Crow Wing State Park
Crow Wing State Park is a state park in Cass County, Crow Wing County, Morrison County. It was established in 1959. 8 graded lakes are within 15 miles of the park, including Crow Wing Lake, Sylvan Lake, White Sand 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 A. 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.
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.
| Lake | County | Grade | Surface Area | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Wing Lake | Crow Wing | D | 379 acres | 2.5 mi |
| Sylvan Lake | Cass | A | 1,280 acres | 7 mi |
| White Sand Lake | Crow Wing | A | 415 acres | 5.8 mi |
| Perch Lake | Crow Wing | A | 266 acres | 5.7 mi |
| Middle Whipple Lake | Crow Wing | A | 301 acres | 6.4 mi |
| Red Sand Lake | Crow Wing | B | 521 acres | 7.5 mi |
| Gull Lake | Cass | A | 10,010 acres | 11.8 mi |
| Alexander Lake | Morrison | A | 2,709 acres | 10.9 mi |
Other Parks in the Area
- Sagamore Unit— State Park, 18.4 mi
- Mahnomen Unit— State Park, 21.5 mi
- Charles A. Lindbergh State Park— State Park, 21.8 mi
- Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area— State Recreation Area, 22.6 mi
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.