Banning State Park - Picnic Area
Sandstone, MN
Banning State Park - Picnic Area is an EV charging location in Sandstone, MN with 2 Level 2 charging ports up to 7 kW. Charging is free. Public access. Listing data from OpenChargeMap, last confirmed July 2026.
8am-10pm daily
7.2 kW adds roughly 25 miles of range per hour for a typical EV.
For a typical EV (75 kWh battery) charging from 10% to 80%. Real-world times vary with vehicle, temperature, and station load. Estimate for your EV →
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As of 2024, Minnesota had 67,500 plug-in vehicles registered — 47,400 fully battery-electric (70%) and 20,100 plug-in hybrid (30%). That ranks Minnesota #21 nationally and represents about 1.1% of all US plug-in registrations.
Across 3,428 publicly-listed ports in Minnesota (1,970 Level 2 and 1,447 DC fast), that works out to roughly 19.7 EVs per public port and 32.8 BEVs per DC fast port.
Minnesota has comparatively strong public charging coverage today. Listing here keeps your stations visible as more Minnesota drivers switch to electric.
Source: AFDC (data from Experian Information Solutions) · See full Minnesota market data →
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