Where is Banning State Park located?

Banning State Park is in Pine County, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.1647°N, 92.8544°W.

When was Banning State Park established?

Banning State Park was established in 1963.

What lakes are near Banning State Park?

Within 15 miles of Banning State Park, the nearest graded lakes are Fish Lake (Grade D, 4.7 mi), Big Pine Lake (Grade C, 9.8 mi), Bass Lake (Grade C, 9.5 mi), Pine Lake (Grade C, 10.8 mi), Long Lake (Grade D, 8.4 mi).

Banning State Park

Banning State Park is a state park in Pine County. It was established in 1963. 8 graded lakes are within 15 miles of the park, including Fish Lake, Big Pine Lake, Bass Lake.

Banning State Park State Park spans an unrecorded acreage acres in Minnesota — a designated recreation destination with the full set of facilities the state park system provides. The park is paired with 8 graded lakes nearby — enough for a multi-lake visit. Average grade among them: C.

State parks pair well with the LakeGrade dataset: the park itself usually has interpretive signage explaining the local lake system, but the per-lake grade tells you which actual lake in the system to head to.

Designation

State Park

County

Pine County

Established

1963

Official Resources

Nearby Graded Lakes (within 15 mi)

Lakes closest to Banning State Park, weighted by size. Click a lake for its full water quality grade, fish species, and depth.

Lake	County	Grade	Surface Area	Distance
Fish Lake	Pine	D	185 acres	4.7 mi
Big Pine Lake	Pine	C	399 acres	9.8 mi
Bass Lake	Pine	C	228 acres	9.5 mi
Pine Lake	Aitkin	C	378 acres	10.8 mi
Long Lake	Pine	D	77 acres	8.4 mi
Fox Lake	Pine	D	200 acres	10.4 mi
Rhine Lake	Pine	F	116 acres	10.5 mi
Dago Lake	Pine	B	118 acres	13.6 mi

Other Parks in the Area

St. Croix State Park— State Park, 18.5 mi
Moose Lake State Park— State Park, 20 mi
Moose Lake State Recreation Area— State Recreation Area, 20 mi
Father Hennepin State Park— State Park, 30.4 mi

Park location and metadata sourced from Wikidata. For trail maps, camping reservations, and current conditions, visit the official MN DNR page. Lake grades are derived from EPA Water Quality Portal data using Metropolitan Council standards.

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