Moose Lake (Minnesota) - human settlement in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States of America

Moose Lake is a city of 2,800 people (2019) in Northeastern Minnesota.

Understand

The Moose Lake area attractions include the Famous 4th of July Parade and Old Fashioned 4th in the Park which includes a small town kids game area, crafters and food vendors.

On the 3rd Saturday in July Moose Lake hosts the annual Agate Days Celebration. This is a huge event featuring a Gem and mineral show that is absolutely spectacular. There is also the Agate Stampede in where a couple of truckloads of rocks and agates with a few hundred dollars of quarters mixed in, are all dumped down the Main Street in Moose Lake. Then at the sound of the starting gun, people scramble and attack these rocks looking for their hidden treasures.

Get in

Moose Lake is about 1½ hours drive north of the Twin Cities Metro area just off of I-35 on your way to Duluth.

Get around

See

• Bigfoot — Several Moose Lake area residents claim to have seen Sasquatch according to an episode of Finding Bigfoot, which aired on the Animal Planet TV channel. A team of researchers and a television crew visited here to investigate a concentration of claims around the nearby Kettle River.

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Sleep

• Days Inn, 400 Park Place Dr, 46.435373°, -92.749202°, +1 218 485-8885. 2017-06-24
• Moose Lake Motel, 85 Arrowhead Ln, 46.4503°, -92.7656°, +1 218 485-8003. No pets.

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