Lake Minnewashta Regional Park

Glad to see and use the new playground. Plenty of picnic tables and space to play! Only one grill though, located by the pavilion. The playground is not for the meek or timid, but there are other age-appropriate equipment.

The dog park is easily the best I’ve ever seen in the country. The people and dogs there are always great too. After getting super muddy in the many swampy areas there (we see them as a positive) my dogs love to go to the boat launch and clean up. We’re always respectful of any boats coming or going, and no one, including park staff, have ever complained. Only way it could be any better there would be if they opened up the “canoe launch” area for dogs to be able to swim more. It’s a perfect place for them, but the road is usually closed.

Not much views along the trail. Seems a good spot for fishing and boating though. Good facility with large restrooms. There’s some constructions and trail closures going on (Oct 2024).

The park is very beautiful, and has a beach and large playground. The playground is on the way back to the beach area, which is suitable for many age levels. The. Each area has a lot of shallow space for kids. Our kids always wanted to go way out far, but most places drop off quickly, or have less room for the swim area. This beach actually has a couple hundred feet out of shallow enough for kids to touch. That makes me feel the kids are safer and not a place to panic that they won't be able to touch when they swim way out. The buoys mark off where the ground drops and the swimming are ends, and no watercraft is allowed. There are quite a few picnic tables there as well, with great tree coverage for shade. This is a great place for the hot sunny days when you want relief from the sun, and picnic. This is a great family place to go, without needing to go up North to a cabin. There is also a kids water sand toy feature, but due to Covid-19 it is blocked off for now.

We went to this park with our kids to do cross country skiing and it was perfect. There is a rental office there, so you can rent a full set for 6$. Free on Fridays and some holidays. Very good place and not crowded. Tracks are groomed and there is variety of them. Highly recommend.