Leave Oakland for Great Lakes Aquarium, 20 mi away
Each year, some 852K people go to Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. Look within 40 miles for the 10 places to visit; none is inside Oakland. On the list: 7 museums, 2 zoos & aquariums and a national park site, among others. Go 57 mi out for Split Rock Lighthouse.
Split Rock Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Minnesota, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
What’s around Oakland
To the north is where most of the 10 lie.
Orange: Oakland. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All of it
15 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
2Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest
National forest in Wisconsin, United States.
3Apostle 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.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Oakland → · Oakland’s history →
Photo credits
Split Rock Lighthouse: Jim Sorbie, CC BY 2.0 · Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest: MDuchek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: NPS Photo, Public domain · 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 · Fairlawn Mansion: Nfarmakes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Two Harbors Lighthouse: pmarkham, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 · Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum: Somewhere On The Road of Life at en.wikipedia, Attribution
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