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Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park

Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a state park in St. Louis County. It was established in 1884. 8 graded lakes are within 15 miles of the park, including East Vermilion Lake, Eagles Nest Lake, Bear Head Lake.

Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a Minnesota State Park covering 74,379 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.

Designation
State Park
County
St. Louis County
Established
1884

Nearby Graded Lakes (within 15 mi)

Lakes closest to Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, weighted by size. Click a lake for its full water quality grade, fish species, and depth.

LakeCountyGradeSurface AreaDistance
East Vermilion LakeSt. LouisD39,272 acres5.6 mi
Eagles Nest LakeSt. LouisA1,028 acres6.7 mi
Bear Head LakeSt. LouisA662 acres7.7 mi
Armstrong LakeSt. LouisA382 acres7.6 mi
Vermilion LakeSt. LouisD-3.4 mi
Burntside LakeSt. LouisA7,314 acres13.6 mi
Bear Island LakeSt. LouisB2,362 acres12.5 mi
Clear LakeSt. LouisB113 acres8.4 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.

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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.