Sioux River
Photo: Tony Webster — CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- 0.4 mi
- round trip
- 150 ft
- climb
- 1,368 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
The Sioux River hike is a short, easy outing in the Lacroix Ranger District of Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota, managed by the Forest Service. The trail is 0.35 miles long and rises about 76 feet from its low point of 1,277 feet to a high of 1,368 feet, with the steepest stretch at about 0.11 miles in. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Ely show July highs around 79°F with lows near 53°F, while January highs average only 15°F. The trail is open year-round and takes about half an hour to complete. Bikes and horses are not allowed, and the surface is natural. Nearby, the Little Indian Sioux River hike is 0.3 miles away and Sioux Hustler is about a mile off. Jeanette Lake campground sits roughly 4 miles away, and the Hunting Shack River Route offers canoeing about 6 miles out.
Little Indian Sioux RiverHikingPhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)0.3 mi- Sioux HustlerHikingPhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)1 mi
NorwayHikingPhoto: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)3.5 mi- Sioux FallsHiking3.6 mi
- Jeanette LakeCamping4.1 mi
- Lake Jeanette CgCamping4.1 mi
- Hunting Shack River RouteCanoeing6 mi
- Astrid Lake AreaLake fishing6.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
