Crystal Bay Picnic Area
Crystal Bay Picnic Area is a picnic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Mystical Mountain stands 470 m to the north-northwest, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Tettegouche Rest Area, a rest area 0.8 miles away. North Shore Scenic Drive runs past it. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Minnesota DNR
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the North Shore Scenic Drive, National
- 5.0 mi off the Superior National Forest Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- End of Shovel Point Overlook · 1 mi
- Palisade Head · 2 mi
- City Overlook · 5 mi
- North Shore Mining/Lake Superior Overlook · 5 mi
70 named places within 25 miles
- Two Step Falls: 1.0 mi
- The Cascades: 1.1 mi
- High Falls: 1.2 mi
- Illgen Falls: 1.6 mi
- Kramer’s Choice Rapid: 2.0 mi
- Mystical Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Marshall Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Palisade Head: 2.4 mi
- Raven Rock: 2.6 mi
- Mount Trudee: 3.2 mi
- Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center: 2.8 mi
- Little Marais Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: West Unit: 10.6 mi
- Caribou Falls State Wayside: 10.9 mi
- Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: East Unit: 11.2 mi
- Black Beach: 4.7 mi
- Rocky Beach: 6.1 mi
- Beaver River Beach: 7.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 13.7 mi
- Big Beach: 18.8 mi
- Anchor of the Madeira: 13.2 mi
- Geology of Minnesota: 13.7 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 19.4 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Castle: 19.5 mi
- Jason Robert Feltl: 22.5 mi
- Tettegouche Rest Area: 0.8 mi
- Split Rock Lighthouse Overlook: 13.7 mi
- Cross River Wayside: 19.2 mi
- Gooseberry Falls Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Palisade Head: 2.2 mi
- Kennedy Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Caribou Falls: 11.0 mi
- Lafayette Bluff: 24.3 mi
- Devil's Rock: 1.7 mi
- Big Chairs: 9.0 mi
- Father Baraga’s Cross: 19.2 mi
- Kennedy Landing Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Flow: 19.2 mi
- Davis Area: 19.4 mi
- Finland Minnesota Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Cross River Heritage Center: 19.1 mi
- North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum: 22.8 mi
- Mariner Mountain Park: 6.4 mi
- School Forest Site: 6.6 mi
- Tofte Park: 22.4 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Worker: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crystal Bay Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystical Mountain | NNW 343° | 470 m | 1.8 mi |
| Carlton Peak | NE 43° | 465 m | 22.3 mi |
| Marshall Mountain | N 356° | 428 m | 2.0 mi |
| Palisade Head | SW 217° | 284 m | 2.4 mi |
| Day Hill | SW 221° | 258 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:18 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:25 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10964777115
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