Manitou Cascades
Manitou Cascades is a waterfall in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 410 m. Moose Mountain stands 515 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: West Unit, a nature reserve 3.6 miles away. North Shore Scenic Drive passes 3.4 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Height
- 9 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the North Shore Scenic Drive, National
- 15.1 mi off the Superior National Forest Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- End of Shovel Point Overlook · 11 mi
- Palisade Head · 13 mi
- City Overlook · 15 mi
- North Shore Mining/Lake Superior Overlook · 15 mi
60 named places within 25 miles
- Sawmill Dome: 6.4 mi
- Marshall Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Mystical Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Raven Rock: 11.6 mi
- Mount Baldy: 11.6 mi
- Caribou Falls: 3.7 mi
- Kramer’s Choice Rapid: 10.1 mi
- Illgen Falls: 10.2 mi
- Cross River Falls: 10.5 mi
- High Falls: 10.6 mi
- Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: West Unit: 3.6 mi
- Caribou Falls State Wayside: 3.9 mi
- Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: East Unit: 4.0 mi
- Little Marais Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
- Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center: 8.5 mi
- Rocky Beach: 5.1 mi
- Big Beach: 10.3 mi
- Black Beach: 14.9 mi
- Beaver River Beach: 18.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 23.7 mi
- Tofte Park: 13.8 mi
- School Forest Site: 16.2 mi
- Mariner Mountain Park: 16.2 mi
- Ray Berglund State Wayside: 17.8 mi
- Grandview Park: 24.8 mi
- Devil's Rock: 10.2 mi
- Father Baraga’s Cross: 10.8 mi
- Big Chairs: 19.0 mi
- hog creek trail launch: 22.5 mi
- Caribou Falls: 3.7 mi
- Kennedy Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Palisade Head: 12.5 mi
- Finland Minnesota Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Cross River Heritage Center: 10.5 mi
- North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum: 14.2 mi
- Cross River Wayside: 10.6 mi
- Tettegouche Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Split Rock Lighthouse Overlook: 23.7 mi
- Historic Tofte Dock: 14.0 mi
- Anchor of the Madeira: 23.2 mi
- Geology of Minnesota: 23.7 mi
- Kennedy Landing Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Crystal Bay Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Manitou Cascades. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Mountain | ENE 57° | 515 m | 20.7 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | ENE 57° | 504 m | 22.3 mi |
| Oberg Mountain | ENE 58° | 474 m | 18.3 mi |
| Leveaux Mountain | ENE 58° | 472 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mystical Mountain | SSW 208° | 470 m | 9.0 mi |
| Carlton Peak | ENE 60° | 465 m | 13.3 mi |
| Marshall Mountain | SSW 206° | 428 m | 8.6 mi |
| Palisade Head | SSW 204° | 284 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:37 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:18 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:24 | 16:16 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/998887209
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