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Directions to the Bemidji Toxics Research Site
View Bemidji Site Driving Directions-Through Town in a larger map
- Directions to Bemidji from the
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport: There
are numerous routes to Bemidji from the
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Three
routes are outlined below. It takes about 20
minutes longer to drive to Bemidji using the
"best" route and 30-45 minutes longer to
drive to Bemidji using the "scenic"
route, compared to the fastest route described.
- "Best" route to Bemidji
from the airport: From the airport,
take I494 west. Follow I494 as it turns north
to I94. Take I94 west (northwest) about 9
miles to MN-101 at Rogers and take MN-101
north about 8 miles to Elk River. Take US-10
west (north) about 80 miles to Little Falls.
Just north of Little Falls get on MN-371 and
take it about 109 miles north (through
Brainerd, Nisswa, and Walker) to Cass Lake.
Turn left (west) on US-2 and take it about 11
miles to Bemidji. It takes about 3.5 to 4.5
hours to drive from the airport to Bemidji
using this route, depending on how fast you
drive. I consider this the "best"
route because it's a nice combination of good
roads (the most 4-lane of any route), good
scenery (the Leech Lake area near Walker is
particularly scenic), good eating
establishments (particularly in the Brainerd
Lakes area midway to your destination), and a
reasonable driving time. You may
encounter a greater amount of traffic on this
route, however.
- "Scenic" route to Bemidji
from the airport shown in light blue on map:
From the airport, take I494 west. Follow I494
as it turns north to I94. Take I94 west
(northwest) about 9 miles to MN-101 at Rogers
and follow MN-101 north about 8 miles to Elk
River. Take US-169 north about 75 miles to
Garrison (around Mille Lacs Lake). Follow
MN-18 west about 23 miles to Brainerd where it
merges with MN-210. Take MN-210 through
Brainerd several miles to MN-371.; take MN-371
north about 80 miles through the lake country
of north central Minnesota past Leech Lake and
to Cass Lake. Head west on US-2 about 11 miles
to Bemidji. It takes about 4.0 to 5.0 hours to
drive from the airport to Bemidji using this
route, depending on how fast you drive.
Another scenic route is to take US-169 all the
way from Elk River to Grand Rapids and then
take on US-2 west about 65 miles to Bemidji.
- Fastest route to Bemidji from the
airport shown in dark blue on map:
From the airport, take I494 west. Follow I494
as it turns north to I94. Take I94 west
(northwest) about 9 miles to MN-101 at Rogers
and follow MN-101 north about 8 miles to Elk
River. Follow US-10 west (north) about 100
miles to Motley and then go east on MN-210
about 0.5 miles to north MN-64. Take MN-64
about 70 miles to MN-200 west. MN-200 turns
into US-71 in about 5 miles; take US-71 north
about 14 miles into Bemidji. It takes about
3.5 to 4.5 hours to drive from the airport to
Bemidji using this route, depending on how
fast you drive. There are numerous other
routes one could take but this one has the
least traffic, is most direct, and thus is the
fastest.
Directions to the research site from
Bemidji: It takes about 20 minutes to
drive to the research site from most locations in
Bemidji. There are two routes into the site (and
some debate as to which route is the fastest).
Route 2 is the shortest distance to the site but
travels over more gravel roads and winds through
the forest for a longer distance compared to Route
1, which has more paved roads and faster speed
limits on US-2.
- Route 1, shown in green on map:
Take US-2 west out of Bemidji about 10 miles
to the town of Solway. Drive north on C.R. 5
about 4 miles to the Fosston Forest (gravel)
Road and turn right. Follow the Fosston Forest
(Trail) Road east about one mile to the
abandoned railroad tracks and turn right
(south). Follow the railroad grade about 0.75
miles to the research site. A modification of
this route would be to continue east about
0.25 miles past the railroad grade on the
Fosston Forest Road to the dirt road leading
south into the research site through the
trees.
- Route 2, shown in red on map:
Take US-2 west out of Bemidji about 3 miles to
C.R. 89. Go north on C.R. 89 about 5 miles to
C.R. 22 and turn left. Follow C.R. 22 for
about 2 miles to where it turns to the north
-- DO NOT go north. Instead, go left about 100
yards to the Fosston Forest (Trail) Road where
you turn right. Follow the Fosston Forest Road
about 2 miles to a dirt road heading south
(left) into the woods. The research site is
about 1 mile south of the Fosston Forest Road.
If you miss this access road and reach the
abandoned railroad simply turn left (south)
onto the railroad grade and drive about 0.75
miles to the research site.
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