Silver Island Lake-T Lake
Minnesota
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.5 mi
Distance
14 ft
Gain
11 min
Time
Conditions: Blocked
for hike, todayAn agency closure order is in effect for this area; weather is good
2 factors · 2 sources
Newest 4 h ago · oldest 5 h
problem: Agency alerts
11 active alerts in Superior National Forest; most severe: Post Wildfire Closures, Effective October 1, 2026
USFSPosted Oct 1 · checked 5 h ago
clear: Weather
Clouds, high 52°F / low 43°F, 0% precip — 96/100 for hike
OpenWeather4 h ago
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Silver Island Lake-T Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 14 ft
- Elevation loss
- 14 ft
- Highest point
- 1,654 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,644 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- Allowed
- Horses
- Not allowed
- Surface
- Natural
- Accessibility
- Not an accessible trail (Forest Service accessibility status)
Source for bikes, horses, surface, accessibility: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
Silver Island Lake-T Lake is a short out-and-back trail in Minnesota covering 0.54 miles with 27 feet of elevation gain. The route follows a straightforward path between Silver Island Lake and T Lake.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- High point
- 1,654 ft
- Total climbing
- 14 ft
- Total descent
- 14 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 2% grade right from the start
- Length (round trip)
- 0.5 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
It's essentially flat.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Tofte Ranger District · Ranger district
- Superior National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Tofte Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Closure Order for Cook County Brush Disposal Site
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Silver Island Rustic CampgroundCamping1.6 mi
- Island RiverCanoeing3.5 mi
- Whitefish Lake Rustic CampgroundCamping3.8 mi
- Frear Lake-Lost LakeHiking4.3 mi
- Timber-Frear Canoe RouteCanoeing4.8 mi
- Perent River-Perent RiverHiking5 mi
- Timber Lake-Frear LakeHiking5.6 mi
- Section 29 Lake Rustic CampgroundCamping5.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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