12 mi from Parkland, Great Lakes Aquarium leads the list
About 852K people a year visit Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. With nothing inside Parkland, the list has 10 places within 40 miles. Look for 7 museums, 2 zoos & aquariums and a national park site. If you have a day, head to Split Rock Lighthouse, 50 mi away.
Great Lakes Aquarium
Public aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Map of the places
The 10 outside town cluster to the northwest.
Orange: Parkland. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Each place in turn
Its 14 places all lie 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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10Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center
Maritime museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
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12Carlton 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 Parkland → · Parkland’s history →
Photo credits
Split Rock Lighthouse: Jim Sorbie, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · 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 · Wisconsin Canoe Heritage Museum: Somewhere On The Road of Life at en.wikipedia, Attribution
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