📷 Nature Photography on public land in Minnesota

227 public places in Minnesota are listed for nature photography (149 state & public land, 62 state forests, 11 state parks, 2 national forests, 2 national parks, 1 trails). 4 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🌳 Gooseberry Falls State Parkfree
🥾 Superior Hiking Trailfree
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🗺️ Agassiz Beachline WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Agassiz WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Anderson WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Audubon WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Badoura State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Banning State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barker WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Battleground State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bay Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bear Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Beltrami Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Belwin ConservancyUnknown — check official site
🌲 Big Fork State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Island Nature ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Island SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Mantrap WMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Birch Lakes State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bjerkevedt WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Blackduck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Boundary Waters Canoe Area WildernessUnknown — check official site
🌲 Bowstring State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bucks Mill AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Buena Vista State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bunker Hills Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Burntside State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Butterwort Cliffs SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canthook Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cardinal Creek Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carpenter Nature CenterUnknown — check official site
🌳 Cascade River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Cascade River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Centennial State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chanhassen Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Chengwatana State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Chippewa National ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chisago Lake AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cloquet Valley State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Crow Wing State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crystal Spring Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 D.A.R. State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Daniels Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Drag Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Emily State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Erskine Complex WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Falls Creek Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Felton Prairie SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ferndale MarshFee charged — check official site
🌲 Finland State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Flickertail Prairie WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Florida Creek WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Fond Du Lac State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Foot Hills State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Foothills State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Foxborough Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Franconia Bluffs Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fungus Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 General C.C. Andrews State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 George Crosby Manitou State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 George Washington State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Golden Anniversary State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Gooseberry Falls State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grand Portage National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🌲 Grand Portage State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grey Cloud Dunes SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hairy Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hastings SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Hill River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hintermeister WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hitterdal WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holte WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Humpback Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Huntersville State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Insula Lake State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌳 Interstate State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Islands of Peace County ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jackson County Waterfowl Production AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ James A. Brown Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Julsrud WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Kabetogama State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Kabetogama State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kasin WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kenyon WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Koochiching State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kurfin WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ La Verendrye Provincial ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lake Isabella State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lake Jeanette State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Minnetonka Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Susan PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lake of the Woods State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Land O'Lakes State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lawrence Creek Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lee Marshes WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lengby WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lillemoen WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Long Lake AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lost River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lutsen SNAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Lyons State ForestUnknown — check official site
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🗺️ McKnight PrairieUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Minnesota Point Pine Forest Scientific and Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mississippi Headwaters State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mississippi West Regional ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mud Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mugwump Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Myre - Big Island State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nelson Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nelson Prairie WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Nemadji State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nicholson WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Noerenberg GardensUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Noreen WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWRUnknown — check official site
🌲 Northwest Angle State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Orchard Lake Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pat Bayle State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Paul Bunyan State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pembina Trail SNAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pillsbury State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pine Bend Bluff SNAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Pine Island State ForestUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Pipestone National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pitfall Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Quail Meadows GreenwayUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Raven Lake Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Red Lake State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Remer State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rice Creek Chain of Lakes ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rice Creek North Regional Trail CorridorUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rice Marsh Lake Park PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Richard M. and Mathilde Rice Elliot SNAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ridgeway WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Riverlands State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rotary Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Rum River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rushfeldt WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Sand Dunes State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Savanna State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Severson Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Smokey Bear State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Smoky Hills State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Snake River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Solana State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spider Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Spink WPAUnknown — check official site
🌳 Split Rock Lighthouse State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 St. Croix State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stowe Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Sturgeon River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sugarloaf Cove Nature CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sugarloaf Point State Natural Areafree
🗺️ Sundial Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sunrise Lake AMAUnknown — check official site
🌲 Superior National Forestfree
🗺️ Supplement UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Swanson WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tamarac WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tatlie Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🌳 Temperance River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Tettegouche State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ The Marsh ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tick Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Two Inlets State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Vermillion River AMAUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Voyageurs National ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Waukenabo State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Wealthwood State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weasel Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weeny Lake Primitive Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Welsh Lake State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Whiskey Lake WPAUnknown — check official site
🌲 White Earth State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Whiteface River State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Winger WPAUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Woodbury Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Zickur WPAUnknown — check official site

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