Nice little beach. Great place to meet and walk around the lake. The lake itself is about 2.7 mi. The beach is currently closed for the season due to algae, but there are many other activities you can still do. There is a portable potty located across the street which makes it convenient to get to. There is no parking lot for the beach, but streetside parking is plentiful. The side streets are free and not heavily used during the day.

Great place to relax, take a walk, or ride bikes. Very calm and family oriented beach. Love this place!

Great small beach on the south end of the lake. Frequented by families, small kids, high school boys, young couples. Great access to Minnehaha Parkway directly south of the beach. Plentybof walkers, runners, dogs, bicyclists through the area at peak times.

Nice and quiet. Snacks and wine available. A good evening walk or swim. Fishermen were catching sunnies on flies.

Absolutely gorgeous lake. I was visiting Minnesota. This lake is near my brothers home and I went here twice during my Thanksgiving visit to walk around it. Its so peaceful, calm and serene. I enjoyed every moment around it. My fitbit said it was 2.75 miles around the whole lake which took me 50 minutes my first day and 45 minutes my second day. I would say I had a pretty good walking speed going so if youre going for a leisure walk, expect to walk a little longer.

This is a great community beach. It is easily accessible by a great running path and a cycling trail. If you drive, there is a lot of parking along the street. The sunsets are amazing!

People of Minneapolis you should feel very lucky to have such an amazing path system around this small lake in the city. If you are from a not so bike friendly city like me, you should check it. Great place to spend a few hours relaxing by the lake and riding around it with the backdrop of the city.

Beautiful lake with a lot of space to Han out with family, rode your bike or just run around the lake. The Orchestra Plays during summer day’s and its fun to listen.

A fantastic city lake and venue!

Bring the water shoes and beach chairs for a good time at this location mostly families gather here with smaller kids to adults this is a nice spot on a sunny day. Bike lock up near by.

Its a nice little beach. I wouldnt call the beach itself a tourist attraction, you have to factor in the whole lake to raise it to that level, including the bike and walking paths, the bandshell, canoe and kayak rentals and whatnot. Definitely a great place for all of those activities! Its beautiful there. And Ive always been amazed at how fresh the air always smells there.

Dont forget your sunglasses! Nice little beach, lots of beachgoers and kids

This is my favorite place to swim outside near the twin cities. During the pandemic, the outer road that runs along the lake is closed for pedestrians. There was lots of parking in the outer neighborhoods though!

Halloween train ride is the best jept secret in Minneapolis! So much history...

We drove to Lake Harriet one evening in late Sept to watch a beautiful sunset. The lake has gorgeous old homes surrounding it and ringing the lake (if thats a word) is a paved bike/running path next to the road. We sat on a bench and chatted with many people out and about. The lake is on a flight path for Minneapolis International airport so watched many airlines on approach. Lovely, peaceful setting.

A nice spot in the heart of the city

Loved kayaking from this access point. It’s a beautiful lake and was close to home.

Theres a good chance that when Im out running or riding that Ill pass by or stop at Lake Harriet South Beach. A lovely spot on a very nice municipal lake that you can swim, see folks in boats or wildlife. I usually see some great varieties of birds and waterfowl near here too. This whole area is clean and very well taken care of and easily accessed from the paved trail going around the lake.

Great spot to watch the sunset.

My neighborhood beach! Gratefulness is what I feel when I hang out there , this time with my precious granddaughter!

Great walk as is rising beautiful park friendly people quit serine

Great spot for relaxing and swimming.

Great for walks around the lake with puppies or cute ladies or a combination of the above.

A kind of cute beach...but the water is pretty murky and lots of lake weed and mud permeate the area. Beach is small...so it gets crowded pretty quickly. Some glass around...could be maintained better.

Lovely little beach on lake Harriet.

Very nice spot to relax

Not bad,but in mpls

Easy to get to, great traffic patterns as to autos, bikers, hikers, dog owners, sunbathers and swimmers. All above enjoying natural surroundings while respecting Lake Harriets natural beauty. A friendly people and clean environment. David J. Ronzani.

So many people out on the trails walking, running, and biking. Warm day, so people on the beach and in the water. Very nice trails. Lots of sail boats. People fish from shore. Turtles sunning on logs.

Great...as long as They dont mess up the name, like they did with lake Calhoun

So much fun

The BEST lake on the chain of lakes.

Once of the nicer beaches at the lakes in Minneapolis. Not a lot of riff raff at this beach like at some others. This one is more popular with kids and teens because of this. In the summer there are lifeguards.

Beautiful day for a slow, non-rushed walk with my friend Paul. A little too cool for swimming with cloud cover, yet just one brave woman swimming. Disappointed to find several water fountains shut down, especially on Labor Day weekend.

We love swimming here!! Great place to watch the sunset too! Not much sand here.

Dead fish pile up and latency for clean up really brings this lake down. Such a good family friendly area with good food, attractions and well kept trails. But Ive seen over 100 dead fish.

