Lake Zumbro Park

Welcome to Lake Zumbro Park featuring the following items.

Olmsted County Parks and Trails community engagement survey

Two lane boat launch for motorized boats, trailer parking, and AIS cleaning station.
Canoe and kayak launch, located separate from the motorized launch on a sandy bank.
Pet friendly areas where pets must be on a leash at all times.
Shoreline and pier fishing for crappie, bluegill, catfish, sunfish, bass, pike, walleye, perch, and carp. Ice fishing at your own risk as park staff does not check the ice conditions.

Located 11 miles north of Rochester, MN, Lake Zumbro Park is easily accessible by turning off of US Highway 52 and going 4.5 miles east of Oronoco, MN. First take 5th Street Northwest, then White Bridge Road, and finally, take a left onto Fisherman Drive Northwest.

Olmsted County Parks and Trails mission

The mission of Olmsted County Parks and Trails is to foster an appreciation of the natural world through environmental education, natural resource management, and public participation in the stewardship of our park lands.

Olmsted County Parks and Trails vision

Learning life-long lessons in natural places.

Final Lake Zumbro Park Master Plan

Lake Zumbro Park is pet friendly, but your pet must be leashed while on park property.

View RPU restrictions for no wake zones on Lake Zumbro

View Minnesota DNR Boating Regulations

Existing conditions

The site has a motorized boat launch, picnicking, and fishing piers. It is designed to be ADA accessible so that everyone has an opportunity to enjoy Lake Zumbro. The fishing pier was created by converting the former road into a small parking lot with a port-a-potty inside a small structure adjacent. The shore edge is large stone riprap to give increased stability against erosion. There are two overlooks on either side of the peninsula consisting of 25-foot-long wooden structures with handrails. To the south of the peninsula is a former beach, degraded over time, and a grassy area with picnic tables and fire pits.

On the east edge of the peninsula where the bridge was located, sits an informational sign that welcomes visitors along with rules and regulations, lake maps and fishing information. There is an existing power line that goes across the lake with a large orange sphere on the line going over the lake to alert boaters to be careful near the wires. Another power line crosses the parking lot of the boat ramp. Power poles are in both locations of the existing power lines.

The boat launch was privately owned and operated for many years. Upon acquisition of the new property, docks were placed at the launch to provide for a 2-lane public boat launch. The public launch is a combined effort between Olmsted County Parks and MN Department of Natural Resources. All structures from the former Fisherman's Inn property were removed to provide additional land space and a clean slate for future plans.