My Minnesota County Highpointing Page

Isanti Anoka Winona Cook

Minnesota has 87 counties. My plan to ascend the highpoints of all of them was completed on September 24, 2005, when I finished Ramsey County.

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County Township Sect. Highpoint Name(s) Elev. Location
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Aitkin 52N 26W Hill Lake 25 Quadna Mountain >1590 46° 57' 42"N, 93° 35' 12"W skiing mountain
Anoka 34N 25W Burns 29 -- >1100 45° 24' 45"N, 93° 29' 11"W  
-- >1130 45° 24' 38"N, 93° 29' 08"W man made
Becker 139N 37W Wolf Lake 16 -- >1860 46° 51' 25"N, 95° 21' 30"W Wolf Lake Lookout Tower
Beltrami 148N 34W Liberty 19 -- >1510 47° 37' 06"N, 95° 03' 17"W 10 small hills along a 1-mile long ridge,
NW-SE
35W Buzzle 24   47° 37' 12"N, 95° 03' 34"W
  47° 37' 12"N, 95° 03' 36"W
  47° 37' 09"N, 95° 03' 39"W
  47° 37' 21"N, 95° 03' 52"W
  47° 37' 29"N, 95° 03' 56"W
  47° 37' 25"N, 95° 03' 57"W
  47° 37' 26"N, 95° 03' 57"W
  47° 37' 29"N, 95° 03' 58"W
  47° 37' 24"N, 95° 03' 59"W
Benton 38N 29W Alberta 1 -- >1310 45° 49' 10"N, 93° 54' 11"W gravel pit excavation near HP
Big Stone 122N 46W Big Stone 15 -- >1200 45° 22' 21"N, 96° 25' 38"W 4 small hills in a line across the road
45° 22' 18"N, 96° 25' 42"W
22 45° 22' 14"N, 96° 25' 38"W
45° 22' 09"N, 96° 25' 36"W
122N 45W Artichoke 7 -- 45° 23' 34"N, 96° 13' 37"W  
-- 45° 23' 48"N, 96° 14' 14"W  
123N 45W Malta 2 -- 45° 29' 09"N, 96° 16' 26"W on farmplace
Blue Earth 109N 25W Jamestown 24 -- >1190 44° 13' 46"N, 93° 46' 07"W 2 hills in wooded area next to road
44° 13' 43"N, 93° 46' 06"W
Brown 108N 35W Stately 31 -- 1263 44° 06' 29"N, 95° 06' 01"W SW Corner
Carlton 49N 19W -- 19 -- >1450 46° 42' 59"N, 92° 47' 15"W swamps nearby
Carver 116N 23W   4 -- >1080 44° 52' 43"N, 93° 34' 57"W 5 hills in a residential neighborhood
44° 52' 41"N, 93° 35' 02"W
44° 52' 44"N, 93° 35' 05"W
9 44° 52' 39"N, 93° 35' 02"W
44° 52' 31"N, 93° 35' 08"W
116N 24W Laketown 33 -- 44° 48' 32"N, 93° 43' 15"W 2 close hills in field
Cass 137N 31W Bungo 7 -- >1610 46° 41' 33"N, 94° 38' 40"W Spider Lake Lookout Tower
Chippewa 119N 37W Woods 1 - - >1120 45° 08' 57"N, 95° 15' 39"W  
45° 08' 57"N, 95° 15' 36"W
45° 08' 56"N, 95° 15' 35"W
-- 45° 08' 42"N, 95° 15' 11"W  
2 - - 45° 09' 06"N, 95° 16' 48"W  
45° 09' 04"N, 95° 16' 48"W
45° 09' 01"N, 95° 16' 47"W
-- 45° 08' 27"N, 95° 16' 44"W  
-- 45° 09' 09"N, 95° 16' 40"W on Swift County Line
11 -- 45° 08' 00"N, 95° 16' 18"W next to farmplace
-- 45° 07' 34"N, 95° 17' 01"W  
