Rice Lake State Park
Rice Lake State Park is a state park in Dodge County, Steele County. It was established in 1963.
Rice Lake State Park State Park spans an unrecorded acreage acres in Minnesota — a designated recreation destination with the full set of facilities the state park system provides. The park is not lake-dense — 0 lakes nearby in our dataset — but a nearby lake (—) is the standout among them.
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.
Other Parks in the Area
- Nerstrand Big Woods State Park— State Park, 17.9 mi
- Sakatah Lake State Park— State Park, 25.4 mi
- Myre-Big Island State Park— State Park, 33.6 mi
- Carley State Park— State Park, 43.8 mi
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Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.