DAVID DILL - ARROWHEAD, THE ARROWHEAD & TACONITE STATE TRAILS are located in northern Minnesota’s Itasca, Koochiching and St. Louis counties. They are primarily snowmobile trails and form the backbone to an extensive Grant-in-Aid trail system. Portions of both trails are suitable for horseback riding, as well as mountain biking, hiking and backpacking in the summer. Call the DNR for specific MAP KEY TACONITE & information. TRAILS & THEIR PERMITTED USES DAVID DILL - TACONITE The Arrowhead State Trail stretches 135 miles, from 10 miles west of Tower at the intersection of the Taconite State Trail, to Ericsburg, 10 miles south of International Falls. Arrowhead State Trail STATE TRAILS Grand Rapids-Ely & Tower-International Falls BA Forest and Park Trails International Fort Francis Y SAND TRAIL Black Falls 11 Bay C A N A D A 11 71 Rainy Lake RAINY LAKE TRAIL MAIN TRAIL Island View State Forest Ski Trails 71 332 602 Voyageurs Rainy Lake 332 Grant–in–Aid Trails 11 SLATINKSKI TRAIL CHAIN 53 OF RAINY LAKE TRAIL HAGGERMAN 26 TRAIL LAKES TO LITTLE FORK RIVER GRADE TRAIL SYMBOLS TRAIL TRAIL 97 Woodenfrog D.N.R. Snowmobile Parking OX Ericsburg National FALLS 119 3K TRAIL 12 Kabetogama X-Country Ski Campground 8 122 Kabetogama D.N.R. KETTLE BLUE Lake BAY TRAIL Hiking Shelter TONE D AWG VOYAGEURS Namakan TRAIL TRAIL EAST Kabetogama RUDER VOYAGEUR Lake NAMAKAN The Taconite State Trail WOODYS Shelter/Campsite Picnic Area 3 123 TRAIL 3 TRAIL CRANE LAKE stretches 165 miles from 122 Ash River Fire Tower Vista 217 53 D.N.R. Grand Rapids to Ely and Ray Park LOOP 217 29 BILL MORGAN TRAIL TO intersects with the Sand 129 Point Ash River Arrowhead State Trail just ASH RIVER ASH RIVER Lake N Kabetogama FALLS 20 TRAIL west of Lake Vermilion. 493 2 Trail Mileage International Falls Eight trail waysides and 8 CRANE LAKE TO DAVID DILL - ARROWHEAD picnic facilities offer 521 ASH RIVER TRAIL KOOCHICHING COUNTY Ely scenic vistas of the hills, River 53 TACONITE TRAIL DAVID DILL - TACONITE lakes and rivers of this Grand Rapids 0 1 2 3 4 8 area. Arbutus Road ITASCA ST. LOUIS COUNTY Ranch COUNTY SCALE: one inch equals four miles Vermilion Falls Duluth U.S.F.S. Crane C A N A D A Sheep Lake Boundary Waters Canoe Fort Kabetogama TRAIL DAVID DILL- 493 10 Area Wilderness toll Francis CRANE LAKE TO Crane Lake bridge ARROWHEAD ASH RIVER TRAIL NTERNATIONAL Some private lands exist I STATE TRAIL 24 424 within the shaded areas U.S. Customs Rainy 6 ARROWHEAD LINK Minneapolis CO. BUYCK TO for State & National FALLS River 518 Crane Lake 3rd. St. Ash Lake Forest lands, and State St. Paul CO. 4th. St. 11 Parks land. Please be aware of your surroundings. ve. A 9 . LOUIS Park ST KOOCHICHING VOYAGEUR COUNTRY TRAIL Hospital 11th. St. 8 CRANE Echo Lake “The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 332 Pelican River 24 Echo Lake LAKE TR. U.S.F.S. is an Equal Opportunity Employer” 9th. St. 15th. St. Elephant PARKING/LODGING Lake State International 53 Mall 11 PARKING AVAILBLE: Old Hwy . 11 Nett Lake Buyck Superior 793 At Taconite: 71 GRADE Nett Lake TM Cusson ORR SPUR - McCarthy Beach State Park Voyageurs National NORTH 23 Trademark of American Soybean Association Park Headquarters 23 180 Picket L. - Minnesota Hwy 73 24 11 Falls - U.S. Hwy 53 BLUE OX International 514 4 Airport Nett Lake - Minnesota Hwy 1 Printed on recycled paper Indian ORR/BUYCK/ National - Minnesota Hwy 169, Peyla with a minimum of 53 Reservation Pelican CRANE LAKE TRAIL 30% post-consumer material. Lake - Minnesota Hwy 135, Tower 23 Orr 23 River At Arrowhead: Pelican - 2 Mi. West of Hwy 169 on Hwy 1 ORR SPUR 7 EMERGENCY INFO Glendale SOUTH Forest CAMPING AVAILABLE: (Taconite only) In an emergency call 911 23 - McCarthy Beach State Park NATURAL FEATURES 24 - Pfeifer Lake, National Forest Elbow Forest Law Enforcement River - Bear Head Lake State Park 53 State Patrol 218-749-7720 119 - Several rustic campsites along trail THE ARROWHEAD TRAIL of 52 degrees. The park also contains picturesque stands of old-growth 426 422 Itasca County Sheriff 218-326-3477 The southern part of the Arrowhead features rolling hills with numerous white and norway pines mixed with balsam fir and aspen. The lower Vermilion Gheen Corner Koochiching County Sheriff 218-283-4416 lakes and streams. Many of the hills have large areas of exposed rock and elevations are dominated by white cedar interspersed with balsam fir, Hoodoo L 24 *All communities along the Taconite and Arrowhead St. Louis County Sheriff (Virginia) 218-748-7510 74 Gheen enormous boulders. This part is heavily timbered with a mix of hardwoods tamarack, black spruce, ash and muskeg. 12 422 trails have food, fuel, lodging and retail areas (Hibbing) 218-262-0132 and conifers. 