List of Minnesota state parks
Former parks
Several units added to the Minnesota state park system over the years have since been redesignated or transferred to other agencies, including the system's very first unit, Camp Release State Memorial Wayside, created in 1889.

List of Minnesota state parks

Section Title: Former parks
Table Section Text: Several units added to the Minnesota state park system over the years have since been redesignated or transferred to other agencies, including the system's very first unit, Camp Release State Memorial Wayside, created in 1889.

Former name	Date established	Date redesignated	Result	Image

Alexander Ramsey State Park	1911	1957	Transferred to Redwood Falls as a city park.	-

Birch Cooley Battle Field State Memorial Park	1929	1976	Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society.	Birch Coulee Battlefield monument.JPG

Camp Release State Memorial Wayside	1889	1975	Redesignated Camp Release State Monument.	Camp Release.JPG

Chippewa Mission State Memorial Wayside	1931	1973	Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society.	Lac qui Parle Mission.JPG

Horace Austin State Park	1913	1949	Transferred to Austin as a city park.	-

Garvin Heights State Park	1922	1961	Transferred to Winona as a city park.	-

Kaplan Woods State Park	1935	1963	Part demolished to build a highway, remainder transferred to Owatonna as a city park.	-

Little Elbow Lake State Park	1963	1989	Transferred to White Earth Indian Reservation.

Old Crossing Treaty Historic Wayside	1931	1987	Parts transferred to Red Lake County and University of Minnesota Crookston, remainder added to Huot Wildlife Management Area.	-

Oronoco Park (later Oronoco State Scenic Reserve)	1937	1965	Transferred to Olmsted County.

Pine Tree State Park	1947	1965	Transferred to Blackduck as a city park.

Pomme de Terre Recreational Reserve	1937	1965	Transferred to Morris as a city park.	-

Sleepy Eye State Park	1921	1965	Transferred to Sleepy Eye as a city park.

Toqua Lakes State Park	1921	1965	Transferred to Big Stone County as a county park.

Traverse des Sioux State Park	1905	1981	Transferred to Minnesota Historical Society and city of St. Peter.	-

Watson State Wayside	1941	1959	Transferred to Watson as a city park.

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