Beautiful Lake during winter in the lake art festival with kites.

Lots of parking and a really great place to walk bike or skate there are 2 different pathways one for bikers and skaters and one for pedestrians which I thought was really cool

Here for the kite and Art Shanty festival, the view of the bandshell from the frozen lake was unique in itself. Fantastic vibe, cant wait to come back for soft water season!

What a fantastic lake. Its round and full of water! I bet there are even fish in it. Sail boats and big beautiful houses surround it, help me feel inadequate and out of place driving around it in my 1994 buick skylack my grandfather left me god rest his soul. There is a rose garden, and bird sanctuary. I also seen a turtle trying to cross the road, it was missing its back legs and I suspect it was in sort sort of squabble with a city coyote or maybe a badger...either way it was incredibly depressing and I am back to taking my zoloft because of it.

Hey there is a legit plane under the water

Its an amazing place to bike around

Great Neighborhood beach

My family and I follow the creek and run around the lake for our exercise routine, and its always delightful, though we do prefer to go at later times to avoid lots of bike and foot traffic at peak hours between 5-7 pm.

Great park with many trails. Great for walking, biking, taking dogs, hanging out!

Pretty place but racist locals

A beautiful escape within the city.

Great family spot

Whether strolling, resting or running, the lakes are an amazing escape within the city. A must visit whether youre a regular or a visitor.

Had a lot of fun swimming and fishing there I go again

Nice beach and trails. My dog likes it for a quick swim while we are running.

Be nice if dnr wouldnt leave weed machine on boat launch

Lovely place

Nice lake for a walk. The trails hook up to other lakes. The autumn colors and fresh air will revive your spirit

Its a very nice place to watch live music or ride bicycles.

Good beach for the family, with gradual and sandy slope into the water.

Definitely geared more toward the younger crowd. Try Calhoun if youre over 15 , youll enjoy yourself more

Wonderful place to spend time walking, biking, or swimming.

Great place for family and kids

Beautiful and busy with great views of the sailing going on on the lake.

Cause its cool, ya dorks

The best place for a family outing!

Great spot for little kids.

Need like a day trip. We found by accident but still was a great find so close in the city!!!!

Doing 180s and 360s on glassy-smooth ice is the greatest. It helps to be on three wheels.

Minneapolis has a few different lakes that are very nice and several of them are all connected, but the one that is my most enjoyable to go for walks or jog around is Lake Harriet because its not so big that it takes forever and has very nice paths and the homes around there are beautiful to look at as well.

Beautiful view. One beach, not much street parking. Great place to go enjoy scenery and take a walk

I truly Miss Laying round at the Lakes we have 3 more Months til Warm enough to gwt Out there Im Struggling thru Winter PEACE

Great ride on a late summer evening

A Minneapolis favorite when i am back in town. always try to make one if the evening concerts at the bandshell.

Saw a baby beaver

Food so-so. Seems like a good summer spot though.

Excellent place to walk and enjoy the Lake and nature with the family. Boating and fishing are available. Biking lane and walking/jogging lanes are separate. Biking lane is one way, walking lane is 2 way.

Lake Harriet has a really nice walking and biking path that is a little over three miles and when youre there it feels like you are not even in the cities, its a beautiful park and recreation location.

One of my favorite places to walk.

A nice place for a relaxing walk

Nice park on lake harriet

Great walk! Beautiful Minneapolis scenery!

Peaceful &Great walking space.

Great walking trail, beautiful scenery.

Great place for walking, running, biking, and people watching.

Love this lake. Beautiful walk around it--about 2 miles. Swimming beach here. Port a hottie here. No dogs

Nice lake area for walking biking jogging or driving around the lake.

Good fishing

I like to go and Swim for 15 minutes lay round for an hour in Summer

Great walking/biking paths!

Love the colorful flowers. And the big lake you can fish, ride or walk

Beautiful view. Not a lot of beach but shallow sandy wading area.

Nice place to visit and hangout with family and friends

The best beach baybee.

Kind of weird that right in front of the sign that says no alcohol or animals allowed on this beach theres people doing both!

Great place for some family fun, lots of kids, shallow water and beautiful wildlife

Awesome place to go ride your bike

Great place to swim, recreate and barbeque in the summer.

Beautiful place to have some walk run bike or whatever you want.

Great lake to walk around. Be aware of bikers.

Beautiful lake with view of downtowns skyline. Walking and biking trail, events at the bandshell.

We saw the kite Festival on the ice, they had about 100 kites up in the air at one time. It was so cool. They also had a art shanty project going on where you could go through different ice houses, with different themes. They also has house wagon rides around the park. They had Smores you could roast on the many fires and food trucks to feed you. A very fun event that ill go back to. Parking was a night mare.

Lake Harriet is the least interesting and most mediocre of all the Minneapolis lakes. Its aight but thats all it is.....

Pretty views with small swim area, less busy than the other beaches. Could have better sand