Park Point Beach
Duluth, MN
Park Point Beach runs along Minnesota Point, the world's longest freshwater sandbar, a seven mile finger of dunes and sand stretching from Duluth's Canal Park toward Wisconsin Point. You cross the Aerial Lift Bridge to get there. Public access points line Minnesota Avenue, from Lafayette Square to the Park Point Beach House and the Sky Harbor lot near the end.
Miles of soft sand minutes from downtown Duluth, though the Lift Bridge can stall traffic on and off the point.
How we score beachesDrive all the way to the Sky Harbor lot at the end of the point. The crowds thin out and the pine-covered dunes feel far from the city.
Free lots and street parking at the numbered public access points along Minnesota Avenue; the Beach House lot is busiest.
Short sandy paths lead from each access point over low dunes to the beach.
Lake Superior rarely gets truly warm, but on hot August days the shallows along the point can reach the 60s. Watch for rip currents when waves build, especially near the canal.
This isn't one entrance, it's a stretch with a few. Here's where locals actually meet up.
Lafayette Square
A community center and access point about a mile onto the point, with a playground and a quieter stretch of beach.
Get directions →Park Point Beach House
The main beach area with restrooms, a playground, and the biggest lot.
Get directions →Sky Harbor Parking Lot
The last access near the end of the point, by the Sky Harbor airport, where the dunes and pine forest start.
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