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Minnesota
0.4 mi
Distance
252 ft
Gain
16 min
Time
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Mount Rose Trail Junction
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<p>This bench is at the junction of the two trails. One begins at the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/places/mount-rose-trailhead-depot.htm">Mount Rose Depot Trailhead</a>. The other begins at the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/places/mount-rose-trailhead-parking-lot.htm">Mount Rose Trailhead</a> above the picnic area next to the Heritage Center parking lot. </p>
Mount Rose - Once an Island!
~0 min drive
<h2>Mount Rose – Once an Island!</h2> <p>About 12,000 years ago, melting glaciers formed temporary lakes. The biggest, Glacial Lake Duluth, submerged most of the Grand Portage. Its shoreline was 738 feet (225 m) above today’s Lake Superior.</p> <p>The shoreline of Glacial Lake…
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