13 -- 45° 07' 05"N, 95° 14' 58"W  
-- 45° 06' 36"N, 95° 15' 24"W  
14 -- 45° 07' 11"N, 95° 16' 15"W  
- - 45° 06' 43"N, 95° 16' 33"W  
45° 06' 44"N, 95° 16' 39"W
16 -- 45° 07' 00"N, 95° 19' 09"W near pipeline -- center of section
Chisago 35N 19W Amador 28 -- >1130 45° 29' 07"N, 92° 43' 21"W  
Clay 137N 44W Tansem 1 -- >1540 46° 42' 22"N, 96° 11' 42"W small
2 -- 46° 42' 35"N, 96° 12' 13"W two close
46° 42' 32"N, 96° 12' 10"W
-- 46° 42' 27"N, 96° 11' 59"W  
-- 46° 42' 19"N, 96° 11' 49"W  
-- 46° 42' 18"N, 96° 12' 36"W  
Clearwater 143N 38W La Prairie 4 -- 2005 47° 13' 54"N, 95° 30' 13"W Height of Land Lookout Tower
Cook 63N 2W -- 34 Eagle Mountain 2301 47° 53' 51"N, 90° 33' 39"W State HP
Cottonwood 106N 36W Dale 6 -- >1570 44° 01' 08"N, 95° 13' 05"W  
7 -- 44° 00' 23"N, 95° 12' 48"W near farmplace
Crow Wing 138N 27W -- 5 -- >1490 46° 48' 09"N, 94° 07' 00"W swamps nearby
Dakota 115N 21W   36 Buck Hill 1195 44° 43' 23"N, 93° 17' 15"W BM
114N 21W   35 -- >1190 44° 38' 37"N, 93° 18' 45"W  
Dodge 105N 17W Vernon/
Hayfield
25/30 -- 1381 43° 52' 40"N, 92° 47' 56"W road intersection -- crowned
25 >1370 43° 52' 27"N, 92° 48' 21"W small hill in field
19 43° 52' 43"N, 92° 46' 52"W  
43° 52' 40"N, 92° 46' 44"W road crown
11 43° 54' 49"N, 92° 49' 35"W 3 field hills -- link in middle hill: E hill is largest
43° 54' 51"N, 92° 49' 56"W
43° 54' 57"N, 92° 50' 03"W
Douglas 130N 37W Millerville 4 -- >1610 46° 06' 28"N, 95° 36' 00"W (W) on Otter Tail county line
137N 31W Miltona 4/5 -- >1620 46° 06' 26"N, 95° 21' 18"W (E) hill south of OT county line
Faribault 101N 24W Kiester 13 -- >1440 43° 33' 26"N, 93° 39' 41"W  
Fillmore 102N 12W Forestville 32 - 2 - >1400 43° 35' 54"N, 92° 18' 09"W BM SE of SE hill
Freeborn 101N 23W Mansfield 18 -- >1400 43° 33' 11"N, 93° 38' 48"W  
Goodhue 109N 17W Roscoe 13 -- >1270 44° 14' 39"N, 92° 47' 34"W  
Grant 129N 41W Erdahl 13 -- >1400 45° 59' 28"N, 95° 46' 29"W  
Hennepin 117N 22W   27 -- >1120 44° 55' 12"N, 93° 27' 36"W BM on 14180 Stonegate Lane
28 -- 44° 55' 09"N, 93° 27' 59"W front yard of 14709 Highpoint Court
-- 44° 55' 09"N, 93° 28' 02"W front yard of 14713 Highpoint Court
Houston 104N 6W Houston 16 -- >1340 43° 48' 51"N, 91° 33' 26"W  
Hubbard 142N 33W Thorpe 9 -- >1840 47° 07' 58"N, 94° 52' 17"W in Paul Bunyan State Forest
22   47° 05' 46"N, 94° 51' 14"W Thorpe Lookout Tower
Isanti 34N 25W Stanford 20 -- 1111 45° 25' 09"N, 93° 29' 11"W BM Barret --Private land
Itasca 54N 26W   32 Big Thunder Peak 1752 47° 07' 21"N, 93° 40' 37"W  
Jackson 101N 38W Round Lake 30 -- 1570 43° 31' 24"N, 95° 27' 15"W  
