STATE PARKS

See also PARKS AND PARKLANDS

Abandoned and unclaimed property, disposal, Minn. Rules 6100.1650

Access, see State parks under PARK ROADS

Access, streets and roads, costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 162.06

Access to state lands, Minn. Rules 6100.1355

Additions to, notice and hearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0115

Administration, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.05

Adopt-a-park program, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.045

Afton State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Aged persons, parking and campsite use, fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052

Agricultural leases, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.23

Aircraft, landing on land or water, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.2200

Alcoholic beverages, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0505

Angling in, license exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.445

Appropriations to, state parks working capital account, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.22

Armed forces members, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053

Authorization of new sites, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.07

Banning State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Bear Head Lake State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Beaver Creek Valley State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Beer, sale, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0505

Big Stone Lake State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Trail entrance, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.015

Blue Mounds State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Boundaries, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0115, 85.012

Boundary waters, see BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA

Buffalo River State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Camden State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Camp sites, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.20

Camping, boats used for, application of rules, Minn. Rules 6100.1250

Campsite occupancy, Minn. Rules 6100.1250

Carley State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Cascade River State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Classification, criteria for, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.05

Coal, proposed new facilities, environmental description, Minn. Rules 7855.0440

Codification, new sites, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.014

Concessions (businesses), receipts, deposit and appropriation, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.22

Confirmation of existing sites, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.011

Connections to state trails, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.015

Construction and maintenance

Inmate labor, Minn. Statutes 2024 16B.34

State parks in cities, Minn. Statutes 2024 471.67

Contractors, permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053

Crow Wing State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Definitions, outdoor recreation, Minn. Rules 6100.0500

Deletions from, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0115

Disabled persons

Parking and campsite use, fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052

Special permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053, 85.055

Disabled veterans, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053

Douglas Lodge, receipts and expenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.22

Employees

Nondisplacement by adopt-a-park program, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.045

Peace officer powers, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.04

Permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053, 85.055

Enforcement of law, Natural Resources Department employees, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.0835, 85.04

Environmental assessment worksheets, mandatory categories, Minn. Rules 4410.4300

Environmental protection, generally, Minn. Rules 6100.0900

Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.011, 85.012

Evergreens, destruction or mutilation, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.20

Explosives, possession, prohibition, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Farm lands, leasing, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.23

Father Hennepin State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Fees

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 16A.1283

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052

Park use, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.055

Permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053, 85.055

Split Rock Lighthouse, historic site, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053

Waivers and reductions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.055

Firearms, possession, prohibition, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Fires, building or maintaining, Minn. Rules 6100.1000

Firewood, collection, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.0900

Fireworks, possession, prohibition, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Fishing, Minn. Rules 6100.1500

Flandrau State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Forest campgrounds, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.05, 89.016, 89.21, 89.22

Forest day use areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.05

Forestry laws, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.73

Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Fort Ridgely State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Fort Ridgely State Monument, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.585

Fort Snelling State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Lease portion of, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.34

On-sale intoxicating liquor license, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.34

Permit exceptions, Memorial Chapel Island, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

Taliaferro's Indian Agency, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.57

Franz Jevne State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Frontenac State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Fuel conversion facilities, location near alternative sites, description, Minn. Rules 7855.0340

Funds and accounts

Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, stockpile materials sales, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052

Sales taxes, deposit, Minn. Statutes 2024 297A.94

State parks account, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052, 85.055

State parks and trails donation account, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.056

State parks working capital account, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052, 85.22

Game refuges, state parks designated as, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.085

George H. Crosby Manitou State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Ginseng, harvesting, Minn. Rules 6282.0300

Glacial Lakes State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Glendalough State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Gooseberry Falls State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Permit exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

Grand Mound State Park

Designation of state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Historic site, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.662

Grand Portage State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Permit exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

Great River Bluffs State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Guide posts, destruction of, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.20

Hawkers and peddlers, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.0550

Hayes Lake State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

High voltage transmissions lines, routing through, Minn. Rules 7850.4300

Historic sites in, Natural Resources Department, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.661

Horse passes, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.46

Human history areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.08, 173.081

Hunting

Prohibition, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Stands for big game, Minn. Rules 6232.0100

Indian tribe members, permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053

Industrial solid waste land disposal facilities, prohibited sites, Minn. Rules 7035.1600

Interpretive centers, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.22

Interstate State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Permit exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

Itasca State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Employees, tips, acceptance, Minn. Statutes 2024 43A.38

Wine and beer, sale, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0505

Jay Cooke State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Veterans Memorial, permit exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

John A. Latsch State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Permit exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

Judge C. R. Magney State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Kilen Woods State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Lac qui Parle State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Lac qui Parle Mission and Village Historic District, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.73

Lake Bemidji State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Permit exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

Lake Bemidji State Park, hunting, deer hunting by archery, Minn. Rules 6230.0400

Lake Bronson State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Lake Carlos State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Lake Louise State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Shooting Star Trail, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.015

Lake Maria State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Lake Shetek State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Lake Shetek State Monument, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.585

Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Hoist system safety, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0506

Payments to county for land within, Minn. Statutes 2024 477A.17

Permit exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

Lands

Acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012, 85.0145, 94.47 to 94.51

County payments in lieu of taxes, see Natural resources lands, payments in lieu of taxes under COUNTIES

