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Minnesota
Butterball Lake
0.4 mi
Distance
51 ft
Gain
9 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Superior National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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No access route mapped
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Butterball Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 51 ft
- Elevation loss
- 51 ft
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Permits & access
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About this trail
Butterball Lake is a short out-and-back trail in Minnesota covering 0.40 miles with 28 feet of elevation gain. The trail returns via the same path it went out on.
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