Kanabec 42N 24W Hay Brook 4 -- >1320 46° 09' 00"N, 93° 23' 04"W  
7 -- 46° 07' 49"N, 93° 25' 46"W  
Kandiyohi 121N 33W Irving 18 -- >1410 45° 17' 48"N, 94° 52' 34"W Private land
Kittson 159N 45W Arveson 36 - - >1080 48° 32' 39"N, 96° 23' 18"W SE Corner of county, SE 1082
48° 32' 45"N, 96° 23' 31"W  
Koochiching 151N 28W -- 29 -- >1520 47° 51' 44"N, 94° 16' 18"W  
33 -- 47° 51' 35"N, 94° 15' 01"W  
Lac Qui Parle 116N 46W Manfred 31 -- ~1410 44° 48' 29"N, 96° 27' 06"W on state line
Lake 59N 9W -- 11 Stony Tower Hill >2080 47° 36' 15"N, 91° 26' 05"W BM Isabella
Lake of the Woods 159N 35W -- 7 -- >1315 48° 36' 03"N, 95° 12' 10"W  
Le Sueur 109N 24W Elysian 19 -- >1190 44° 14' 03"N, 93° 45' 16"W  
Lincoln 110N 46W Drammen 20 -- >1990 44° 19' 35"N, 96° 25' 25"W farmplace
17/18/
19/20
44° 19' 40"N, 96° 25' 27"W road crown
18 44° 19' 57"N, 96° 25' 49"W  
44° 20' 05"N, 96° 26' 10"W largest contour -- possible HP
44° 20' 15"N, 96° 26' 27"W  
18/13 44° 20' 26"N, 96° 26' 45"W Possible HP
47W 13 44° 20' 27"N, 96° 26' 57"W lower than area 6
Lyon 109N 43W Shelburne 20 -- >1740 44° 13' 36"N, 96° 03' 10"W cluster of 3 long areas
44° 13' 39"N, 96° 03' 17"W
44° 13' 37"N, 96° 03' 21"W
-- 44° 14' 09"N, 96° 02' 51"W small area past driveway
-- 44° 13' 47"N, 96° 02' 25"W Tiny area
28 -- 44° 13' 05"N, 96° 01' 25"W cluster of three small areas
44° 13' 04"N, 96° 01' 26"W
44° 13' 06"N, 96° 01' 33"W
29   44° 13' 27"N, 96° 03' 22"W small area -- part of Section 20 cluster
Mahnomen 144N 39W Twin Lakes 24 -- >1820 47° 16' 29"N, 95° 33' 04"W contour barely touches Mahnomen County
47° 16' 26"N, 95° 33' 05"W  
47° 16' 25"N, 95° 33' 07"W  
47° 16' 23"N, 95° 33' 14"W small area SW of other 3
Marshall 158N 42W Como 1/2 -- >1235 48° 32' 20"N, 96° 00' 46"W  
48° 32' 03"N, 96° 01' 00"W
Martin 101N 33W Lake Fremont 31 -- >1410 43° 30' 15"N, 94° 51' 14"W
43° 30' 30"N, 94° 51' 17"W
small area near Jackson co line & powerline
small area split by Jackson co. line
McLeod 117N 30W Acoma 4 -- >1140 44° 58' 44"N, 94° 26' 30"W 2 small areas close -- link in saddle
44° 58' 37"N, 94° 26' 33"W
Meeker 119N 32W Acton 35 -- >1260 45° 04' 18"N, 94° 39' 33"W  
Mille Lacs 42N 27W Kathio 10 -- >1370 46° 08' 05"N, 93° 44' 19"W Mille Lacs-Kathio State Forest
19 -- 46° 05' 58"N, 93° 47' 16"W
Morrison 132N 30W Rail Prairie 21 -- >1520 46° 13' 12"N, 94° 26' 57"W in Camp Ripley Large contour
27 -- 46° 13' 39"N, 94° 27' 37"W Lookout Tower--small contour
Mower 102N 15W Clayton 6 -- >1440 43° 39' 59"N, 92° 41' 11"W artificial rock pile?
