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Picnicking in Minnesota

Discover 23 state parks offering picnicking in Minnesota

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Minnesota State Parks with Picnicking

Afton State Park (Minnesota)

Afton State Park

+9 Picnicking Horseback Riding Cross Country Skiing Snowshoeing Kayaking Paddling Canoeing RV Biking
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Banning State Park

+7 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Snowmobiling Kayaking Paddling Biking
Blue Mounds State Park (Minnesota)

Blue Mounds State Park

+8 Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching Stargazing Snowshoeing Scenic Overlooks RV Biking
Camden State Park river Minnesota

Camden State Park

+9 Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Snowshoeing Paddleboarding Kayaking Canoeing RV Winter Sports Biking
Cascade River State Park (Minnesota)

Cascade River State Park

+7 Photography Picnicking Snowshoeing Scenic Overlooks Hunting Waterfall Viewing RV
Flood Bay State Wayside (Minnesota)

Flood Bay State Wayside
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
Frontenac State Park

Frontenac State Park

+2 Water Skiing RV
Gooseberry Falls State Park (Minnesota)

Gooseberry Falls State Park

+3 Waterfall Viewing RV Biking
Inspiration Peak State Wayside (Minnesota)

Inspiration Peak State Wayside
St. Louis River rapids in Carlton, Minnesota during the colorful Autumn season at Jay Cooke State Park

Jay Cooke State Park

+4 Picnicking Scenic Overlooks RV Biking

Joseph R. Brown State Wayside
Judge C. R. Magney State Park (Minnesota)

Judge C. R. Magney State Park

+7 Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching 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
Soudan Mine headframe with Lake Vermilion and fall colors Minnesota

Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park

+9 Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Stargazing Snowshoeing Snowmobiling Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Minneopa State Park (Minnesota)

Minneopa State Park

+3 Scenic Overlooks Waterfall Viewing RV
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
Paul Bunyan State Trail (Minnesota)

Paul Bunyan State Trail

+3 Picnicking Snowmobiling Biking
Ray Berglund State Wayside (Minnesota)

Ray Berglund State Wayside
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

Sam Brown Memorial State Wayside
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park (Minnesota)

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park

+5 Scuba Diving Kayaking Waterfall Viewing RV Biking

Other Places with Picnicking 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.

Horace Austin State Park (Minnesota)

Horace Austin State Park

Run by the City of Austin

Kaplan Woods State Park

Run by the City of Owatonna

Old Crossing Treaty Historic Wayside

Run by Red Lake County (Old Crossing and Treaty County Park)

Pine Tree Park

Run by the City of Blackduck
Underground cave pool reflecting stalactites and stalagmites at Forestville Mystery Cave State Park Minnesota

Ramsey State Park

Run by the City of Redwood Falls

+4 Picnicking Scenic Overlooks Waterfall Viewing RV

Toqua Lakes State Park

Run by Big Stone County

+1 Ice Fishing

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