Where is Father Hennepin State Park located?

Father Hennepin State Park is in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.1447°N, 93.4881°W.

When was Father Hennepin State Park established?

Father Hennepin State Park was established in 1941.

What lakes are near Father Hennepin State Park?

Within 15 miles of Father Hennepin State Park, the nearest lakes with water-quality readings are Mille Lacs Lake (0.5 mi), Ml-Thains Lake (0.8 mi), Ml-Malone Lake (1.9 mi), Ml-Se Lake (3.3 mi), Ml-Peterson Lake (6.2 mi).

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Father Hennepin State Park

Father Hennepin State Park is a state park in Mille Lacs County. It was established in 1941. 8 lakes with water-quality readings are within 15 miles of the park, including Mille Lacs Lake, Ml-Thains Lake, Ml-Malone Lake.

Father Hennepin State Park is a Minnesota State Park covering 79,074 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 measured lakes nearby, enough for a multi-lake visit; each lake page carries its own clarity, phosphorus and algae readings.

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

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Designation

State Park

County

Mille Lacs County

Established

1941

Official Resources

Nearby Lakes (within 15 mi)

Lakes closest to Father Hennepin State Park, weighted by size. Click a lake for its water-quality readings, fish species, and depth.

Lake	County	Surface Area	Distance
Mille Lacs Lake	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	0.5 mi
Ml-Thains Lake	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	0.8 mi
Ml-Malone Lake	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	1.9 mi
Ml-Se Lake	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	3.3 mi
Ml-Peterson Lake	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	6.2 mi
Ml-Ce Lake	Aitkin	128,250 acres	9.8 mi
Ml-Vineland Lake	Mille Lacs	128,250 acres	10.7 mi
Ml-Seventeen Lake	Aitkin	128,250 acres	10.9 mi

Other Parks in the Area

Mille Lacs Kathio State Park— State Park, 12.1 mi
Banning State Park— State Park, 30.4 mi
Yawkey Unit— State Park, 32.9 mi
Portsmouth Unit— State Park, 33.3 mi

Park location and metadata sourced from Wikidata. For trail maps, camping reservations, and current conditions, visit the official MN DNR page. Lake readings come from the EPA Water Quality Portal and are shown beside the EPA National Lakes Assessment condition class for the lake's ecoregion. Secchi clarity is shown, not classified.

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