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Itasca State Park (/ aɪ ˈ t æ s k ə /) is a state park of Minnesota, United States, and contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River.The park spans 32,690 acres (132.3 km 2) of northern Minnesota, and is located about 21 miles (34 km) north of Park Rapids, Minnesota and 25 miles (40 km) from Bagley, Minnesota.
Lake Itasca (/ aɪ ˈ t æ s k ə / eye-TASS-kə) [1] is a small glacial lake, approximately 4.7 square kilometres (470 hectares; 1,200 acres) in area.It is located in Itasca State Park, in south-eastern Clearwater County, in the Headwaters area of north-central Minnesota, and is notable for being the headwater of the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi River can be divided into three sections: the Upper Mississippi, the river from its headwaters to the confluence with the Missouri River; the Middle Mississippi, which is downriver from the Missouri to the Ohio River; and the Lower Mississippi, which flows from the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico.
The majority of the forest is managed by the respective counties, with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources managing around 9,000 acres (3,600 ha). The forest is named after its location immediately downstream (north) of Lake Itasca, the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
Watersheds [1] of Minnesota. Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for 69,000 miles (111,000 km). The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border 680 mi (1,094 km) downstream.
The headwaters of the Mississippi River begin at Lake Itasca (see Mississippi River Basin map); where it flows through Winnibigoshish, the Mississippi is at its widest - more than 11 miles. [3] The former Winnibigoshish Township (now unorganized), located on the north shore of Lake Winnibigoshish, in Itasca County, Minnesota, was named after ...
Iron Springs Bog SNA is a scientific and natural area (SNA) of Minnesota, United States. [2] It is located in Clearwater County and spans 231 acres. [2] Iron springs bog is located in Minnesota's Chippewa Plains, two miles northeast of Lake Itasca, which is the headwaters of the Mississippi River and a popular tourist destination. [2]
These major drainage basins meet in a triple divide point called the Hill of Three Waters, just north of Hibbing, Minnesota. [4] The Mississippi River drains south to the Gulf of Mexico. In Minnesota, this basin is traditionally subdivided into the following major sub-basins: Headwaters of the Mississippi River (above St. Paul)