Beach · Lake Superior · Minnesota
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Gold Rock Point Beach
A public beach on Lake Superior in Lake County, Minnesota, 1.5 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
- 1.5 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
- MN683484
- Coordinates
- 47.1998° N, 91.3672° W to 47.2131° N, 91.3539° 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
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park Beach0.6 mi · sampled · MN
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Corundum Point Beach1.1 mi · MN
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Crazy Bay Beach1.8 mi · MN
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park / Split Rock Point Beach2.2 mi · MN
- Split Rock River Beach2.4 mi · sampled · MN
- Iona's Beach3.4 mi · MN
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Little Two Harbors0.5 mi · hand / carry-in launch
- Split Rock River2.3 mi · hand / carry-in launch
- Twin Points3.6 mi · trailer ramp
- Gooseberry River5.9 mi · hand / carry-in launch
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Split Rock Lighthouse0.0 mi · deactivated
Ashore
State parks nearby
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Split Rock Lighthouse0.0 mi · lighthouse
- Gooseberry Falls State Park6.4 mi · park
- North Shore Scenic Drive — Highway 6119 mi · drive
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Superior
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MN683484, 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.