Brainerd Minnesota Recreation

State Parks

• Crow Wing State Park
  7100 State Park Road • Brainerd, MN 56401
  218-829-8022
  This large state park offers canoe and fishing boat rentals, a boat ramp, a cross country ski... more...  map

Fishing

• Royal's Fishing Guide Service
  504 Third Avenue Northeast • Brainerd, MN 56472
  218-829-6672
  Open May through November, this guide service has been operational for forty years, and offers... more...  map

Golf

• Pirates Cove Adventure Golf
  17992 State Highway 371 • Brainerd, MN 56401
  218-828-9002
  This golfing area offers two challenging eighteen-hole golf courses with mountain caves,... more...  map

Hiking & Climbing

• Northland Arboretum
  101 Seventh Street • Brainerd, MN 56401
  218-829-8770
  This area features five hundred acres of preserved plants and wildlife, twelve miles of hiking... more...  map

Outfitters & Guides

• A-1 Fishing Guide Service
  12931 17th Avenue • Brainerd, MN 56401
  218-839-0697
  This guide service offers half-day or full-day guided fishing trips in area lakes, with all... more...  map

• Brainerd Guide Service
  13346 Meredith Drive • Brainerd, MN 56425
  218-825-8965
  Guide service that provides fishing tips, reports, and professional fishing guides for the Brainerd... more...  map

• Royal's Fishing Guide Service
  504 Third Avenue • Brainerd, MN 56401
  818-829-6672
  With over fifty seven years of fishing experience and over forty years of fishing guide service... more...  map

Skating

• World on Wheels Skate Center
  722 Seventh Street • Brainerd, MN 56401
  218-822-7528
  This large skating center offers traditional skating and in-line skating, as well as skate sales... more...  map

Snow Sports

• French Rapids Cross-Country Ski Area
  P.O. Box 927 • Brainerd, MN 56401
  Located Next to Crow Wing Regional Airport
  218-963-4762
  This ski area offers extremely challenging, very scenic, mostly expert level trails that are... more...  map

• Larson Lake Memorial Forest Trails
  301 Laurel Street • Brainerd, MN 56401
  218-824-1115
  With most of the trails being for those between the beginner and intermediate levels of experience,... more...  map

• Ski Gull
  County Road 77, Shore of Gull Lake • Brainerd, MN 56401
  218-963-4353
  This ski area features fourteen runs, a triple chair lift, handle tows, and rope tows, with rental... more...  map

Miscellaneous Activities

• Paul Bunyan Bowl
  1871 Excelsior Road • Brainerd, MN 56425
  218-829-3150
  These bowling lanes offer computerized scoring, a full bar, bumpers for kids, pool tables, video... more...  map