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Grassy Bay Island - Day Use Area

Grassy Bay Island - Day Use Area from directly overhead

Grassy Bay Island - Day Use Area is a picnic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 341 m. The nearest named place is SAND POINT - Day Use Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. 24 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
United Stats National Park Service

How to reach it

Coordinates48.37849, -92.48999

24 named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 4
  • High Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Loon Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Devils Cascade: 16.3 mi
  • Sioux Falls: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Grassy Bay Cliffs: 2.5 mi
Parks: 1
  • Mukooda Lake Campground ...rc: 3.2 mi
Artworks: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Warrior Hill: 23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4119:23
June solstice05:0920:2621:16
September equinox06:5718:2919:10
December solstice07:5915:2416:18

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F4822365061656354412612
Precip in1.10.71.01.83.34.74.23.04.12.31.81.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kabetogama, 26 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Voyageurs National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Apr and Dec; busiest: Aug.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13583618556

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