Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 414 m. Pike Mountain stands 594 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pavement Outcrop Of Polyphase-folded Banded Iron Formation, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Superior National Forest Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Superior National Forest Scenic Byway
58 named places within 25 miles
- Breitung Monument Park: 1.1 mi
- Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park: 2.1 mi
- Embarrass Heritage Park & Campground: 11.6 mi
- Salo Corner Park: 11.7 mi
- Red Pine Run Park: 15.3 mi
- Pavement Outcrop Of Polyphase-folded Banded Iron Formation: 0.7 mi
- Soudan Mine Historical Marker: 0.7 mi
- Pioneer Mine Shaft House: 18.6 mi
- Pillow Rock: 19.1 mi
- Large rock core: 19.2 mi
- Stellar Peak (Matson Bay Overlook): 1.6 mi
- Jasper Peak: 1.7 mi
- Blueberry Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Pike Mountain: 20.4 mi
- Moose Mountain: 21.8 mi
- Breitung Monument: 1.1 mi
- Mining Equipment: 15.7 mi
- Fallen Veterans: 16.4 mi
- Longyear First Diamond Drill Site: 19.7 mi
- Superior National Forest Laurentian Divide: 22.3 mi
- Pine Island Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Pike Bay Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Bear Head Lake State Park: 7.8 mi
- Old Koschak Farm Wildlife Management Area: 20.4 mi
- Owens Wildlife Management Area: 20.8 mi
- Nelimark Homestead: 11.7 mi
- Ely-Winton History Museum: 19.5 mi
- Dorothy Molter Museum: 19.6 mi
- Sioux Falls: 19.0 mi
- Dry Falls: 19.6 mi
- Kawishiwi Falls: 23.4 mi
- Wayside Rest & Embarrass Visitors Center: 11.8 mi
- Laurentian Divide Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Ol' Baldy: 16.4 mi
- Meander Lake Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Elcor: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Mountain | SSW 207° | 594 m | 20.4 mi |
| Missabe Mountain Mine (historical) | SSW 212° | 485 m | 24.8 mi |
| Stellar Peak (Matson Bay Overlook) | ENE 78° | 484 m | 1.6 mi |
| Blueberry Bluff | ENE 64° | 451 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:24 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:26 | 16:20 |
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 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 54 | 41 | 26 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tower 2S, 4 mi away.
- orange hawkweed11 obs
- pearly everlasting9 obs
- Groundhog6 obs
- common milkweed5 obs
- northern red oak5 obs
- Ghost Pipe5 obs
- smooth sumac5 obs
- chokecherry5 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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- Ely · 19 mi
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