Southcentral Minnesota Lakes and Recreation including Lake Minnewashta

Buffalo Lake  Canon Lake  Caron Lake  Cedar Lake  Cedar Lake  Circle Lake  Clear Lake  Crystal Bay  Eagle Lake  French Lake  German Lake  Halsted Bay  Lake Dora  Lake Elysian  Lake Francis  Lake Jefferson  Lake Minnetonka  Lake Minnetonka  Lake Minnewashta  Lake Pepin  Lake Waconia  Lake Washington  Madison Lake  Mazaska Lake  Prior Lake  Rice Lake  Roberds Lake  Sakatah Lake  Scotch Lake  Shields Lake  Silver Lake  Tetonka Lake  Tiger Lake  Washington Lake  Whitetail Lake  Wita Lake 

 

 

5 Featured Places

Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a green belt of large marsh areas bordered by office buildings, highways, residential areas, and grain terminals. Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District is a fourteen-county district located in east central Minnesota. Minneapolis Grand Rounds lovely trails, paths and roadways in a totally unique urban setting. Mississippi National River & Recreation Area describes a narrow corridor of land on either side of the Mississippi from Dayton and Ramsey, MN on the north boundary past Hastings, MN on the south border.

 

Also in this area: Science Museum of Minnesota.

 

 

Communities in the Mason City, IA and Albert Lea, MN Area

Minneapolis St. Paul Bloomington Eagan Burnsville Eden Prairie Minnetonka Edina Apple Valley St. Louis Park Lakeville Maplewood Richfield Mankato Inver Grove Heights Owatonna Savage Faribault Shakopee Chanhassen Golden Valley South St. Paul West St. Paul Chaska Northfield Hopkins Prior Lake Rosemount Farmington Mendota Heights St. Peter Mound Waseca Orono Shorewood Waconia Falcon Heights New Prague Minnetrista Wayzata Victoria Le Sueur Deephaven Jordan Belle Plaine Newport Norwood Young America Watertown Montgomery Excelsior Lauderdale Le Center Janesville St. Bonifacius Long Lake Waterville Eagle Lake Spring Park Tonka Bay Lonsdale Carver Cologne Medford Morristown Henderson Madison Lake St. Clair Greenwood Kasota Cleveland Minnetonka Beach Mayer Lilydale Dundas Hamburg Sunfish Lake Elysian Woodland Elko Medicine Lake New Germany New Market Randolph Pemberton Nerstrand Mendota Dennison Coates Kilkenny Heidelberg 

 

Hotels and other lodging can be found in Burnsville, Chaska, Lakeville, Mankato, Savage, Minnetonka, Saint Paul, Northfield, Shakopee, Golden Valley, Minneapolis, Chanhassen, Fairibault, Waseca, Eden Prairie, Saint Peter, Plymouth, Prior Lake, New Prague, Belle Plaine, Faribault, Saint Louis Park and Hopkins.

 

 

Man-made lakes, ponds, dikes, and dams in the area

Lock and Dam #2 Bald Eagle Lake Peltier Lake Swan Lake St Anthony Falls Lower Lock and Dam St Anthony Falls Upper Lock and Dam Locke Lake Sunset Lake Arlington Detention Battle Creek Rice Lake Riley Lake Couwette Group Pond Coon Rapids Snelling Lake Elm Creek Blackdog Lake Round Lake Keller Lake Nine Mile Creek Hampton Hills Golf Course Riley Creek Lake Elmo Regional Park Kaposia Park

 

 

 

Adjacent Areas

  • Go North to Brooklyn Park, MN, Eagle Lake, Pleasant Lake, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, etc.
  • Go South to Mason City, IA, Pickerel Lake, Lower Twin Lake, etc.
  • Go West to New Ulm, MN, Otter Lake, Schilling Lake, etc.
  • Go East to Rochester, MN, Lake Byllesby, Zumbro Lake, Eau Galle Flood Control Project, etc.