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Spen Lake is a great lake in an area with lots of outdoors fun all around. This lake is so wonderful. All through the warm months at Spen Lake highs are usually in the 70's; the night is quite colder of course, regularly in the 50's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 10's with temperatures at Spen Lake dipping down into the-10's throughout winter nights. There is a wonderful hiking trail near Spen Lake called the Stairway Portage, and a delightful location
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| | to camp here at Spen Lake is East Bearskin Campground. After a long day outdoors Best Western Superior Inn And Suites is a great site to spend a night or two; going for a hike on the Long Portage is always a magnificent adventure. Spen Lake is a good place of common rain; the month with most of the rain is August, and February is the month with the least moisture. This lake is so wonderful. If you like skiing, you're in luck; Lutsen is right next door to Spen | |
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Lake; Spen Lake is not the only spot nearby, Bow Lake is a nearby lake. Get your pulse rate up on the splendid whitewater of Cascade River, and Super 8 Motel - Grand Marais is a tremendous spot to get some rest. Go for a hike
on the South Lake Portage, and there's whitewater on Devil Track River for all you adrenaline rush seekers. Spen Lake really is in the middle of a wonderful outdoors paradise. If you get bored of Spen Lake, you could also stop by
close by Hungry Jack Lake, and Spen Lake is splendid enough to spend more than a day at, Gateway-hungry Jack Lodge is a splendid local campground.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 48.04944 Longitude: -90.43833
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| These outdoors activities are available near Spen Lake. |
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Lutsen, Minnesota, 26 miles away 1088 vertical feet |
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Devil Track River, Cook CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class II-III - 3.2 miles long (Devil Track Lake to Maple Hill) |
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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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Bow Lake, Cook CountyCounty, 1 miles away |
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Two Island Lake Campground
 | 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... |
Echo Lake
 | 12 miles away 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.... |
Lutsen
 | 25 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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