Bulge Lake-Silver Lake
Minnesota
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0.4 mi
Distance
53 ft
Gain
9 min
Time
Conditions: Blocked
for hike, todayAn agency closure order is in effect for this area; weather is good
2 factors · 2 sources
Newest 2 h ago · oldest 2 h
problem: Agency alerts
11 active alerts in Superior National Forest; most severe: Post Wildfire Closures, Effective October 1, 2026
USFSPosted Oct 1 · checked 2 h ago
clear: Weather
Clouds, high 53°F / low 46°F, 0% precip — 96/100 for hike
OpenWeather2 h ago
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Bulge Lake-Silver Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 53 ft
- Elevation loss
- 53 ft
- Highest point
- 1,748 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,708 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
Bulge Lake-Silver Lake is a short out-and-back trail in Minnesota managed by the Forest Service. The route covers 0.40 miles with 34 feet of elevation gain and 41 feet of elevation loss.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 1,747 ft
- High point
- 1,748 ft
- Total climbing
- 53 ft
- Total descent
- 53 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 5% grade right from the start
- Length (round trip)
- 0.4 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing is in the middle stretch.
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
- Clara Lk Rd-Silver LakeHiking0.5 mi
- Crescent to Rice Lake Canoe RouteCanoeing1.2 mi
- Rice LakeLake fishing1.3 mi
- Clara Lake Rustic CampgroundCamping1.4 mi
- Crescent Lake CgCamping2.5 mi
- Petes PointHiking3 mi
- Crescent Lake (mn)Camping3.3 mi
- Crescent LakePier fishing3.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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