Lake Carlos State Park

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| name =Lake Carlos State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic District

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| image = LakeCarlosStateParkBathHouse.jpg

| caption = The Lake Carlos State Park bath house.

| location = Douglas County, Minnesota, Off MN 29 at NW end of Lake Carlos

| nearest_city = Carlos, Minnesota

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| locmapin = Minnesota#USA

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| added = July 2, 1992

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| refnum = 89001654{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

| mpsub = Minnesota State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style MPS

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name =Lake Carlos State Park WPA/Rustic Style Group Camp

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| location = Off MN 29 on NE shore of Lake Carlos, Carlos Township

| nearest_city = Carlos, Minnesota

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| mpsub = Minnesota State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style MPS

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Lake Carlos State Park is a state park about 10 miles north of Alexandria, Minnesota, USA. The park was established in 1937 to provide a public recreational facility in one of Minnesota's summer resort centers,{{cite book | last = Benson | first = David R. | year = 2002 | title = Stories in Log and Stone: The Legacy of the New Deal in Minnesota State Parks | publisher = Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | location = St. Paul, MN | isbn = 0-9657127-1-0}} and attracts tourists from Minnesota and bordering states.

Visitors often view fauna such as beaver, deer, loons, grebes, various ducks and herons.{{cite web |title=Park Information |url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00211#information |work=Lake Carlos State Park |publisher=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |year=2022 |access-date=2022-09-13}}

Five buildings in the park, constructed by the Works Progress Administration in the Rustic Style, are included within the National Register of Historic Places. These include the Mess Hall and Crafts Building within the group camp area, as well as the water tower, sanitation building, and bath house within the public use area.

The namesake lake, Lake Carlos, was named for the friend of an early settler.{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n195 176]}}