• Enjoying the Mississippi River

    Mississippi

    National River & Recreation Area Minnesota

Plan Your Visit

Find a Place to Visit
 
By Interest
Biking Family-Friendly History & Culture Pet-Friendly
Birds & Wildlife Fishing & Hunting Museums Photography

Boating & Canoeing

 Geocaching Natural History Picnicking

Camping

 Hiking & Walks NPS Passport Visitor Centers

By Season
Spring Activities Summer Activities Fall Activities Winter Activities
 

Alphabetical
Akin Riverside Park Hidden Falls Mississippi Gorge
Anoka County Riverfront Historic Fort Snelling Mississippi Riverfront
Ard Godfrey House Indian Mounds Park Mississippi River Visitor Center
Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts Islands of Peace Nicollet Island
Battle Creek John Stevens House North Mississippi
Boom Island Kaposia Indian Site Peninsula Point Park
Brickyards Kaposia Landing Pilot Knob
Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary Kaposia Park Pine Bend Bluff SNA
Coon Rapids Dam (east) Lambert's Landing Riverside Park
Coon Rapids Dam (west) Leonard H. Neiman Fields River Warren Falls
Crosby Farm Lilydale Science Museum of Minnesota
Father Hennepin Bluffs Lock and Dam No. 1 Sibley House Historic Site
First Bridge Lock and Dam No. 2 Spring Lake Park Reserve
Fort Snelling State Park Longfellow House St. Anthony Falls
Fountain Cave Manomin Park St. Croix Riverway
Gluek Park Marshall Terrace Park Stone Arch Bridge
Gold Medal Meeker Island Lock and Dam Upper Mississippi National Wildlife & Fish Refuge
Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Mill City Museum Upper St. Anthony Lock and Dam
Grey Cloud Island Mill Ruins Park Vento View Overlook
Harriet Island Minnehaha Regional Park Vermillion River Bottoms
Hastings Riverflats Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Water Power Park
 
By Popularity
North Mississippi Crosby Farm Regional Park Lock and Dam No. 1
Minnehaha Regional Park Mississippi River Gorge St. Anthony Falls
 
 

Quick Info
Minnesota is known for its extremes in temperature. Winter days can sometimes get no warmer than -10 degrees F. Summer days can reach 100 degrees F. But it is a rare day that people are kept indoors because of the weather. A wide variety of recreational opportunities can be found throughout the park in any season.

Contact Us
Visitor Center
(651) 293-0200

Headquarters
(651) 290-4160


Did You Know?

Itasca, Headwaters of the Mississippi River

The river is so shallow at Lake Itasca that children can walk across the Mississippi.  Between Governor Nicholls Wharf and Algiers Point in New Orleans, the Mississippi is more than 200 feet deep.