Spina
Spina is a ghost town in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 500 m. Pike Mountain stands 594 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Scott Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 4.3 miles away. Superior National Forest Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
ghost town in St. Louis County, Minnesota
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the Superior National Forest Scenic Byway
92 named places within 25 miles
- Locomotive Park: 5.5 mi
- South Grove Inner Park: 6.1 mi
- South Grove Recreation Complex: 6.2 mi
- Longyear Lake Park: 6.7 mi
- Redhead Mountain Bike Park: 7.7 mi
- Great Scott Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
- Anchor Lake Wildlife Management Area: 18.7 mi
- Fermoy Wildlife Management Area: 20.9 mi
- Owens Wildlife Management Area: 21.6 mi
- Zim Wildlife Management Area, Main Unit: 22.3 mi
- Ironman: 7.9 mi
- Bebsy Pepelnjack Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Iron Range Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Laurentian Divide: 9.8 mi
- Superior National Forest Laurentian Divide: 9.8 mi
- Baldwin 1910 steam locomotive 806: 5.6 mi
- Hibbing Mine View: 10.4 mi
- Iron Range Historical Society: 15.4 mi
- Hanna Mining Company Train Cabose: 18.0 mi
- Gnome Town: 19.1 mi
- Minnesota Museum of Mining: 7.5 mi
- Virginia Heritage Museum: 9.0 mi
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame: 10.6 mi
- Greyhound Bus Museum: 11.1 mi
- Hibbing Historical Society and Museum: 11.5 mi
- Missabe Mountain Mine (historical): 10.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Rouchleau Mine (historical): 10.3 mi
- Minnewas Mine (historical): 10.4 mi
- Pike Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Costin Village: 5.5 mi
- Elcor: 14.1 mi
- Fermoy: 22.7 mi
- Laurentian Divide Rest Area: 9.8 mi
- Anchor Lake Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Wayside Rest & Embarrass Visitors Center: 24.3 mi
- Mesabi Trail Arch: 8.6 mi
- Remembering Marty Mural: 9.4 mi
- Veterans Park Ely Lake Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sparta Beach: 13.4 mi
- OHV Trail Overlook: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spina. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Mountain | E 79° | 594 m | 14.3 mi |
| Missabe Mountain Mine (historical) | E 90° | 485 m | 10.0 mi |
| Rouchleau Mine (historical) | E 96° | 476 m | 10.3 mi |
| Minnewas Mine (historical) | E 97° | 476 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:43 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:25 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:30 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 8 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 52 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 42 | 27 | 14 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eveleth Wwtp, 11 mi away.
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