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Round Bear Island - Day Use Area

Round Bear Island - Day Use Area from directly overhead

Round Bear Island - Day Use Area is a picnic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 341 m. The nearest named place is Shoepack Beach - Day Use Area, a picnic site 1.3 miles away. Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
United Stats National Park Service

How to reach it

Coordinates48.44816, -92.88032

46 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 11
  • Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center: 6.9 mi
  • Springer Point: 16.1 mi
  • Rainy Lake Dove Island Wayside Park: 16.4 mi
  • Mukooda Lake Campground ...rc: 20.2 mi
  • Jackfish Bay Wayside Park: 20.6 mi
Artworks: 3
Museums: 1
  • Harry Oveson Fish Camp: 11.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Gardens: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Grassy Bay Cliffs: 16.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Little American Island Dock: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • High Falls: 19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4319:24
June solstice05:1120:2821:18
September equinox06:5918:3019:11
December solstice08:0115:2516:19

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, 8 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/13583618566

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