Overview
Moose Lake is a city of 2,800 people (2019) in Northeastern Minnesota.
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Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: May–Sep. Summer highs reach about 78°F; winter lows dip to about 2°F. Cold months (Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec) can bring snow and ice; check road conditions. Wettest: Jun and Jul. (climate data from nearby Duluth)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- DLH Duluth International Airport, Duluth — 38 mi away. Directions
- HIB Range Regional Airport, Hibbing — 64 mi away. Directions
- MSP Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field, Minneapolis — 111 mi away (major hub). Directions
Moose Lake is about 1½ hours drive north of the Twin Cities Metro area just off of I-35 on your way to Duluth.
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Understand
The Moose Lake area attractions include the Famous 4th of July Parade and Old Fashioned 4th in the Park which includes a small town kids game area, crafters and food vendors.
On the 3rd Saturday in July Moose Lake hosts the annual Agate Days Celebration. This is a huge event featuring a Gem and mineral show that is absolutely spectacular. There is also the Agate Stampede in where a couple of truckloads of rocks and agates with a few hundred dollars of quarters mixed in, are all dumped down the Main Street in Moose Lake. Then at the sound of the starting gun, people scramble and attack these rocks looking for their hidden treasures.
Get in
Moose Lake is about 1½ hours drive north of the Twin Cities Metro area just off of I-35 on your way to Duluth.
See
- Bigfoot — Several Moose Lake area residents claim to have seen Sasquatch according to an episode of Finding Bigfoot, which aired on the Animal Planet TV channel. A team of researchers and a television crew visited here to investigate a concentration of claims around the nearby Kettle River.
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