43° 40' 05"N, 92° 41' 01"W  
43° 39' 58"N, 92° 40' 42"W  
21/22 -- 43° 37' 21"N, 92° 37' 45"W road crown
Murray 106N 43W Chanarambie 21 Buffalo Ridge >1920 43° 58' 40"N, 96° 00' 36"W  
Nicollet 111N 30W Lafayette 5 -- >1060 44° 26' 50"N, 94° 28' 17"W  
Nobles 104N 42W Wilmont 5 -- >1810 43° 50' 56"N, 95° 54' 42"W on Murray county line
Norman 143N 43W Flom 18 Frenchmans Bluff 1354 47° 11' 56"N, 96° 10' 56"W BM
>1350 47° 11' 53"N, 96° 10' 44"W ~1000 feet SE of BM
Olmsted 105N 15W Rock Dell 28 -- >1380 43° 52' 22"N, 92° 38' 17"W in tree line by road and farmplace
29 43° 52' 22"N, 92° 38' 19"W  
43° 52' 20"N, 92° 38' 25"W  
Otter Tail 132N 38W Effington 32 -- >1790 46° 11' 53"N, 95° 29' 45"W  
46° 11' 55"N, 95° 30' 05"W  
Pennington 154N 39W Reiner 12 -- >1185 48° 10' 19"N, 95° 36' 14"W small area near Marshall County Line
-- 48° 10' 09"N, 95° 35' 52"W large area
23/24 -- 48° 08' 47"N, 95° 36' 35"W sandpit within large area
24 -- 48° 08' 23"N, 95° 36' 39"W swamps nearby
- - 48° 08' 14"N, 95° 36' 20"W  
24/25   48° 08' 12"N, 95° 36' 09"W  
  48° 08' 12"N, 95° 35' 56"W  
25   48° 08' 10"N, 95° 35' 50"W small area
  48° 08' 01"N, 95° 36' 09"W  
  48° 08' 11"N, 95° 36' 20"W  
25/26 - - 48° 07' 53"N, 95° 36' 31"W large area
34/35 -- 48° 07' 05"N, 95° 38' 12"W long area on road
35 - - 48° 06' 41"N, 95° 37' 31"W  
48° 06' 44"N, 95° 37' 24"W
35/36 - - 48° 06' 59"N, 95° 36' 54"W large area with depression
36 - - 48° 06' 40"N, 95° 36' 04"W  
48° 07' 01"N, 95° 35' 49"W large area - extends into Beltrami county
Pine 45N 16W Nickerson 21 -- >1360 46° 21' 40"N, 92° 22' 24"W in Nemadji State Forest
Pipestone 108N 45W Fountain
Prairie
1 -- >1990 44° 11' 34"N, 96° 12' 12"W  
2 -- 44° 11' 46"N, 96° 12' 39"W
Polk 147N 39W Columbia 26 -- >1570 47° 31' 11"N, 95° 35' 27"W  
Pope 126N 37W Leven 5 -- >1460 45° 45' 16"N, 95° 21' 15"W next to RR track
45° 45' 11"N, 95° 21' 24"W  
45° 45' 04"N, 95° 21' 37"W  
45° 44' 58"N, 95° 21' 34"W  
45° 44' 54"N, 95° 21' 36"W  
45° 44' 42"N, 95° 21' 43"W  
Ramsey 30N 23W   16 -- >1100 45° 05' 33"N, 93° 10' 11"W Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant
Red Lake 150N 41W Lambert 36 -- >1207 47° 45' 36"N, 95° 50' 22"W SE Corner of Red Lake County
Redwood 109N 39W Springdale 31 -- >1450 44° 11' 44"N, 95° 35' 37"W SW Corner of Redwood County
44° 11' 58"N, 95° 35' 37"W hill on road: ~1000 feet N of corner
Renville 116N 33W Osceola 1 -- >1145 44° 53' 27"N, 94° 45' 54"W  
44° 53' 25"N, 94° 45' 58"W
44° 53' 23"N, 94° 45' 57"W
44° 53' 23"N, 94° 46' 02"W
2 -- 44° 53' 16"N, 94° 46' 39"W  
4 -- 44° 53' 15"N, 94° 49' 04"W  
Rice 109N 19W Richland 27 -- >1270 44° 12' 49"N, 93° 05' 45"W 3 small areas
44° 12' 41"N, 93° 05' 40"W
44° 12' 36"N, 93° 05' 35"W
34 -- 44° 12' 13"N, 93° 05' 29"W 1 apparent road upgrade
44° 12' 12"N, 93° 05' 22"W large area -- highest of these 5
44° 12' 01"N, 93° 05' 05"W 3 small areas
44° 11' 57"N, 93° 05' 17"W
44° 12' 01"N, 93° 05' 28"W
Rock 104N 45W Denver 29 -- >1790 43° 47' 23"N, 96° 16' 07"W BM Hardwick
