Emergency vet access in Minnesota
Of 629 listed veterinary practices in Minnesota,8 post verified around-the-clock hours across 7 cities, and 6 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 7 emergency providers are verified to treat exotic pets. 36 practices treat farm animals or horses.
Updated 2026-09-27. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.
Every verified 24/7 hospital in Minnesota
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| BluePearl | Arden Hills | (763) 754-5000 | ✓ verified |
| Allied Veterinary Emergency & Referral | Eden Prairie | (952) 452-0025 | |
| Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Eden Prairie | Eden Prairie | (952) 444-1034 | |
| BluePearl Pet Hospital - Golden Valley | Golden Valley | (952) 942-8272 | ✓ verified |
| Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Maple Grove | Maple Grove | (763) 575-7171 | |
| Animal Emergency & Referral Center of Minnesota - Emergency and Specialty | Oakdale | (651) 501-3766 | ✓ verified |
| Animal Emergency & Referral Center (AERC) Saint Paul | Saint Paul | (651) 293-1800 | ✓ verified |
| Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Woodbury | Woodbury | (651) 780-7595 |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among Minnesota towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- Bemidji — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Maple Grove in Maple Grove, 181 mi straight-line (roughly a 3 hr 37 min drive)
- Park Rapids — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Maple Grove in Maple Grove, 148 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 57 min drive)
- Duluth — nearest 24/7 hospital is BluePearl in Arden Hills, 128 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 34 min drive)
- Alexandria — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Maple Grove in Maple Grove, 108 mi straight-line (roughly a 2 hr 10 min drive)
- Rochester — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Woodbury in Woodbury, 69 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 22 min drive)
- Owatonna — nearest 24/7 hospital is Allied Veterinary Emergency & Referral in Eden Prairie, 52 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 3 min drive)
- Waite Park — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Maple Grove in Maple Grove, 50 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr drive)
- Princeton — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) Maple Grove in Maple Grove, 36 mi straight-line (roughly a 48 min drive)
Methodology & honest limits
"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.
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