Avenue of Pines - TH 46, Deer River to Northome
Minnesota Scenic Byway 46 mi in Minnesota.
About the Avenue of Pines - TH 46, Deer River to Northome
Some of the Highway's outstanding scenic values include views of mature red pines stands, sparkling lakes, marshes, and aspen stands. Spatial sequences range from enclosed and focused in the pines, to open and expansive near the lake and marsh areas. Island, Round, Nature's, Cut Foot Sioux, Little Ball Club, along with Lake Winnibigoshish, the state's fifth largest lake, give travelers glimpses of northern ecosystems along the byway corridor.
Explore Minnesota, for the Minnesota Scenic Byways Commission's own description, in its words. Byway page on exploreminnesota.com.
Designations: Minnesota State Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 12 · 1.6 mi offWinnie Dam Campground - USACE · Army Corps of Engineers · 22 sites · reservable
- Mile 15 · 4.6 mi offTamarack Point Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 17 · 1.0 mi offWilliams Narrows · Forest Service · 18 sites · reservable
- Mile 17 · on the roadOnegume · Forest Service · 48 sites · reservable
- Mile 17 · 2.8 mi offDeer Lake · Forest Service · 50 sites · reservable
- Mile 17 · on the roadMosomo Point · Forest Service · 23 sites · reservable
- Mile 17 · 2.5 mi offEast Seelye Bay · Forest Service · 14 sites · reservable
- Mile 23 · 2.3 mi offCut Foot Horse Campground · Forest Service · 34 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.