Updated 2026-07-13

Minnesota beach water quality

Minnesota has 93 public beaches in the EPA monitoring dataset, 52 of them with enough bacteria samples to grade. 24 earn an A for consistently clean water, while 3 grade an F for frequently exceeding the safe-swimming limit. Full ranking below.

A 24

B 16

C 2

D 7

F 3

Grade	Beach	County	% over limit	Samples	Advisory
A	Grand Marais Campground Beach	Cook	0%	87	Excellent
A	Flood Bay Beach	Lake	0%	83	Excellent
A	Red Rock Beach	Cook	0%	70	Excellent
A	Temperance River State Park Beach	Cook	0%	62	Excellent
A	Schroeder Town Park Beach	Cook	0%	57	Excellent
A	Chicago Bay Boat Launch Beach	Cook	0%	54	Excellent
A	Ray Berglund Wayside Rest Beach	Cook	0%	45	Excellent
A	Paradise Beach	Cook	0%	39	Excellent
A	Cutface Creek Wayside Rest Beach	Cook	0%	33	Excellent
A	Colville Creek Beach	Cook	0%	32	Excellent
A	Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Corundum Point Beach	Lake	0%	27	Excellent
A	Gooseberry Falls State Park Beach	Lake	1.6%	62	Excellent
A	Durfee Creek Area Beach	Cook	1.7%	59	Excellent
A	Park Point Lafayette Community Club Beach	St. Louis	1.8%	111	Excellent
A	Brighton Beach	St. Louis	1.9%	105	Excellent
A	Grand Portage Beach 6	Cook	2.1%	191	Excellent
A	Reservation River Beach	Cook	2.3%	88	Excellent
A	Kadunce Creek Beach	Cook	2.4%	82	Excellent
A	Sugarloaf Cove Beach	Cook	2.6%	39	Excellent
A	Black Beach	Lake	2.6%	38	Excellent
A	Tettegouche State Park Beach	Lake	2.7%	75	Excellent
A	Stony Point Beach	St. Louis	2.8%	36	Excellent
A	Hollow Rock Resort Beach	Cook	2.9%	70	Excellent
A	Grand Portage Beach 2.5	Cook	2.9%	70	Excellent
B	Manitou River Beach	Lake	3.1%	32	Good
B	Park Point Sky Harbor Parking Lot Beac	St. Louis	3.4%	232	Good
B	42nd Avenue East Beach	St. Louis	3.4%	59	Good
B	Grand Portage Beach 2	Cook	4.2%	240	Good
B	Gpbay4	Cook	4.2%	240	Good
B	Grand Portage Beach 7	Cook	4.2%	71	Good
B	Split Rock River Beach	Lake	4.5%	66	Good
B	Grand Marais Downtown Beach	Cook	4.8%	83	Good
B	Minnesota Point Harbor Side / 15th Street Beach	St. Louis	4.9%	344	Good
B	Old Shore Road Beach Area	Cook	5%	60	Good
B	Grand Portage Beach 1.5	Cook	5.7%	70	Good
B	Knife River Marina Beach	Lake	6%	67	Good
B	Lakewalk East / 16th Avenue East Beach	St. Louis	6.5%	62	Good
B	Croftville Beach	Cook	6.7%	30	Good
B	Bluebird Landing Beach	St. Louis	6.9%	58	Good
B	Lakewalk Beach	St. Louis	7%	115	Good
C	French River Beach	St. Louis	8%	50	Fair
C	Twin Points Public Access Beach	Lake	10%	60	Fair
D	Grand Portage Beach 1	Cook	12.4%	170	Poor
D	Leif Erikson Park Beach	St. Louis	13.8%	167	Poor
D	Lester River Beach	St. Louis	14.1%	142	Poor
D	Agate Bay Beach	Lake	14.3%	70	Poor
D	Stewart River Beach	Lake	16.3%	43	Poor
D	Clyde Avenue Boat Landing Beach	St. Louis	17.2%	64	Poor
D	Boy Scout Landing Beach	St. Louis	20.2%	124	Poor
F	Two Harbors City Park Beach	Lake	26%	77	Failing
F	Morgan Park Beach	St. Louis	30%	20	Failing
F	Lakewalk East / 26th Avenue East Beach	St. Louis	61.8%	34	Failing

Minnesota beach alerts

Get swim-advisory alerts and water-quality updates for Minnesota beaches by email.

Where to stay near Minnesota beaches

Find beachfront hotels, condos, and vacation rentals across Minnesota — live availability and prices.

Availability and prices from Stay22 partners (Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia). We may earn a commission from bookings, at no extra cost to you.