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2026
Wide view across a calm lake with lily pads, grassy shore and a forested ridge under blue sky.
Summit

Range Midwest-Great Lakes Area

A mosquito sprint to Height of Land Lookout

I came for 215 km of isolation and found beautiful Minnesota lake country, an old lookout tower, uncertain summit ground and enough mosquitoes to turn a 1.5 km walk into a sprint.

611 mP 206 mI 214.99 km
A hazy panorama from near Eagle Mountain across forested ridges and several lakes.
Summit

Range Midwest-Great Lakes Area

Wildfire haze over Eagle Mountain, Minnesota’s high point

Wildfire smoke made the drive uncertain, but Eagle Mountain became a calm walk through wetlands, Whale Lake and forest to Minnesota’s high point, its survey history and remarkably isolated summit.

701 mP 403 mI 703.44 km