Worth the trip from Rice Lake: Gooseberry Falls State Park, 36 mi off
Nothing on our list is inside Rice Lake; the 10 places to visit are within 40 miles. On the list: 7 museums, 2 zoos & aquariums and a state park, among others. Set 41 mi out, Split Rock Lighthouse makes a day trip.
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
Railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Plotted on the map
The map puts most of the 10 to the south.
Orange: Rice Lake. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place by place
Each of the 17 is within 60 miles.
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2Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
69,372 acres in Bayfield, Wisconsin (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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12Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center
Maritime museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
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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 Rice Lake → · Rice Lake’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 · 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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