🌊

Best Rivers & Streams in Minnesota

3 top-rated rivers & streams in Minnesota. Find the best rivers and streams for kayaking, fishing, tubing, and riverside adventures.

KayakingFishingTubingRaftingSwimming

Top Rivers & Streams in Minnesota

Top 10 on the map

Locations approximate to pin

14.8(28)

Big Fork River

River · Minnesota

The Big Fork River is a stream in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Starting in the Chippewa National Forest at Dora Lake, it flows for 168 mi into the Rainy River.

24.6(24)

Little Fork River

River · Minnesota

Camping nearby

The Little Fork River is a river of Minnesota. It flows into the Rainy River. It flows 160 miles from central St. Louis County to its confluence with the Rainy River near International Falls. This river passes through forested areas with sparse population, and the small towns of Cook and Littlefork.

34.4(23)

Zumbro River

River · Minnesota

The Zumbro River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the Driftless Area of southeastern Minnesota in the United States. It is 64.6 miles long from the confluence of its principal tributaries and drains a watershed of 1,428 square miles.

Trip packing checklist