Cascade River State Park
Cascade River State Park is a state park in Cook County. It was established in 1957. 8 graded lakes are within 15 miles of the park, including Devil Track Lake, Deer Yard Lake, Pike Lake.
Cascade River State Park is a Minnesota State Park covering 1,247,880 acres. State parks are the most heavily-developed of the public-land designations — campground, picnic, boat-launch, interpretive-center. The park is paired with 8 graded lakes nearby — enough for a multi-lake visit. Average grade among them: B.
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.
Official Resources
Nearby Graded Lakes (within 15 mi)
Lakes closest to Cascade River State Park, weighted by size. Click a lake for its full water quality grade, fish species, and depth.
| Lake | County | Grade | Surface Area | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devil Track Lake | Cook | B | 1.9K acres | 9.2 mi |
| Deer Yard Lake | Cook | B | - | 4 mi |
| Pike Lake | Cook | A | - | 4.8 mi |
| Ward Lake | Cook | B | - | 5.1 mi |
| Caribou Lake | Cook | B | - | 6.3 mi |
| Superior Lake | Cook | A | - | 8.9 mi |
| Holly Lake | Cook | D | - | 9.4 mi |
| Tait Lake | Cook | B | - | 10.4 mi |
Other Parks in the Area
- Temperance River State Park— State Park, 19.5 mi
- Judge C. R. Magney State Park— State Park, 23.7 mi
- George H. Crosby Manitou State Park— State Park, 31.8 mi
- Tettegouche State Park— State Park, 40.8 mi
Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.