11 public launches · 10 with trailer ramps · 1 carry-in kayak/canoe launches · 1 with restrooms
🧼 Boaters must allow inspection at staffed accesses, and inspectors can require decontamination before launch.
Links go to official Minnesota agency pages.
Del Clark Lake · Canby, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by Yellow Bank Watershed District, Lac Qui Parle County
Directions: At Stone Hill Regional Park, 1.5 miles SW of Canby, follow the signs.
Curtis Lake · Cottonwood, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 7 mi SE of the city of Wood Lake to W shore.
R6 Lake · Canby, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by Yellow Bank Watershed District, Lac Qui Parle County
Directions: 2 miles Sw of Canby in Stone Hill Regional park
John Reservoir · Canby, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by Watershed Dstr,Yellow Medicine
Directions: 3 mi W of Porter.
Spellman Lake · Cottonwood, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: From US 59 head east on 190th Ave for 1 miles to 430th St. Take 430th St south for 0.2 miles to access road.
Tyson Lake · Cottonwood, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 3 mi S of the city of Wood Lake to NE shore.
Wood Lake · Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: 4 mi N of the city of Wood Lake to N shore.
Minnesota River · Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: Follow CR 67 south out of Granite Falls for 2.6 miles to the access.
Minnesota River · Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
Directions: Just north of Granite Falls on Dike Rd.
Minnesota River · Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by City of Granite Falls
Directions: .5 mi SE of the city of Granite Falls on Mn Hwy 67 to S bank
Timm Lake · Cottonwood, Yellow Medicine County
Managed by DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife
Directions: Access at junction of Hwy 6 and Hwy 46.