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Beach · Lake Superior · Minnesota

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Crazy Bay Beach

A public beach on Lake Superior in Lake County, Minnesota, 1.0 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 Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Crazy Bay Beach on Lake Superior, with neighboring beaches markedSplit Rock Lighthouse State Park / Split Rock Point BeachSplit Rock River BeachSplit Rock Lighthouse State Park / Corundum Point BeachSplit Rock Lighthouse State Park BeachIona's BeachSplit Rock Lighthouse State Park / Gold Rock Point BeachSplit Rock Lighthouse State Park / Crazy Bay Beach

The beach

On the record

Water
Lake Superior
Location
Lake County, Minnesota
Length
1.0 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
MN492975
Coordinates
47.1840° N, 91.3985° W to 47.1883° N, 91.3832° 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. Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Split Rock Point Beach0.3 mi · MN
  2. Split Rock River Beach0.5 mi · sampled · MN
  3. Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Corundum Point Beach0.8 mi · MN
  4. Split Rock Lighthouse State Park Beach1.3 mi · sampled · MN
  5. Iona's Beach1.6 mi · MN
  6. Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Gold Rock Point Beach1.8 mi · MN

Straight-line distance.

By boat

Launches nearby

On the horizon

Lighthouses nearby

Ashore

State parks nearby

On shore nearby

Worth the stop

Source

Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MN492975, 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.