Cook County

555 acres

Map with GPS coordinates

Parking Lot
N47 52.723, W89 59.648

None

All hunting.

See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.

Province

Laurentian Mixed Forest

Section

Northern Superior Uplands

Subsection(s)

North Shore Highlands
Border Lakes

Land Type Association(s)

Minnesota DNR

The Approach
To get to the parking area for this SNA a four-wheel drive vehicle with high clearance is recommended.

Parking
A parking lot for this site is on the south side of Tower Road next to the gate at the location avove (Parking). The directions on the Minnesota DNR Website to this parking area are correct. The map that accompanies those directions is not.

Trails
The forest road continues beyond the gate to the fire lookout tower. Beyond that the decommissioned forest road continues west. The old road is is not maintained in any way. It is overgrown, in some areas densely overgrown. In many spots it is blocked by deadfall. However, it makes few sharp turns, and if lost it can be easily reacquired. It appears to come to an end 1¼ miles past the tower after almost completely looping back on itself.

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Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

Three plant species with protected status in Minnesota are found here:

Endangered – Chilean sweet cicely (Osmorhiza berteroi)

Special concern – blunt-fruited sweet cicely (Osmorhiza depauperata), Carolina spring beauty (Claytonia caroliniana var. caroliniana)

Plants frequently found in:

Aspen - Birch Forest FDn43b

Aspen - Birch Forest: Balsam Fir Subtype FDn43b1

Northern Mesic Hardwood (Cedar) Forest MHn45

Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) MHn45c

Upland White Cedar Forest FDn43c