Minnehaha Park, Urban park in Minneapolis, United States

Minnehaha Park is an urban park along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, featuring a 53-foot waterfall and several gardens. Walking trails wind through wooded areas and along the river, while picnic grounds and bike paths connect different sections of the site.

Minnehaha Park was designed by landscape architect Horace W.S. Cleveland in 1883 as part of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway. In the 1800s it was a stop on the steamboat "Fashionable Tour" of the upper Mississippi, promoted by the painter George Catlin after his 1835 visit. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 as the Minnehaha Historic District.

The name Minnehaha comes from the Dakota words mni ('water') and ȟaȟa ('curling'). Since 1934, Swedes have held Svenskarnas Dag in the park each June, and a bandstand hosts free summer concerts.

The 167-acre park is split in two: an upper section of open lawns above the falls and a lower 54-acre glen left largely in its natural state, where the creek runs three-quarters of a mile to the Mississippi. Off-street trails, including the former Milwaukee Road right-of-way, lead to Fort Snelling State Park; bikes can be rented and there is an off-leash dog area. Picnic sites and shelters are reservable, and the falls freeze in winter.

The park once had a zoo: a Shetland pony concession began in 1893, and by 1899 a bear pit and an alligator tank had been added. Superintendent Theodore Wirth had the zoo removed after 1906, but a deer and elk enclosure stayed until 1923, and the spot is still called "the deer pen".