Eagle Mountain (Minnesota)

Eagle Mountain is the highest natural point in Minnesota, United States, at 2,301 feet (701 m).

It is in northern Cook County in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Superior National Forest in the Misquah Hills, northwest of Grand Marais.

[3] Eagle Mountain is only about 12 miles (19 km) from Minnesota's lowest elevation, Lake Superior, at 600 feet (183 m).

Permits are required because portions of this hike enter the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

[5] Among the highest natural points (highpoints) in each U.S. state, Eagle Mountain ranks 37th.