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Minnesota has many beautiful lakes and Portage Lake is one of them. This lake is so wonderful. A spree to Frances Bay close to Portage Lake is always a nice idea, and whitewater paddling is glorious on Cascade River. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Portage Lake has to offer, you can camp at Gateway-hungry Jack Lodge, and the Height of Land Portage offers hiking at its best. What a spot this is for outdoors people. Portage Lake is right by
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Really fine skiing awaits you at Lutsen. There are other locations here than Portage Lake, for example East Pope Lake. There's so much to do here at Portage Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Cascade River Campground is a splendid spot for that. Lakes? Sure, One Island Lake is nearby; do take a hike on the Stairway Portage.
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are in the 70's at Portage Lake. All through the moonlight hours it's mostly in the 50's. For the duration of the winter highs are in the 10's while the cold winter nights at Portage Lake are in the-10's. Portage Lake gets a normal
amount of annual rainfall; during August this area sees the most rain, and February on the other hand is the driest.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 48.06111
Longitude: -90.58583
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| These outdoors activities are available near Portage Lake. |
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Lutsen, Minnesota, 20 miles away
1088 vertical feet |
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Cascade River, Cook CountyCounty, 14 miles away
Class II(IV) - 3.5 miles long (FR157 to CR45) |
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Cascade River, Cook CountyCounty, 16 miles away
Class IV-V - 3.5 miles long (CR45 to Cascade River State Park) |
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Cascade River, Cook CountyCounty, 17 miles away
Class V+ - 0.5 miles long (Cascades of Cascade) |
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Echo Lake
 | Echo is a nice lake to stop and drop a line when in the Schroeder tofte area. It is just up the road from Nine mile lake campground and has an easy to catch supply of small trout. Don't look for a big meal here but it is a fun and easy place to have the kids wet a line....Echo is a nice lake to stop and drop a line when in the Schroeder tofte area. It is just up the road from Nine mile lake campground and has an easy to catch supply of small trout. Don't look for a big meal here but it is a fun and easy place to have the kids wet a line.... |
Gunflint Pines
 | 12 miles away
Relax and escape the city life. Located on the south shore of Gunflint Lake next to Gunflint Lodge the Gunflint Pines Resort & Campground offers Lakeside camping, cabins and camping cabins. Whether you're in a tent, camper or RV we can offer you a well spaced site within our wooded grounds.
We offer a full service resort with boat rentals, guide service, public Laundromat, snacks, gifts, groceries and supplies. We have a great system of hiking trails directly behind the resort. We are surrounded by the Superior National Forest, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness.
What we offer is an escape to a simpler life, quiet campgrounds, evening campfires, hiking, fishing, wildlife, Morning coffee at the lodge and dockside fish tales. What we don't have is cell phones, texting, TV, Newspapers, deadlines, traffic and stress. Bring your family and your pets. Come relax in the Northwoods... |
Two Island Lake Campground
| 12 miles away
I have only been there in the winter waiting for the mushers to come through (for the Beargease Marathon), it is where I want my ashes to be. I missed one year of the Beargrease race (1998) but the next year I was there at Two Island it was a full moon and it was snowing at the same time, could see down the trail like it was daylight but it was snowing....that was my sign...like I didn't fall in love with it before...this is a beautiful place, small camground but nice in the summer. jkf... |
Lutsen
| 20 miles away
Lutsen is not just a good ski area, it's the only real skia area around really. It's almost twice as high ar any other area within a reasonable distance. It has a great variety of runs for all levels.... |
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20 miles away
