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Big Bog State Recreation Area, a recent addition to the Minnesota state park system, is located on Minnesota State Highway 72, north of Waskish, Minnesota. It covers 9,459 acres (38.3 km 2 ), primarily swamps, bogs, and upland "islands".
Location: Cass / Crow Wing counties, Minnesota, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Primary outflows: Gull River: Catchment area: Crow Wing Watershed: Basin countries: United States: Max. length: 15.3 mi (25 km): Max. width: 3.3 mi (5 km): Surface area: 9,947.03 acres (40.2542 km 2): Average depth: 30 ft (9 m): Max. depth: 80 ft (24 m): Water volume: 298,410 acre⋅ft (0.36808 km 3): Shore length ...
Brainerd, Nisswa, Merrifield Minnesota At 6,000 acres (24 km 2 ), North Long Lake is one of the larger lakes in the Brainerd Lakes Area of the U.S. state of Minnesota . External links
The nearest semi-urban area is that of Brainerd and Baxter. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area. East Gull Lake is in Central Minnesota's Brainerd Lakes Area and takes its name from the largest lake within its borders, Gull Lake. [5] East Gull Lake Airport (FAA code 9Y2 [6]) is a small two-runway airport. [7]
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. The parks range in size from Franz Jevne State Park with 118 acres (48 ha) to Saint Croix State Park with 34,037 acres (13,774 ha).
Brainerd (/ ˈ b r eɪ n ər d / BRAY-nərd) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. [4] [6] Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence.
Bay Lake is a body of water located in the Brainerd Lakes region of Minnesota. The lake has a surface area of 2,319.84 acres (9 km 2 ) and approximately 19 miles (31 km) of shoreline. The maximum depth of the lake is 74 feet (23 m) with a water clarity of 10 feet (3 m).
The park interprets the site of Old Crow Wing, one of the most populous towns in Minnesota in the 1850s and 1860s. The entire park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. A section of the Red River Trails that passed through Old Crow Wing is also separately listed on the National Register.