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Arrowhead & Taconite EMERGENCY INFO In an emergency call 911 MAP EXPLANATION Fort Francis BAY Black STATE TRAILS SAND TRAIL TRAILS & THEIR PERMITTED USES Law Enforcement 11 Bay C A N A D A 11 71 Rainy Lake State Patrol 218-749-7720 International Falls RAINY LAKE TRAIL Itasca County Sheriff 218-326-3477 MAIN Island View Arrowhead State Trail Koochiching County Sheriff 218-283-4416 TRAIL 71 St. Louis County Sheriff (Virginia) 218-748-7510 332 602 Voyageurs Rainy (Hibbing) 218-262-0132 Black Lake *Evenings and weekends 218-749-6010 332 Bay Forest and Park Trails SLATINKSKI 11 TRAIL CHAIN RAINY LAKE TRAIL Area Police Departments 53 OF Ely 218-365-3222 HAGGERMAN 26 TRAIL LAKES State Forest Ski Trails Tower 218-753-6660 TO LITTLE River Virginia 218-748-7510 FORK RIVER GRADE Rat Root Lake TRAIL Grand Rapids 218-326-3464 Root Woodenfrog TRAIL 97 D.N.R. Ericsburg National OX Rat FALLS 119 3K GrantinAid Trails Medical/Hospitals TRAIL Ely 218-365-3271 12 Kabetogama Virginia 218-741-3340 8 122 Kabetogama D.N.R. KETTLE Hibbing 218-262-4881 Lake BAY BLUE TRAIL Namakan Grand Rapids 218-326-3401 East TONE DAWG VOYAGEURS TRAIL TRAIL EAST TRAIL SYMBOLS Branch Kabetogama VOYAGEUR RUDER TRAIL Lake NAMAKAN WOODYS 3 123 3 TRAIL CRANE LAKE OTHER INFO 122 Snowmobile Parking Ash River 217 53 D.N.R. Park Ray LOOP The Taconite and Arrowhead State Trails were 217 Rat X-Country Ski Campground 29 BILL MORGAN TRAIL authorized by the Minnesota Legislature in TO Moose Sand 1974-5. These long-distance trails were developed 129 Beaver Ash River Point Hiking Shelter primarily for winter use. As a result, sections ASH RIVER ASH RIVER Kabetogama 20 FALLS Lake of these trails may be impassible during warm Brook TRAIL River 493 Shelter/Campsite Picnic Area Grand Rapids-Ely & Tower-International Falls weather months when the ground is not frozen, Ash River due to wet soils and standing water. Mountain Root Little 8 CRANE LAKE TO bikers and horseback riders are urged to call the Fork 521 ASH RIVER TRAIL Fire Tower Vista nearest Trails and Waterways Area office before River Johnson leaving for their destination to inquire about River Lake local trail conditions and amenities. 53 Long N Lake PARKING AVAILABLE Arbutus River At Taconite: International Falls - McCarthy Beach State Park Rat 520 ARROWHEAD TRAIL Ash Crane C A N A D A Vermilion Falls - Minnesota Hwy 73 Ranch Road KOOCHICHING Root U.S.F.S. Lake Sheep COUNTY - U.S. Hwy 53 Boundary Waters Canoe Ely Fort Kabetogama River 10 ITASCA - Minnesota Hwy 1 493 Area Wilderness COUNTY toll Francis ARROWHEAD Black Crane Lake TACONITE TRAIL - Minnesota Hwy 169, Peyla bridge River CRANE LAKE TO Chub ASH RIVER TRAIL 24 0 1 234 8 Grand Rapids ST. LOUIS - Minnesota Hwy 135, Tower INTERNATIONAL Lake Vermilion COUNTY 424 At Arrowhead: U.S. Customs Duck SCALE: one inch equals four miles Rainy 6 Bug L. FALLS Echo ARROWHEAD LINK TRAIL BUYCK TO Duluth CO. - 2 Mi. West of Hwy 169 on Hwy 1 River 518 Crane Lake 3rd. St. Ash Lake River STATE 4th. St. CO. 2 11 Lk. Trail Mileage CAMPING AVAILABLE: (Taconite only) Silver L. River Ash Black - McCarthy Beach State Park Duck Elephant 9 Park Ave. Lk. Lake - Pfeifer Lake, National Forest LOUISST. KOOCHICHING VOYAGEUR COUNTRY - Bear Head Lake State Park TRAIL Minneapolis Hospital 11th. St. - Several rustic campsites along trail 8 CRANE Echo Lake St. Paul Vermilion 332 Pelican Echo Lake *All communities along the Taconite and Arrowhead River 24 U.S.F.S. 15th. St. LAKETR. trails have food, fuel, lodging and retail areas St. 9th. Elephant Lake available to campers. State International 53 Mall 11 TACONITE COMMUNITIES: Superior Old Hwy. 11 Old Hwy. Nett Lake Buyck - Grand Rapids 71 793 TRAIL GRADE Nett Lake Cusson ORR SPUR Kjostad L. Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of - Tower NORTH 23 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is available to all Voyageurs National 23 180 River Picket L. - Ely Park Headquarters 24 individuals regardless of race, color, creed or religion, national origin, 11 Falls sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual - Side Lake BLUE OX International 514 Moose 4 orientation, age or disability. Discrimination inquires should be sent Airport Nett Lake Lake MyrtleLk. ARROWHEAD COMMUNITIES: Indian ORR/BUYCK/ National to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Reservation Pelican CRANE LAKE TRAIL Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4031; or the Equal Opportunity Office, - Tower 53 River Carlson Lake Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. - Cook Lake Orr 23 23 - Orr Pelican Ben Lake Printed on recycled paper - International Falls with a minimum of 23 TM ORR SPUR 7 Winchester Lake 30% post-consumer material. Glendale SOUTH Forest Trademark of American Soybean