28 mi from Fairbanks Township, Split Rock Lighthouse leads the list
Fairbanks Township’s list takes in 5 museums, 3 state parks and a lighthouse. The town has no place on our list of its own; 11 are within 40 miles. Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 49 mi away, is the best-known day out.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Wilderness area in Minnesota.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to find them
Great Lakes Aquarium marks the outer edge, 38 mi away.
Orange: Fairbanks Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place by place
Look within 60 miles for all 19 places listed.
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3Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
69,372 acres in Bayfield, Wisconsin (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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7Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park
State park in Minnesota, USA.
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Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center
Maritime museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
Carlton County History and Heritage Center
County museum located in Cloquet, Minnesota.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Fairbanks Township → · Fairbanks Township’s history →
Photo credits
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: R27182818 at English Wikipedia (Original text: Reid Priedhorsky (R27182818)), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Split Rock Lighthouse: Jim Sorbie, CC BY 2.0 · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: NPS Photo, Public domain · Superior National Forest: No machine-readable author provided. MisterSquirrel~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Tettegouche State Park: Desertson67 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gooseberry Falls State Park: Chuck Kochmann, Copyrighted free use · Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Lakes Aquarium: Tmajewski, Public domain · Lake Superior Railroad Museum: User resedabear on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Duluth Depot: Hikki Nagasaki, Public domain · Greyhound Bus Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Two Harbors Lighthouse: pmarkham, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fairlawn Mansion: Nfarmakes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Minnesota Discovery Center: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tweed Museum of Art: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Carlton County History and Heritage Center: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Olcott Park: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
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