Split Rock Lighthouse, 26 mi from Knife River
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore draws about 261K visitors a year. Nothing is mapped inside Knife River, but 13 places to visit are within 40 miles. The mix takes in 7 museums, 2 state parks and 2 zoos & aquariums. At 54 mi, Olcott Park is worth the journey.
Split Rock Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Minnesota, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The layout
The map puts most of the 13 to the southwest.
Orange: Knife River. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every place, in and near Knife River
These 15 are within 60 miles, none in town.
2Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
69,372 acres in Bayfield, Wisconsin (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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11Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center
Maritime museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
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13Carlton County History and Heritage Center
County museum located in Cloquet, Minnesota.
14Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Knife River → · Knife River’s history →
Photo credits
Split Rock Lighthouse: Jim Sorbie, CC BY 2.0 · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: NPS Photo, Public domain · Tettegouche State Park: Desertson67 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gooseberry Falls State Park: Chuck Kochmann, Copyrighted free use · Great Lakes Aquarium: Tmajewski, Public domain · Lake Superior Railroad Museum: User resedabear on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Duluth Depot: Hikki Nagasaki, Public domain · 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 · 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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