Heartland Trail

Heartland Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Heartland Trail

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Heartland Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 47.26866, -94.62784. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Heartland Trail

• Steamboat Bay · lake · Cass · ~12 km · Must-see
• Hart Lake · lake · Hubbard · ~12 km · Must-see
• Kabekona Bay · lake · Cass · ~18 km · Must-see
• Cass Lake · lake · Cass · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lake Windigo · lake · Beltrami · ~22 km · Must-see
• Leech Lake · lake · Cass · ~22 km · Must-see
• Lake May · lake · Cass · ~25 km · Must-see
• Andrusia Lake · lake · Beltrami · ~26 km · Must-see
• Shingobee Bay · lake · Cass · ~30 km · Must-see
• Sheridan Lake · lake · Hubbard · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lake Plantagenet · lake · Hubbard · ~33 km · Must-see
• Kitchi Lake · lake · Beltrami · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lake Marquette · lake · Beltrami · ~34 km · Must-see
• Waboose Lake · lake · Hubbard · ~35 km · Must-see
• Lake George Community Park · lake · Hubbard · ~36 km · Must-see
• Paine Lake · lake · Hubbard · ~36 km · Must-see
• Eleventh Crow Wing Lake · lake · Hubbard · ~36 km · Must-see
• Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Statue · attraction · Beltrami · ~37 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Heartland Trail

Other forts & heritage near Heartland Trail

• Leech Lake Veteran's Memorial · fort · Cass · ~18 km
• MN 290 · fort · Cass · ~28 km
• The Old Schoolhouse · fort · Beltrami · ~34 km
• Poor Farm Cemetery · fort · Beltrami · ~34 km
• South Shore Old Mill · fort · Beltrami · ~35 km
• Mayflower · fort · Beltrami · ~37 km
• Beltrami County History Center · fort · Beltrami · ~37 km
• Carnegie Library · fort · Beltrami · ~37 km
• Beltrami County Courthouse · fort · Beltrami · ~37 km
• David Park House · fort · Beltrami · ~38 km

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