Beach · Lake Superior · Minnesota
Manitou River Beach
A public beach on Lake Superior in Lake County, Minnesota, 0.1 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.
The beach
On the record
- Water
- Lake Superior
- Location
- Lake County, Minnesota
- Length
- 0.1 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
- MN735919
- Coordinates
- 47.4432° N, 91.0617° W to 47.4439° N, 91.0600° 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
- Sugarloaf Cove Beach4.7 mi · sampled · MN
- Tettegouche State Park / Crystal Bay Beach9.2 mi · MN
- Tettegouche State Park Beach9.5 mi · MN
- Tettegouche State Park / Baptism River Beach10 mi · sampled · MN
- Schroeder Town Park Beach11 mi · sampled · MN
- Palisade Beach11 mi · MN
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Taconite Safe Harbor8.4 mi · trailer ramp
- Baptism River9.7 mi · hand / carry-in launch
- Schroeder11 mi · hand / carry-in launch
- Temperance River SPK12 mi · hand / carry-in launch
Ashore
State parks nearby
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Split Rock Lighthouse22 mi · lighthouse
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Superior
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MN735919, 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.