Myre-Big Island State Park
Myre-Big Island State Park is a state park in Freeborn County. It was established in 1947. 4 graded lakes are within 15 miles of the park, including Fountain Lake, Pickeral Lake, State Line Lake.
Myre-Big Island 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 4 graded lakes nearby — enough for a multi-lake visit. Average grade among them: F.
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.
Official Resources
Nearby Graded Lakes (within 15 mi)
Lakes closest to Myre-Big Island State Park, weighted by size. Click a lake for its full water quality grade, fish species, and depth.
| Lake | County | Grade | Surface Area | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Lake | Freeborn | F | 555 acres | 4.2 mi |
| Pickeral Lake | Freeborn | F | - | 5 mi |
| State Line Lake | Freeborn | D | 425 acres | 12.2 mi |
| Lower Twin Lake | Freeborn | F | - | 8.1 mi |
Other Parks in the Area
- Rice Lake State Park— State Park, 33.6 mi
- Lake Louise State Park— State Park, 39.8 mi
- Sakatah Lake State Park— State Park, 42 mi
- Nerstrand Big Woods State Park— State Park, 50 mi
Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.