Edge of the Wilderness
National Scenic Byway 47 mi in Minnesota.
About the Edge of the Wilderness
Travel this spectacular, winding byway by many pristine lakes, forests, swamps, rolling hills, and other unique features. Outdoor recreation, interpretive sites, and other exciting opportunities await the traveler. During fall, the northwoods is adorned with the brilliant colors of red sugar maples, bronze oak trees and glowing gold aspen and birch.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, Minnesota State Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 1 · 2.3 mi offPokegama Dam Campground · Army Corps of Engineers · 22 sites · reservable
- Mile 13 · 3.6 mi offMoose Lake Campground · State forest · 11 sites
- Mile 18 · 4.0 mi offCottonwood Lake Campground · State forest · 10 sites
- Mile 25 · on the roadNorth Star · Forest Service · 39 sites · reservable
- Mile 26 · 4.4 mi offClubhouse Lake · Forest Service · 48 sites · reservable
- Mile 40 · 4.9 mi offScenic State Park · State park · 88 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.