Roseau 159N 37W -- 24 -- >1270 48° 34' 35"N, 95° 21' 37"W on Red Lake Indian Reservation
25 -- 48° 34' 03"N, 95° 21' 05"W
Scott 113N 21W New Market 27 -- >1230 44° 33' 38"N, 93° 19' 15"W Elko BM
Sherburne 35N 30W Haven 7 -- >1110 45° 32' 23"N, 94° 07' 08"W  
Sibley 114N 31W Grafton 6 -- >1090 44° 42' 31"N, 94° 37' 42"W  
8 -- 44° 41' 55"N, 94° 34' 48"W largest 1090´ contour in county
8/9 -- 44° 41' 55"N, 94° 34' 45"W on section line road
27 -- 44° 39' 15"N, 94° 33' 20"W in Brack Cemetary
30 -- 44° 38' 42"N, 94° 37' 16"W  
113N Moltke 6 -- 44° 37' 27"N, 94° 37' 15"W  
-- 44° 36' 55"N, 94° 36' 26"W two close areas split by road
7 44° 36' 52"N, 94° 36' 24"W
-- 44° 36' 04"N, 94° 36' 31"W near gravel pit
10 -- 44° 36' 42"N, 94° 32' 57"W two close areas near farm place
44° 36' 46"N, 94° 32' 47"W
30W Bismarck 8 -- 44° 36' 10"N, 94° 28' 06"W near gravel pit
Saint Louis 59N 16W -- 31 Pike Mountain >1950 47° 33' 26"N, 92° 25' 49"W  
Stearns 124N 30W Collegeville 20 -- >1460 45° 32' 32"N, 94° 28' 35"W Private Land
Steele 106N 19W Aurora 15 -- >1350 43° 59' 30"N, 93° 05' 21"W  
Stevens 126N 41W Swan Lake 9/10 -- >1270 45° 44' 24"N, 95° 49' 17"W  
45° 44' 29"N, 95° 49' 28"W
45° 44' 33"N, 95° 49' 29"W
Swift 121N 37W Hayes 10 -- >1300 45° 18' 17"N, 95° 18' 10"W  
Todd 133N 35W Stowe Prairie 4 Mount Nebo >1510 46° 21' 22"N, 95° 06' 26"W BM
46° 21' 21"N, 95° 06' 24"W  
Traverse 125N 48W Arthur 17 -- >1200 45° 38' 21"N, 96° 44' 12"W Layden BM
Wabasha 108N 12W Elgin 33 -- >1240 44° 06' 28"N, 92° 15' 42"W on Olmstead County Line
110N 10W Greenfield 9 Greenfield Hill 44° 20' 45"N, 92° 01' 31"W  
Wadena 137N 35W Red Eye 6 -- >1520 46° 42' 18"N, 95° 09' 46"W  
46° 42' 39"N, 95° 09' 27"W
46° 42' 44"N, 95° 09' 20"W
Waseca 105N 22W New Richland 24 -- >1290 43° 52' 42"N, 93° 24' 29"W (2 small areas split by Hwy 30)
43° 52' 38"N, 93° 24' 28"W
25 -- 43° 51' 50"N, 93° 25' 33"W small area near road
36 -- 43° 51' 40"N, 93° 24' 26"W small area on farmplace
-- 43° 51' 03"N, 93° 24' 53"W  
43° 50' 54"N, 93° 24' 47"W on Freeborn County Line
-- 43° 51' 03"N, 93° 25' 21"W large area extending into Freeborn County
Washington 28N 21W   17 -- >1100 44° 57' 42"N, 92° 57' 57"W Water Tower
29N 21W   31 -- 44° 54' 54"N, 92° 56' 48"W Water Tank
Watonwan 105N 33W Odin 31 -- >1300 43° 50' 57"N, 94° 51' 13"W small hill near Jackson/Martin county tripoint
Wilkin 135N 45W Tanberg 13 -- 1252 46° 30' 31"N, 96° 16' 51"W on Otter Tail County Line
Winona 106N 7W Wilson 22/27 -- >1360 43° 57' 41"N, 91° 39' 03"W large, irregularly shaped hill
27 43° 57' 20"N, 91° 38' 58"W  
43° 57' 11"N, 91° 39' 01"W  
43° 57' 04"N, 91° 39' 04"W  
Wright 120N 28W French Lake 8 -- >1220 45° 12' 54"N, 94° 13' 29"W BM French
-- 45° 12' 44"N, 94° 13' 16"W wooded hill
Yellow Medicine 114N 46W Fortier 18-19 -- >1740 44° 40' 28"N, 96° 26' 26"W section-line road over hill
31 -- 44° 38' 37"N, 96° 26' 37"W pasture hill northeast of abandoned farm
-- 44° 38' 03"N, 96° 26' 57"W long narrow hill north of abandoned farm

 

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