Gravel Road Through Fall Foliage, Arrowhead Trail, Minnesota

Dirt road through northern Minnesota forest displaying autumn foliage with yellow and red trees in distant fog.
Dirt road through northern Minnesota forest displaying autumn foliage with yellow and red trees in distant fog.

The Arrowhead Trail is a roughly 20-mile gravel road, designated Cook County Road 16, running north from Hovland on Lake Superior's North Shore to the Ontario border at the Pigeon River. The route cuts through the Superior National Forest, passing stands of aspen, birch, and white and red pine mixed with maple that turn color each September and October. It's maintained as a low-traffic forest road rather than a state highway, popular with anglers heading to backcountry lakes and with fall-color drivers making the trip up from Highway 61.

Photo taken in October 2022.

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