Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor AdventureLake Bemidji State Park
Under $25Walk a boardwalk into a spruce-tamarack bog, swim from the beach on Lake Bemidji and bike the paved trail toward town, 10 minutes north of Bemidji.
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Sports & Outdoors
Big Bog State Recreation Area
A northern Minnesota recreation area made up mostly of wetlands and raised upland patches, located near Waskish.
Waskish, MN
About Big Bog State Recreation Area
Big Bog is a recently added unit of the Minnesota state park system, reached from State Highway 72 north of Waskish. Its roughly 9,500 acres are dominated by wetland landscapes, including swamps and bogs, interspersed with higher ground that forms small islands. The Minnesota DNR manages the area as a state recreation area, and its official page lists the agency's contact numbers for visitor questions.
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