Beaches · 189 miles of Great Lakes shore
Minnesota Great Lakes Beaches
72 beaches on Lake Superior, about 56 miles of listed shore.Minnesota tested the water at 35 of them in the 2025 season.
The standard
When Minnesota posts an advisory
Minnesota reports this bacteria standard to EPA for most of its Great Lakes beaches:
- E. coli, single sample: 235 per 100 mL
A sample over the line means an advisory or a closure until the water tests clean again. A single-sample limit applies to one day’s result; a geometric mean is an average over several samples, so one bad reading counts for less. How beach testing works →
Lake Superior 72
Cook County 21
- Butterwort Cliffs Beach1.3 milesNot sampled
- Cascade State Park Campground Beach2.0 milesNot sampled
- Cascade State Park West Beach0.37 milesNot sampled
- Chicago Bay Boat Launch Beachabout 160 feetSampled once a week
- Colville Creek Beach2.0 milesSampled once a week
- Croftville Beach1.2 milesNot sampled
- Cutface Creek Wayside Rest Beach2.1 milesSampled once a week
- Durfee Creek Area Beach1.4 milesSampled once a week
- Grand Marais Campground Beach0.72 milesSampled once a week
- Grand Marais Downtown Beach0.59 milesSampled once a week
- Horseshoe Bay Boat Launch Beachabout 260 feetNot sampled
- Judge C.R. Magney State Park East Beach0.41 milesNot sampled
- Judge C.R. Magney State Park West Beach0.49 milesNot sampled
- Kadunce Creek Beach3.4 milesSampled once a week
- Paradise Beach1.3 milesSampled once a week
- Ray Berglund Wayside Rest Beach0.25 milesNot sampled
- Red Cliff Beach1.3 milesNot sampled
- Schroeder Town Park Beach0.22 milesSampled once a week
- Sugarloaf Cove Beach0.7 milesSampled once a week
- Temperance River State Park Beach0.71 milesSampled once a week
- Temperance River State Park East Beach0.81 milesNot sampled
Lake County 25
- Agate Bay Beach0.33 milesSampled once a week
- Black Beach0.62 milesSampled once a week
- Blueberry Hill Beach0.34 milesNot sampled
- Burlington Bay Beach0.57 milesSampled once a week
- Flood Bay Beach0.39 milesSampled once a week
- Gooseberry Falls State Park Beach1.6 milesSampled once a week
- Iona's Beach0.28 milesNot sampled
- Knife River Marina Beach0.61 milesSampled once a week
- Manitou River Beach0.1 milesNot sampled
- Palisade Beach1.5 milesNot sampled
- Silver Bay Marina Beach0.17 milesNot sampled
- Silver Cliff Beach0.37 milesNot sampled
- Silver Creek Beach (Lake County)0.3 milesNot sampled
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Corundum Point Beach1.1 milesNot sampled
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Crazy Bay Beach1.0 milesNot sampled
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Gold Rock Point Beach1.5 milesNot sampled
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Split Rock Point Beach0.47 milesNot sampled
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park Beach0.82 milesSampled once a week
- Split Rock River Beach0.56 milesSampled once a week
- Stewart River Beach0.31 milesSampled once a year
- Tettegouche State Park / Baptism River Beach0.9 milesSampled once a week
- Tettegouche State Park / Crystal Bay Beach1.4 milesNot sampled
- Tettegouche State Park Beach0.67 milesNot sampled
- Twin Points Public Access Beach0.64 milesSampled once a week
- Two Harbors City Park Beach0.37 milesNot sampled
St. Louis County 26
- 42nd Avenue East Beachabout 320 feetSampled once a week
- Bayfront Park Beach0.28 milesNot sampled
- Blatnik Fishing Pier Beach0.45 milesNot sampled
- Bluebird Landing Beach0.18 milesSampled once a week
- Brighton Beach0.76 milesSampled twice a week
- French River Beach0.32 milesSampled once a week
- Glensheen Cemetery Beach0.47 milesNot sampled
- Lakewalk Beach1.1 milesSampled twice a week
- Lakewalk East / 16th Avenue East Beach0.67 milesSampled once a week
- Lakewalk East / 26th Avenue East Beach0.39 milesNot sampled
- Lakewood Pump Station Beach0.77 milesNot sampled
- Leif Erikson Park Beach0.54 milesSampled twice a week
- Lester River Beach0.19 milesSampled once a week
- McQuade Road Safe Harbor Beach0.4 milesNot sampled
- Minnesota Point Harbor Beach0.8 milesNot sampled
- Minnesota Point Harbor Side / 15th Street Beach0.16 milesSampled twice a week
- North Shore Drive Wayside Rest / 72nd Avenue East Beach1.2 milesNot sampled
- North Shore Drive Wayside Rest / Cant Road Beach1.3 milesNot sampled
- Park Point 20th Street / Hearding Island Canal Beachabout 260 feetNot sampled
- Park Point Beach House3.0 milesSampled twice a week
- Park Point Franklin Park / 13th Street South Beach1.1 milesSampled twice a week
- Park Point Lafayette Community Club Beach1.8 milesSampled twice a week
- Park Point Sky Harbor Parking Lot Beac1.1 milesSampled twice a week
- Park Point Southworth Marsh Beach0.47 milesNot sampled
- Stony Point Beach0.36 milesNot sampled
- Stony Point Wayside Rest Beachabout 370 feetNot sampled
Data from EPA BEACON 2.0, National List of Beaches 2025, retrieved 2026-10-10. Charts are not for navigation. Corrections tocontact@greatamericanlakes.com.