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Ray is an unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located southeast of International Falls at the junction of U.S. Highway 53 (U.S. 53) and State Highway 217 (MN 217). County Roads 3, 29, and 110 are also in the vicinity. The Rat Root River flows through the area.
Zippel Bay State Park is a state park in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota in the United States. It is on the white sand beach shoreline of the Lake of the Woods, near the United States border with Canada. The park is open for year-round recreation including camping, hiking, fishing and cross-country skiing. [2]
[3] Minnesota's state park system is the second oldest in the United States, after New York's. [4]: 2 Minnesota's state parks are spread across the state in such a way that there is a state park within 50 miles (80 km) of every Minnesotan. [5] The most recent park created is Lake Vermilion State Park, created in 2010.
Map of Minnesota. This is a list of county and regional parks in Minnesota. Aitkin County ... Snake River Campground; Anoka County. Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park.
There is a United States Forest Service cabin, a canoe outfitter, and a campground located at the southern end of the lake. During the Great Depression there was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp six miles south of the lake. Sawbill has portages connecting it to Smoke Lake, Kelso Lake, Ada Creek and Alton Lake.
Now known as the Schech Mill, it is the last water-powered mill in Minnesota still operating with its original equipment. [6] Beaver Creek Valley was proposed as a state park in the 1930s, and acquisition of the privately owned lots began in 1936. The park was authorized by the Minnesota Legislature the following year. [7]
The Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest is a 1,016,204 acres (4,112.43 km 2) reserve of current and former forest in Minnesota's Driftless Area.Only 45,000 acres (180 km 2) of the land is state owned, with the remainder owned by private individuals and community groups, governed by easements.
Minnesota State Highway 217 (MN 217) is a 17.342-mile-long (27.909 km) highway in northern Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 65 at Littlefork and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 53 at Ray. MN 217 passes through the city of Littlefork.