Hike · Eagle Mountain trailhead

Eagle Mountain

Distance

1.0 mi

Vertical

551 ft

Summit

1,831 ft

Difficulty

Easy

Eagle Mountain is the highest natural point in Minnesota at 2,301 feet — an unimposing number that belies how far away from anything else it sits. The peak rises out of the Misquah Hills in the heart of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, deep in Cook County and well…

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About Eagle Mountain (Minnesota)

Eagle Mountain is the highest natural point in Minnesota, United States, at 2,301 feet (701 m). It is in northern Cook County in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Superior National Forest in the Misquah Hills, northwest of Grand Marais. It is a Minnesota State Historic Site.

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Open ledge near the top of Eagle Mountain looks south over miles of unbroken Superior National Forest. — Yinan Chen · Public Domain

The approach trail to Eagle Mountain threads through dense second-growth boreal forest in the Misquah Hills. — Yinan Chen · Public Domain

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