Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park
Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 443 m. Pike Mountain stands 594 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Stellar Peak (Matson Bay Overlook), a peak 0.7 miles away. Superior National Forest Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Superior National Forest Scenic Byway
59 named places within 25 miles
- Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park: 2.1 mi
- Breitung Monument Park: 2.7 mi
- Embarrass Heritage Park & Campground: 12.3 mi
- Salo Corner Park: 13.0 mi
- Red Pine Run Park: 14.2 mi
- Pavement Outcrop Of Polyphase-folded Banded Iron Formation: 2.2 mi
- Soudan Mine Historical Marker: 2.5 mi
- Pioneer Mine Shaft House: 16.5 mi
- Pillow Rock: 17.0 mi
- Large rock core: 17.1 mi
- Stellar Peak (Matson Bay Overlook): 0.7 mi
- Jasper Peak: 2.1 mi
- Blueberry Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Pike Mountain: 22.1 mi
- Moose Mountain: 22.2 mi
- Breitung Monument: 2.7 mi
- Mining Equipment: 14.6 mi
- Fallen Veterans: 15.4 mi
- Longyear First Diamond Drill Site: 20.1 mi
- Superior National Forest Laurentian Divide: 24.3 mi
- Pine Island Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Bear Head Lake State Park: 6.4 mi
- Pike Bay Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Old Koschak Farm Wildlife Management Area: 18.3 mi
- Owens Wildlife Management Area: 22.7 mi
- Dry Falls: 17.5 mi
- Sioux Falls: 18.1 mi
- Kawishiwi Falls: 21.3 mi
- Newton Falls: 23.8 mi
- Newton Falls: 23.8 mi
- Nelimark Homestead: 12.5 mi
- Ely-Winton History Museum: 17.4 mi
- Dorothy Molter Museum: 17.5 mi
- Wayside Rest & Embarrass Visitors Center: 12.9 mi
- Laurentian Divide Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Ol' Baldy: 14.4 mi
- Meander Lake Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Fall Lake Campground Beach: 23.9 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 210° | 594 m | 22.1 mi |
| Stellar Peak (Matson Bay Overlook) | SSW 212° | 484 m | 0.7 mi |
| Blueberry Bluff | ENE 64° | 451 m | 12.0 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 | 20:23 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:26 | 16:19 |
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, 6 mi away.
- pearly everlasting14 obs
- bluebead lily13 obs
- Canadian bunchberry11 obs
- Fly Agaric10 obs
- Canada mayflower10 obs
- northern starflower10 obs
- stiff-leaved goldenrod8 obs
- Tall Cinquefoil8 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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