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Crow Wing State Park

Crow Wing State Park is a state park in Morrison County, Crow Wing County, Cass County. It was established in 1959. 8 graded lakes are within 15 miles of the park, including Sylvan Lake, Crow Wing Lake, Gull Lake.

Crow Wing State Park is a Minnesota State Park covering an unrecorded acreage acres. State parks are the most heavily-developed of the public-land designations — campground, picnic, boat-launch, interpretive-center. 8 graded lakes are within easy reach of the park, with an average grade of B. Sylvan Lake (A) is the cleanest of the set.

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
Morrison County, Crow Wing County, Cass County
Established
1959

Nearby Graded Lakes (within 15 mi)

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

LakeCountyGradeSurface AreaDistance
Sylvan LakeCassA1.3K acres7 mi
Crow Wing LakeCrow WingD-2.5 mi
Gull LakeCassA13.0K acres11.3 mi
Pillager LakeCassA768 acres9.6 mi
Unnamed LakeMorrisonC-4.7 mi
Twin LakeCrow WingB-5.1 mi
Fosdick LakeMorrisonC-5.6 mi
Perch LakeCrow WingA-5.7 mi

Other Parks in the Area

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.

Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.