Itasca State Park
Itasca State Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 458 m. Height of Land Lookout stands 611 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Council Ring, a picnic site 4.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.3 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 3.4 mi off the Lake Country Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mississippi River Headwaters · 4 mi
69 named places within 25 miles
- Iron Springs Bog SNA: 5.6 mi
- Gardner Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Gill Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Sucker Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Sugar Bush Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Bad Medicine Lake Public Water Access Site: 7.9 mi
- Long Lake Park: 8.7 mi
- Lake George Community Park: 10.4 mi
- La Salle Lake State Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
- City Park: 16.3 mi
- Lakeside Museum: 4.3 mi
- Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers: 5.0 mi
- Hubbard County Historical Museum: 19.1 mi
- Clearwater County History Center: 24.4 mi
- Height of Land Lookout: 14.1 mi
- Strawberry Mountain: 16.3 mi
- Smoky Hills Wayside: 19.3 mi
- US-71: Park Rapids Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Council Ring: 4.0 mi
- Mallard: 9.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.9 mi
- World's Largest Tiger Muskie: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Itasca State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height of Land Lookout | WNW 286° | 611 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:53 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:33 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 15:42 | 16:34 |
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 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 42 | 27 | 14 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Itasca Univ OF Minn, 4 mi away.
- yellow lady's slipper22 obs
- common bracken19 obs
- round-lobed hepatica19 obs
- Chalk-fronted Corporal13 obs
- largeflower bellwort12 obs
- Trumpeter Swan11 obs
- large white trillium11 obs
- broad-leaved goldenrod11 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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