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Cascade State Park Campground Beach

A public beach on Lake Superior in Cook County, Minnesota, 2.0 miles of shore. It is on the federal list of BEACH Act beaches but was not on the state’s sampling schedule in the latest report.

Chart of Cascade State Park Campground Beach on Lake Superior, with neighboring beaches markedCascade State Park West BeachButterwort Cliffs BeachCutface Creek Wayside Rest BeachGrand Marais Campground BeachGrand Marais Downtown BeachRay Berglund Wayside Rest BeachCascade State Park Campground Beach

The beach

On the record

Water
Lake Superior
Location
Cook County, Minnesota
Length
2.0 miles
Owner
Public
Access
Public Access
Water sampling
Not monitored in 2025
Monitoring tier
Tier 4 (Tier 1 is highest)
Water quality standard
E. coli, single sample: 235 CFU per 100 mL
EPA beach ID
MN870284
Coordinates
47.7056° N, 90.5292° W to 47.7142° N, 90.4895° W

As the state reported it to EPA for the 2025 season. Sampling schedules change year to year. How beach monitoring works →

Down the shore

Nearest Superior beaches

  1. Cascade State Park West Beach0.5 mi · MN
  2. Butterwort Cliffs Beach2.1 mi · MN
  3. Cutface Creek Wayside Rest Beach4.5 mi · sampled · MN
  4. Grand Marais Campground Beach9.1 mi · sampled · MN
  5. Grand Marais Downtown Beach9.2 mi · sampled · MN
  6. Ray Berglund Wayside Rest Beach13 mi · MN

Straight-line distance.

By boat

Launches nearby

On the horizon

Lighthouses nearby

Ashore

State parks nearby

Source

Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MN870284, the record Minnesota files under the federal BEACH Act, retrieved 2026-10-10. The county is placed from the beach’s own coordinates. A blank field means the record is silent. Parking, fees, lifeguards and dog rules are set by whoever runs the beach; check with them before you go.

Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.