Rocky Beach
Rocky Beach is a beach in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Moose Mountain stands 515 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Marais Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. North Shore Scenic Drive runs past it. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- On the North Shore Scenic Drive, National
- 11.1 mi off the Superior National Forest Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- End of Shovel Point Overlook · 7 mi
- Palisade Head · 8 mi
- City Overlook · 11 mi
- North Shore Mining/Lake Superior Overlook · 11 mi
59 named places within 25 miles
- Sawmill Dome: 3.1 mi
- Marshall Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Mystical Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Raven Rock: 8.1 mi
- Palisade Head: 8.5 mi
- Caribou Falls: 4.9 mi
- Manitou Cascades: 5.1 mi
- Illgen Falls: 6.6 mi
- Kramer’s Choice Rapid: 6.7 mi
- High Falls: 6.8 mi
- Little Marais Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
- Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: West Unit: 4.5 mi
- Caribou Falls State Wayside: 4.8 mi
- Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: East Unit: 5.0 mi
- Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center: 5.5 mi
- Black Beach: 10.8 mi
- Big Beach: 12.7 mi
- Beaver River Beach: 14.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 19.8 mi
- Mariner Mountain Park: 12.5 mi
- School Forest Site: 12.6 mi
- Tofte Park: 16.3 mi
- Ray Berglund State Wayside: 20.4 mi
- Kennedy Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Caribou Falls: 4.9 mi
- Palisade Head: 8.3 mi
- Finland Minnesota Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Cross River Heritage Center: 13.0 mi
- North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum: 16.8 mi
- Devil's Rock: 6.6 mi
- Father Baraga’s Cross: 13.2 mi
- Big Chairs: 15.1 mi
- Tettegouche Rest Area: 6.9 mi
- Cross River Wayside: 13.1 mi
- Split Rock Lighthouse Overlook: 19.9 mi
- Historic Tofte Dock: 16.5 mi
- Anchor of the Madeira: 19.3 mi
- Geology of Minnesota: 19.8 mi
- Kennedy Landing Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Crystal Bay Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Splitrock: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rocky Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Mountain | NE 46° | 515 m | 23.6 mi |
| Oberg Mountain | NE 45° | 474 m | 21.2 mi |
| Leveaux Mountain | NE 45° | 472 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mystical Mountain | WSW 237° | 470 m | 5.4 mi |
| Carlton Peak | NE 43° | 465 m | 16.2 mi |
| Marshall Mountain | WSW 238° | 428 m | 4.9 mi |
| Palisade Head | SW 220° | 284 m | 8.5 mi |
| Day Hill | SW 221° | 258 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:37 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:18 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:24 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 10 | 14 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 43 | 28 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolf Ridge ELC, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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