Beaches and swimming in Minneapolis

19 beaches and designated swimming areas are mapped around Minneapolis, covering lake and river swimming spots as well as coastline.

Named beaches and swimming spots in Minneapolis

  1. Cedar Lake East BeachUpton Avenue South 2000
  2. Wirth Lake Beach
  3. 32nd BeachEast Bde Maka Ska Parkway 3200
  4. Cedar Lake Point Beach
  5. Bde Maka Ska North BeachWest Lake Street 2710
  6. White Sand Beach
  7. Cedar Lake South Beach
  8. Bde Maka Ska Thomas Beach
  9. Lake Harriet North BeachEast Lake Harriet Boulevard 4101
  10. Longfellow Beach
  11. Lake Hiawatha Beach
  12. Lake Harriet Southeast BeachEast Lake Harriet Parkway 4740
  13. Lake Nokomis Main Beach
  14. Lake Nokomis 50th Street Beach

The map has all 19, including the 5 that carry no name in OpenStreetMap.

Questions

Where can I swim in Minneapolis?
The map shows 19 mapped beaches and swimming areas. Pair them with toilets, parking and ice cream using the "Beach day" preset.
Is the water quality shown?
No. Water quality is monitored by local authorities and changes through the season, so check their current advisories before swimming.
Are these beaches supervised?
OpenStreetMap sometimes records a lifeguard, but coverage is patchy. Assume a beach is unsupervised unless you can see otherwise on site.
Where does this beaches and swimming spots data come from?
From OpenStreetMap, a map built by volunteer surveyors and maintained continuously. It is the best available source for small fixtures like this one, because they are the things commercial map providers do not bother collecting.
Something is missing or wrong. Can I fix it?
Yes, and it is the fastest way to get it corrected. Edit the point on openstreetmap.org and the change flows through to this page on the next refresh. There is no separate database here to correct.
Is the list of beaches and swimming spots in Minneapolis complete?
It is as complete as the local survey effort. Densely mapped cities are close to exhaustive; elsewhere expect gaps. The map is always the fuller view, since the list on this page only names the points that have a name.

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