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Black River access points and trip distances, Minnesota

17 access points (17 public) along 164.5 river miles of the Black River in Minnesota. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Medford Flowage Access
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45.14218, -90.35203 82.3
82.3Boat ramp near Conlan Creek
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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44.51639, -90.62586 7.4
89.7Windy Point Boat Landing
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44.44206, -90.69609 0.3
90.0North Arbutus Boat Landing
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44.43813, -90.69841 6.5
96.5Brickyard Road Canoe Landing
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44.37530, -90.76149 1.6
98.1Mission Road Canoe Launch
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44.35444, -90.76733 1.6
99.7Halls Creek Canoe Landing
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44.35875, -90.78447 6.1
105.8Mark Holmgren Memorial Landing
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44.29706, -90.84366 3.2
109.1Perry Creek Park Launch
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44.26695, -90.86179 1.4
110.5Masons Landing
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44.25496, -90.88051 1.5
112.0Canoe Campsite Launch
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44.23477, -90.88259 18.7
130.7Melrose Boat Landing
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44.10864, -90.99646 9.5
140.2North Bend Access
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44.08951, -91.11544 0.6
140.8North Bend Public Access
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44.08252, -91.12382 12.8
153.6Canoe Launch
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44.06126, -91.29182 7.4
161.0Black River
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43.99911, -91.32766 3.5
164.5Lytle's Landing Canoe Launch
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43.95945, -91.33669 end

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wisconsin DNR Boat Access. Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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