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Neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota, United States of America

Minnesota Point

Minnesota Point, also known as the Park Point neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota, United States; is a long, narrow sand spit that extends out from the Canal Park tourist recreation-oriented district of the city of Duluth.

Minnesota Point
Minnesota Point · Bernard Gagnon
The place

Minnesota Point, also known as the Park Point neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota, United States; is a long, narrow sand spit that extends out from the Canal Park tourist recreation-oriented district of the city of Duluth. The Point separates Lake Superior from Superior Bay and the Duluth Harbor Basin.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Minnesota Point

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Wisconsin-Superior

    The University of Wisconsin–Superior is a public liberal arts university in Superior, Wisconsin, United States. UW–Superior grants associate, bachelor's, master's and specialist's degrees.

    3.4 km · public university in Superior, Wisconsin, USA · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    SS Meteor

    SS Meteor is the sole surviving ship of the unconventional "whaleback" design. The design, created by Scottish captain Alexander McDougall, enabled her to carry a maximum amount of cargo with a minimum of draft.

    2 km · 1896 ship, whaleback freighter converted to a museum ship · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cathedral of Christ the King

    The Cathedral of Christ the King is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior in Superior, Wisconsin. It was named in honor of Christ the King.

    3.4 km · church in Wisconsin, United States · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Fairlawn Mansion

    Fairlawn Mansion is a 4-story, 42 room Victorian House in Superior, Wisconsin. The mansion was built as a residence for former three-time mayor of Superior and lumber baron, Martin Pattison and his family.

    3.2 km · 42-bedroom Victorian House in Superior, Wisconsin · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Minnesota Point

Airports
Minneapolis–Saint Paul / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP), 226 km
Stations
Sky Harbor Airport & Seaplane Base, 2.6 km
  • Minneapolis → Minnesota Point
    215 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · $21–28
  • Chicago → Minnesota Point
    643 km · quickest by road, 11h 41m · $60–85
  • Milwaukee → Minnesota Point
    522 km · quickest by road, 9h 42m · $50–70
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Minnesota Point

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Minnesota Point. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBong Airport in Superior can accommodate small private planes, and Duluth's Sky Harbor will let you land your seaplane.

From Wikivoyage: Superior, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-02.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,659 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,831 km
  3. 03
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    2,299 km
  4. 04
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    2,338 km
  5. 052,343 km

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