Association NATURAL FEATURES Forest 24 Elbow River Elbow Lake THE ARROWHEAD TRAIL is relatively flat between The trail links three state parks: Bear Head Lake, A variety of game fish including walleye, northern 119 53 THE ARROWHEAD & TACONITE STATE 426 International Falls and the Ash River. The higher Soudan Underground Mine and McCarthy Beach. pike, trout and smallmouth bass are found in the Vermilion TRAILS are located in northern Minnesotas 422 ground is mainly forested with aspen; lower ground The landscape in and around Bear Head Lake State areas large numbers of lakes and rivers. The Gheen Corner Hoodoo L. 24 Itasca, Koochiching and St. Louis counties. has a mix of spruce and ash. The trail goes through Park resembles the BWCAW. The parks land is landscape of the area is a result of the under-lying 74 Gheen 422 They are primarily snowmobile trails and a number of areas that have standing water in the very rolling and rocky, elevations ranging from 1,450 geology. The areas bedrock formation known as 12 24 form the backbone to an extensive Grant- summer which makes these portions of the trail feet up to 1,590 feet. the Canadian Shield is some of the oldest rock on in-Aid trail system. Portions of both trails mostly suited to winter use. earth. It was formed by volcanic action 667 Soudan Underground Mine State Park is located on approximately 2.7 billion years ago. Later, ancient 406 are suitable for horseback riding, as well as The southern part of the Arrowhead is very different a rugged ridge and contains the historic Soudan seas laid down the valuable iron ore that is still Wakemup mountain biking, hiking and backpacking from the northern part. It features rolling hills with underground mine. It is Minnesotas only mined in the area today. Further volcanic activity Vermilion Lake in the summer. Call the DNR for specific numerous lakes and streams. Many of the hills have underground iron ore mine open to the public. swept away the sea and formed two mountain 73 Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness large areas of exposed rock and enormous boulders. Tours descend 27 levels to the bottom of the mine, 71 information. ranges. The advancing and receding of glaciers, 540 This part is heavily timbered with a mix of where there is a constant year-round temperature and millions of years of erosion have worn the 78 Burntside State Forest hardwoods and conifers. of 52 degrees. The park also contains picturesque mountains down, resulting in the present rugged 78 The Arrowhead State Trail stretches 135 stands of old-growth white and norway pines mixed landscape found along some parts of the trail. Linden miles, from 10 miles west of Tower at the This mix of trees on the Arrowhead is spectacularly with balsam fir and aspen. The lower elevations Grove 11 24 71 intersection of the Taconite State Trail, to colorful in autumn. are dominated by white cedar interspersed with The Arrowhead and Taconite State Trails provide a 1 431 balsam fir, tamarack, black spruce, ash and muskeg. great opportunity to explore this area. To preserve River Ericsburg, 10 miles south of International 500 Little Fork this opportunity for the future, please respect the 500 79 Falls. The trail user may see a ridge of solid Sturgeon 25 Cook Vermilion Lake 169 Native northern Minnesota wildlife is abundant area's plant and wildlife communities. Vermilion Lk. 1 12 Ind. Res. Soudan Under- white pine changing to a ravine of mixed along both trails. Some species to watch for are 73 Rice 79 ground Mine 25 Lost State Park Eagles The Taconite State Trail stretches 165 miles moose, timber wolf, brush wolf, white-tailed deer, 85 77 hardwoods, then a ridge of aspen, birch River BEARSKIN 53 Lake Nest black bear, lynx, porcupine, red fox, snowshoe hare, TRAIL River Lakes from Grand Rapids to Ely and intersects 20 Sturgeon River 413 Tower and basswood blended with maples. fisher, pine marten and red squirrel. 923 Soudan with the Arrowhead State Trail just west of Sturgeon 87 Star STATE 12 Lake Lake Vermilion. Eight trail waysides and 491 State 78 1 476 169 3 THE TACONITE TRAIL winds through forests of Over 100 varieties of birds live in the area. Some TRAIL picnic facilities offer scenic vistas of the 22 State Forest birch and aspen intertwined with pine, leading the birds, like the grosbeaks, nuthatches, chickadees 22 1 Peyla Putnam River Shermans WOLF 1 12 Lake hills, lakes and rivers of this area. and pileated woodpeckers, inhabit the area year- Corner Angora TRACK 2 Bear Head visitor by many isolated lakes and streams. From 481 688 PUTNAM LAKE Lake TRAIL Big Aspen round. Birds like the snow bunting and snowy owl 492 487 TRAIL State Park Grand Rapids heading north, you see the impact of NOTE: Forest Pike West Pfeiffer 135 the taconite and iron mining industry.