Defined as acquired natural resources land, Minn. Statutes 2024 477A.11

Exchange, Minn. Statutes 2024 94.342, 94.47

Leases, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.23, 94.47

Sale, Minn. Statutes 2024 94.47

Tax-forfeited lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Large electric power generating plants, siting in, Minn. Rules 7850.4400

Laws, codification of new parks, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.014

Licenses, state operation of facilities, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.21

Littering, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.20

Littering, prohibited, Minn. Rules 6100.1000

Management, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0145, 86A.05

Managers, recycling duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.205

Maplewood State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

McCarthy Beach State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Metal detectors, use of, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.0900

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Kathio Archaeological District, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.73

Minneopa State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Minnesota Naturalist Corps, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.992

Minnesota Statutes, codification of new parks, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.014

Minnows, permits for taking, Minn. Rules 6254.0200

Monson Lake State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Moose Lake State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Motor vehicles

Operation in state parks, Minn. Rules 6100.1900

Permits, Minn. Rules 6100.1700, 6100.1710

Mutilation of property, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.20

Myre-Big Island State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Names, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

New parks, codification, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.014

Notice about, additions and deletions, park lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0115

Nuclear fuel processing, proposed facilities, description, Minn. Rules 7855.0540

Nuclear waste storage and disposal, proposed facilities, description, Minn. Rules 7855.0640

Oil pipelines, environmental descriptions, certificate of need applications, Minn. Rules 7853.0610

Old Mill State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Open House Days, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

Outdoor advertising, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Outdoor recreation units, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.04, 86A.06

Park facilities, state operation, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.21

Park roads

Design standards, Minn. Rules 8820.9981, 8820.9986

Generally, see PARK ROADS

Park roads, state park road account, use for, Minn. Statutes 2024 162.06

Parking facilities

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052

State park road account, use for, Minn. Statutes 2024 162.06

Parks and trails fund, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.53

Peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.04, 85.053

Peat mining, exclusions, Minn. Rules 6131.0100

Permits

Disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053, 85.055

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054, 85.34

Fees, see same under this topic

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053

Patron permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.055

Special permits to take wild animals, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.401

Special-use permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052

Permits, motor vehicle permits

Application of law, Minn. Rules 6100.1700

Daily vehicle permits, Minn. Rules 6100.1710

Personal property, abandonment, Minn. Rules 6100.1650

Pets, pet waste, Minn. Rules 6100.1100

Picnic shelters, use, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.1200

Planning, master plans, Minn. Statutes 2024 86A.09

Plants, collection, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.0900

Plants (vegetation), protection of, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.20

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.011

Prohibited conduct, generally, Minn. Rules 6100.0700

Public use

Authority for rules, Minn. Rules 6100.0100

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 6100.0200

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 6100.0300

Suspension of rules in emergencies, Minn. Rules 6100.2400

Recreational areas, see RECREATIONAL AREAS

Recreational manufactured home parks, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 327.23

Recycling, managers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.205

Refuse, disposal, Minn. Rules 6100.1000

Reports about, Natural Resources Department, duties generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.03

Reservation system, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052

Restricted areas, use, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.0650

Rice Lake State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Saint Croix Riverway, rulemaking, motorboat restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.33

Saint Croix State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Saint Croix State Park deer hunts, Minn. Rules 6232.1600

Sakatah Lake State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Sam Brown Memorial Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.585

Savanna Portage State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Scaffolds, use of, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.0900

Scenic areas, see SCENIC AREAS

Scenic State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Schoolcraft State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Schools in state parks, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.06

Sibley State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Sleeping accommodations, space requirements, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.12

Snowmobiles, operation in state parks

Application of law, Minn. Rules 6100.1900

Application of rules, Minn. Rules 6100.1900

Restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.1900, 6100.5200

Special event areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.052

Special events, Minn. Rules 6100.0550

Split Rock Creek State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Historic place, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.664

Historic site, fee structure, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.053

State parks in cities, maintenance agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 471.67

State water trails, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.32

Supervisors, defined as peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.04

Swimming, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.1600

Taconite, excluded areas for mining, Minn. Rules 6130.1200

Tax-forfeited lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Temperance River State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Tettegouche State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Permit exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054

Tourist camp requirements, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 327.23

Transplantation of plants or animals, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.0900

Trapping, prohibition, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Traverse des Sioux State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 138.585

Tree stands, use of, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.0900

Trees and shrubs, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.20

Trespass, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.20

Vending machines, Minn. Statutes 2024 248.07

Violations and penalties

Controlled substances, Minn. Statutes 2024 152.01, 152.022 to 152.024, 152.029, Minn. Rules 6100.0700

Disorderly conduct, Minn. Rules 6100.0700

Explosives, possession, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Firearms, possession, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Fireworks, possession, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.20

Hunting, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Liquor, Minn. Rules 6100.0700

Noise, Minn. Rules 6100.0700

Outdoor recreation, Minn. Rules 6100.0525

Water appropriation and impoundments, field investigations, Minn. Rules 6115.0790

Waters entirely within

Boating, prohibited activities, Minn. Rules 6100.1400

Fishing, Minn. Rules 6100.1500

Weapons, possession, prohibition, Minn. Rules 6100.0800

Whitewater State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Wild rice, harvesting, restrictions, Minn. Rules 6100.0900

Wild River State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Wild River State Park, deer hunts, Minn. Rules 6232.1600

Wildlife in, feeding, agricultural leases, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.23

William O'Brien State Park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Wine and beer, sale, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.0505

Zippel Bay State Park

Designation as state park, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.012

Permit exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 85.054