24 available to campers. *Evenings and weekends 218-749-6010 This mix of trees on the Arrowhead is spectacularly colorful in autumn. Native northern Minnesota wildlife is abundant along both trails. Some The northern part of the trail is relatively flat between International Falls and species to watch for are moose, timber wolf, brush wolf, white-tailed deer, 667 Area Police Departments the Ash River. The higher ground is mainly forested with aspen; lower black bear, lynx, porcupine, red fox, snowshoe hare, fisher, pine marten and 406 Ely 218-365-3222 ground has a mix of spruce and ash. The trail goes through a number of red squirrel. Wakemup Tower 218-753-6660 Vermilion areas that have standing water in the summer which makes these portions Lake Virginia 218-748-7510 Over 100 varieties of birds live in the area. Some birds, like the grosbeaks, 73 Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of the trail mostly suited to winter use. 71 Grand Rapids 218-326-3464 nuthatches, chickadees and pileated woodpeckers, inhabit the area year- 540 THE TACONITE TRAIL winds through forests of birch and aspen intertwined round. Birds like the snow bunting and snowy owl migrate south from the 78 Burntside State Forest Medical/Hospitals with pine, leading the visitor by many isolated lakes and streams. From arctic for the winter; the bald eagle, osprey, warblers and fly catchers 78 Ely 218-365-3271 Grand Rapids heading north, you see the impact of the taconite and iron migrate north to this area for the summer. Virginia 218-741-3340 Linden 11 mining industry. Between McCarthy Beach State Park and Ely the terrain is Grove 24 71 Hibbing 218-262-4881 rolling and tree covered as it winds through state and national forest land. A variety of game fish including walleye, northern pike, trout and 1 431 Grand Rapids 218-326-3401 smallmouth bass are found in the area’s large numbers of lakes and rivers. River Cook 500 Little Fork 500 Lake Vermilion - Soudan 79 ermilion Lake 169 The landscape of the area is a result of the under-lying geology. The area’s 25 V Underground Mine Sturgeon Vermilion Lk. State Park 1 The trail user may see a ridge of solid white pine changing to a bedrock formation known as the Canadian Shield is some of the oldest rock Sturgeon River 12 Ind. Res. DAVID DILL- 73 79 State Forest ravine of mixed hardwoods, then a ridge of aspen, birch and on earth. It was formed by volcanic action approximately 2.7 billion years 25 TACONITE ago. Later, ancient seas laid down the valuable iron ore that is still mined in 85 BEARSKIN 53 77 River TRAIL 1 basswood blended with maples. the area today. Further volcanic activity swept away the sea and formed two 20 STATE TRAIL 413 Tower 923 Star Lake mountain ranges. The advancing and receding of glaciers, and millions of 87 Soudan S TA 12 years of erosion have worn the mountains down, resulting in the present 491 State 78 TACONITE 476 The trail links three state parks: Bear Head Lake, Soudan Underground Mine 169 3 rugged landscape found along some parts of the trail. T AIL and McCarthy Beach. The landscape in and around Bear Head Lake State 22 22 1 STATE TRAIL Peyla Putnam Shermans WOLF 1 12 Park resembles the BWCAW. The park’s land is very rolling and rocky, Corner 2 Lake Bear Head The Arrowhead and Taconite State Trails provide a great opportunity to 481 688 Angora TRACK PUTNAM LAKE TRAIL TRAIL Lake elevations ranging from 1,450 feet up to 1,590 feet. 492 487 Big Aspen Pfeiffer State Park explore this area. To preserve this opportunity for the future, please respect Forest Lake Pike 25 U.S.F.S. River West 135 the area's plant and wildlife communities. Two River 53 6 411 Soudan Underground Mine State Park is located on a rugged ridge and 467 Pike IRON Bear Island State Forest contains the historic Soudan underground mine. It is Minnesota’s only 467 405 T ORE FISHING LAKES 73 491 912 Idington 169 River TRAIL TRAIL underground iron ore mine open to the public. Tours descend 27 levels to Superior National Forest Wahlsten the bottom of the mine, where there is a constant year-round temperature © 2019 Minneosta Department of Natural Resources HISTORY INFORMATION MAP KEY The Arrowhead and Taconite State Trails were Black spruce is also harvested in this manner, but it is TRAILS & THEIR PERMITTED USES TRAIL SYMBOLS developed by the DNR with ongoing assistance from usually seeded to get new trees on the site. White spruce, For travel planning informa�on contact: the coun�es, other local governments, U.S. Forest norway and white pine are usually thinned a number of State Trail Snowmobile Parking Service, private businesses and trail groups.