Rice Lake State Park
Rice Lake State Park is a state park in Steele County, Dodge 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.
Designation
State Park
County
Steele County, Dodge County
Established
1963
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
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.
Source: EPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys, 2026.