Where is Moose Lake State Park located?

Moose Lake State Park is in Carlton County, Minnesota. Coordinates: 46.4417°N, 92.7364°W.

When was Moose Lake State Park established?

Moose Lake State Park was established in 1971.

What lakes are near Moose Lake State Park?

Within 15 miles of Moose Lake State Park, the nearest graded lakes are Echo Lake (Grade B, 0.7 mi), Moosehead Lake (Grade D, 1.1 mi), Moose Lake (Grade B, 1.6 mi), Island Lake (Grade C, 2.6 mi), Sand Lake (Grade B, 2.7 mi).

Moose Lake State Park

Moose Lake State Park is a state park in Carlton County. It was established in 1971. 8 graded lakes are within 15 miles of the park, including Echo Lake, Moosehead Lake, Moose Lake.

Moose Lake 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. The park is paired with 8 graded lakes nearby — enough for a multi-lake visit. Average grade among them: B.

For visitors planning around water quality, the nearby-lakes list below is the practical tool: a park is only as good as the lake you intend to use it from, and the LakeGrade for that lake gives you the water-clarity, nutrient, and algal-pressure context you need.

Designation

State Park

County

Carlton County

Established

1971

Official Resources

Nearby Graded Lakes (within 15 mi)

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

Lake	County	Grade	Surface Area	Distance
Echo Lake	Carlton	B	108 acres	0.7 mi
Moosehead Lake	Carlton	D	279 acres	1.1 mi
Moose Lake	Carlton	B	133 acres	1.6 mi
Island Lake	Pine	C	527 acres	2.6 mi
Sand Lake	Pine	B	527 acres	2.7 mi
Hanging Horn Lake	Carlton	D	409 acres	3.2 mi
Sturgeon Lake	Pine	A	1,706 acres	4.2 mi
Sturgeon Lake	Pine	A	1,706 acres	4.4 mi

Other Parks in the Area

Moose Lake State Recreation Area— State Recreation Area, 0 mi
Banning State Park— State Park, 20 mi
Jay Cooke State Park— State Park, 24 mi
St. Croix State Park— State Park, 33.1 mi

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.