Bear Head Lake State Park

Bear Head Lake State Park
Minnesota State Park
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	St. Louis

Location	Ely
- elevation	1,506 ft (459 m) ^[1]
- coordinates

Area	4,523 acres (1,830.4 ha)

Founded	1961
Management	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Location of Bear Head Lake State Park in Minnesota

Bear Head Lake State Park is a 4,523-acre (18.30 km²) state park in northern Minnesota, USA, near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in St. Louis County.

In September 2010, Bear Head Lake State Park was voted "America's Favorite Park" in an online poll run by Coca-Cola. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources accepted the prize, a check for US$100,000, to improve the park. It beat the runner-up, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, by over a half-million votes.^[2]

References

^ "Banning State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-01-11. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:660734. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
^ "Bear Head Lake State Park gets $100,000 check". 2010-09-09. http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/178426/group/homepage/.

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Bear Head Lake State Park

Protected areas of Minnesota

National Parks	Voyageurs National Park

National Monuments	Grand Portage • Pipestone

National Park Service	Mississippi National River and Recreation Area • North Country Trail • Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

National Wildlife Refuges	Agassiz • Big Stone • Crane Meadows • Glacial Ridge • Hamden Slough • Mille Lacs • Minnesota Valley • Northern Tallgrass Prairie • Rice Lake • Rydell • Sherburne • Tamarac • Upper Mississippi River

National Forests	Chippewa • Superior

National Natural Landmarks	Ancient River Warren Channel • Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve • Itasca Natural Area • Keeley Creek Natural Area • Lac la Croix Research Natural Area • Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area • Pine Point Research Natural Area • Upper Red Lake Peatland

State Parks	Afton • Banning • Bear Head Lake • Beaver Creek Valley • Big Bog State Recreation Area • Big Stone Lake • Blue Mounds • Buffalo River • Camden • Carley • Cascade River • Charles A. Lindbergh • Crow Wing • Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area • Father Hennepin • Flandrau • Forestville Mystery Cave • Fort Ridgely • Fort Snelling • Franz Jevne • Frontenac • Garden Island State Recreation Area • George H. Crosby Manitou • Glacial Lakes • Glendalough • Gooseberry Falls • Grand Portage • Great River Bluffs • Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area • Hayes Lake • Hill-Annex Mine • Interstate • Itasca • Jay Cooke • John A. Latsch • Judge C. R. Magney • Kilen Woods • Lac qui Parle • Lake Bemidji • Lake Bronson • Lake Carlos • Lake Louise • Lake Maria • Lake Shetek • Maplewood • McCarthy Beach • Mille Lacs Kathio • Minneopa State Park • Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area • Monson Lake • Moose Lake • Myre-Big Island • Nerstrand-Big Woods • Old Mill • Red River State Recreation Area • Rice Lake • Saint Croix • Sakatah Lake • Savanna Portage • Scenic • Schoolcraft • Sibley • Soudan Underground Mine • Split Rock Creek • Split Rock Lighthouse • Temperance River • Tettegouche • Upper Sioux Agency • Whitewater • Wild River • William O'Brien • Zippel Bay

State Forests	Badoura • Battleground • Bear Island • Beltrami Island • Big Fork • Birch Lakes • Blackduck • Bowstring • Buena Vista • Burntside • Chengwatana • Cloquet Valley • Crow Wing • D.A.R. • Emily • Finland • Fond du Lac • Foot Hills • General C. C. Andrews • George Washington • Golden Anniversary • Grand Portage • Hill River • Huntersville • Insula Lake • Jeanette • Kabetogama • Koochiching • Lake Isabella • Lake of the Woods • Land O'Lakes • Lost River • Lyons • Mississippi Headwaters • Nemadji • Northwest Angle • Pat Bayle • Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood

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