (Minnesota)

Franz Jevne State Park

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Frontenac State Park

Frontenac State Park

+2 Water Skiing RV

Garden Island State Recreation Area

+1 Ice Fishing
Gateway State Trail (Minnesota)

Gateway State Trail
Crosby Manitou State Park (Minnesota)

George H. Crosby Manitou State Park

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Gitchi-Gami State Trail (Minnesota)

Gitchi-Gami State Trail
Glacial Lakes State Park (Minnesota)

Glacial Lakes State Park

+7 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Hunting Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Dead tree in water against sunset at Lake Arrowhead State Park

Glacier Lakes Trail

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
A State Park bridge over a river with trees on either side.

Glendalough State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Goodhue Pioneer State Trail (Minnesota)

Goodhue Pioneer State Trail

Great River Ridge State Trail
Hayes Lake State Park (Minnesota)

Hayes Lake State Park

+8 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Snowmobiling Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Heartland State Trail (Minnesota)

Heartland State Trail

+1 Biking
Hinckley Fire State Monument (Minnesota)

Hinckley Fire State Monument

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Interstate State Park (Minnesota)

Interstate State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
John A. Latsch State Park (Minnesota)

John A. Latsch State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Judge C. R. Magney State Park (Minnesota)

Judge C. R. Magney State Park

+7 Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Kilen Woods State Park (Minnesota)

Kilen Woods State Park

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
La Salle Lake State Recreation Area (Minnesota)

La Salle Lake State Recreation Area

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Lac Qui Parle State Park (Minnesota)

Lac Qui Parle State Park

+1 RV
Lake Bemidji State Park (Minnesota)

Lake Bemidji State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Lake Bronson State Park (Minnesota)

Lake Bronson State Park

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Lake Carlos sandy beach with canoe and forest Minnesota

Lake Carlos State Park

+13 Photography Picnicking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Stargazing Cross Country Skiing Snowshoeing Ice Fishing Sledding Scenic Overlooks Kayaking Canoeing RV
Lake Maria State Park (Minnesota)

Lake Maria State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Lake Shetek State Park (Minnesota)

Lake Shetek State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Luce Line State Trail (Minnesota)

Luce Line State Trail
Maplewood State Park (Minnesota)

Maplewood State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
McCarthy Beach State Park (Minnesota)

McCarthy Beach State Park

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Mill Towns State Trail (Minnesota)

Mill Towns State Trail
cattails along the shore of a lake in a state park near nisswa minnesota

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking

Minnesota River State Trail
Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area (Minnesota)

Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking

Mississippi Blufflands State Trail
Monson Lake State Park pelicans Minnesota

Monson Lake State Park

+2 Paddling Canoeing
Moose Lake State Park (Minnesota)

Moose Lake State Park

+8 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Hunting Kayaking Canoeing Biking
sunset over the lake at a state park near rochester mn

Myre-Big Island State Park

+10 Wildlife Watching Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Ice Fishing Kayaking Paddling Canoeing RV Biking
waterfall at nerstrand big woods state park

Nerstrand Big Woods State Park

+9 Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Cross Country Skiing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Old Mill State Park (Minnesota)

Old Mill State Park

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Golden cattails along the shoreline of Rice Lake at Rice Lake State Park, Minnesota, with blue water and a tree line in the background

Rice Lake State Park

+8 Picnicking Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Snowmobiling Hunting Kayaking Canoeing RV
Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail

Sakatah Lake State Park

+9 Picnicking Bird Watching Snowmobiling Paddleboarding Kayaking Paddling Canoeing RV Biking
Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail (Minnesota)

Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail
Savanna Portage State Park (Minnesota)

Savanna Portage State Park

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Scenic State Park (Minnesota)

Scenic State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Schoolcraft State Park (Minnesota)

Schoolcraft State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking

Shooting Star State Trail
Split Rock Creek State Park (Minnesota)

Split Rock Creek State Park

+7 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
St. Croix Islands State Recreation Area (Minnesota)

St. Croix Islands State Recreation Area

+2 Paddling Canoeing

Superior Vista State Trail

Taconite State Trail

+1 ATV Riding
Vermilion Falls Trail (Minnesota)

Vermilion Falls Trail

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Wild River State Park (Minnesota)

Wild River State Park

+8 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Snowshoeing Kayaking Paddling Canoeing Biking
William OBrien State Park (Minnesota)

William O’Brien State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Zippel Bay State Park (Minnesota)

Zippel Bay State Park

+6 Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Kayaking Canoeing Biking

Other Places with Bird Watching in Minnesota (Not State Parks)

These places are run by a county, city, federal agency, another state agency, a tribe or a private owner, not by Minnesota’s state park system. State park passes, rules and reservations may not apply, so check with the operator before you go.

Big Fork State Forest

Run by the Minnesota DNR Division of Forestry

+6 Bird Watching Snowshoeing Hunting Kayaking Canoeing Biking

Kaplan Woods State Park

Run by the City of Owatonna

Pine Tree Park

Run by the City of Blackduck

Toqua Lakes State Park

Run by Big Stone County

+1 Ice Fishing
Upper Sioux Agency State Park (Minnesota)

Upper Sioux Agency State Park

Run by the Upper Sioux Community

+1 Paddling

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