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Minnesota | Wadena Area
Crow Wing RiverMary Brown to Frame's Landing
Longer Crow Wing continuation from Mary Brown through Nimrod to the campground finish at Frame's Landing. It keeps the same official Nimrod gauge model while combining the upstream rapids-bearing corridor with a cleaner county-campground take-out before the busier lower chain.
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Launch at Mary Brown and finish at Frame's Landing for a longer Crow Wing continuation that carries the Nimrod-area rapids and then settles into the calmer county-campground corridor below Stigman's Mound.
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Put-in
Mary Brown Rest Area #5 carry-in accessMary Brown is a remote carry-in access with few frills, so inspect the launch and parking setup before leaving a vehicle.
Take-out
Frame's Landing public water accessAnderson's Crossing is the natural midpoint bailout and only clearly documented intermediate overnight stop if the group does not want the full Frame's finish.
Road shuttle
Moderate Wadena County shuttle from Mary Brown to Frame's Landing. Stage the Frame's take-out first so the county-campground landing and parking setup are clear before committing to the longer upstream miles.
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Mary Brown Rest Area #5 carry-in access to Frame's Landing public water access is about 10.9 mi. Use the planner to compare shorter access pairs.
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- Frame's Landing is county-managed campground access rather than a polished city-park ramp, so identify the landing and any fee or parking expectations before launching.
More route and safety guidance
- Anderson's Crossing is the natural midpoint stop and Frame's Landing is the cleaner campground finish, but storms can still add fresh wood and stronger current across the whole corridor.
- Private shoreland dominates outside the named public accesses and county properties, and Frame's is still a simple county landing rather than a polished city-park ramp.
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| Gauge site | Crow Wing River at Nimrod, MN |
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| Preferred range | 400 cfs to 800 cfs |
| Low threshold | 300 cfs |
| High threshold | 1,100 cfs |
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| Main source behind this score | MN DNR river-level interpretation bands for Crow Wing River at Nimrod |
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NotesPublished evidence and verification notes
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- Gauge check during route review · 2026-07-14Nimrod gauge 279 cfs
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- DNR bands300 / 400-800 / 1,100 cfs
MN DNR interprets Nimrod as Scrapable below 300 cfs, Low from 300 to 400, Medium from 400 to 800, High from 800 to 1,100, and Very High above 1,100.
- Map supportMary Brown 75.3 to Frame's 64.4
Crow Wing Maps 1 and 2 place Mary Brown at river mile 75.3 and Frame's Landing at 64.4, supporting a 10.9-mile continuation that bridges the Map 1 and lower county-campground corridor.
- Public access recordsMary Brown WAS02558 and Frame's WAS01538
Minnesota public-water-access records resolve Mary Brown and Frame's Landing as official Crow Wing accesses with matching corridor mile support.
- Camping supportAnderson's midpoint and Frame's endpoint campground
Wadena County still documents Anderson's Crossing and Frame's Landing as campground properties, so this route has both a real midpoint bailout and a campground finish without implying informal shoreline camping.
- Rapids supportWalkin's, Burrows, and Westra Rapids
Crow Wing Map 1 marks the named rapids on the Nimrod half of this route before the calmer downstream miles into Frame's Landing.
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