28 public launches · 9 with trailer ramps · 18 carry-in kayak/canoe launches · 4 with restrooms
🧼 Boaters must allow inspection at staffed accesses, and inspectors can require decontamination before launch.
Links go to official Minnesota agency pages.
Duck Lake · Park Rapids, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: From Hubbard, 5 mi E on Cnty Rd 109, then 1 mi S on Cnty Rd 108, then 1.1 mi S on Twp Rd to W shore.
Spirit Lake · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by City of Menahga
Directions: In Menahga, 1 block off US Highway 71 on the east shore of Spirit Lake.
Blueberry Lake · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 2 miles North of Menahga on Wadena Co. Rd. #21, then 0.5 mile West and North on Blueberry Township Road #161.
Lower Twin Lake · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 4 miles Northeast of Menagha on Wadena Co. Rd. #21.
Stocking Lake · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 2 miles East of Menagha on Wadena Co. Rd. #17.
Crow Wing River · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 3.5 miles East of Menagha on Co Rd 17, then 4 miles East on Co Rd 150, then 1.5 mile East on Shell River Township Road.
Crow Wing River · Staples, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 2.75 miles East of Staples on Wadena Co. Rd. #3, then 0.75 mile North on Thomastown Township Road.
Crow Wing River · Staples, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 2.5 miles North of Staples on Wadena Co. Rd. #30, then 0.5 mile East on access entry road.
Crow Wing River · Staples, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 2 miles north of Staples, on CSAH 30, on the south bank of the Crow Wing River.
Granning Lake · Staples, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 1 mile West of Oylen on Wadena Co. Rd. #9, then 2 miles North and West on Wadena Co. Rd. #138.
Park Rapids, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife
Directions: 3 mi E of Huntersville.
Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife
Directions: 3 mi SE of Huntersville.
Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife
Directions: 2 mi E of Huntersville.
Yaeger Lake · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife
Directions: 3.5 miles N of Sebeka on Hwy 71, then 4 miles E on Co Rd 13, then 1 mile N on Co Rd 23, then 3 miles E on Co Rd 15, then 1 mile S on Co Rd 150, then 0.5 mile W on Meadow Township Rd.
Crow Wing River · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: In Hutersville on CSAH 18.
Crow Wing River · Staples, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: 11 miles north of Staples, just east of Lyons State Forest on the west bank of the Crow Wing River.
Crow Wing River · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 3.5 miles North of Sebeka on Hwy. 71, then 4 miles East on Co Rd 13, then 1 mile North on Co Rd 23, then 4 miles East on Co Rd 15.
Crow Wing River · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: In the city of Nimrod, on the upstream side of the Highway 227 Bridge, on the left bank of the Crow Wing River.
Crow Wing River · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: 3.8 miles north of Nimrod, on the right bank of the Crow Wing River.
Crow Wing River · Staples, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: 5.5 miles north of Staples, 2 miles east of CSAH 29, on the west bank of the Crow Wing River.
Crow Wing River · Staples, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: 8.5 miles north of Staples, just south of CSAH 7, on the west bank of the Crow Wing River.
Crow Wing River · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: Just southeast of Nimrod, 1 mile east of CSAH 26, on the northeast bank of the Crow Wing River.
Crow Wing River · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 4 miles East of Menagha on Co Rd 17, then 1 mile North on Co Rd 23, then 6 miles East on Co Rd 18, then 1 mile South on Huntersville Township Road.
Crow Wing River · Staples, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: 1 mile northwest of Oyler, just off County Road 138, on the right bank of the Crow Wing River.
Crow Wing River · Menahga, Wadena County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 3.5 miles North of Sebeka on Hwy. 71, then 4 miles East on Co Rd 13, then 1 mile North on Co Rd 23, then 4 miles East on Co Rd 15, then 0.5 mile North on the campground entry rd.
Crow Wing River · Staples, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: From Aldrich, 4 miles north on County Road 26, then 3 miles east on a gravel road, the 0.5 miles north.
Crow Wing River · Park Rapids, Wadena County
Managed by Wadena County
Directions: 1 miles north of Nimrod, off CSAH 18, on the east side of the Crow Wing River.
Crow Wing River · Menahga, Wadena County