Eagle Mountain
- Easiest route
- 5.2 km+183 m · about 1.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 403 m1,321 ft
- Tonight
- 50°FCloudy · Wind 5 mph S
Eagle Mountain is a 701 m (2,300 ft) mountain in the Misquah Hills, Minnesota, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 701 m · 2,300 ft
- Range
- Misquah Hills
- Region
- Minnesota, United States
- Protected area
- Superior National Forest
- Coordinates
- 47.8975° N, 90.5604° W
How to get to the top of Eagle Mountain
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Eagle Mountain Trail (trailhead)
- Distance
- 5.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +183 m−17 m (600 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Eagle Mountain 3D map
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Eagle Mountain terrain and contours
10 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Eagle Mountain Trail. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Eagle Mountain weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 50°F (10°C) · 62% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph S
Eagle Mountain forecast for the summit, about 563 m.
- Tonight50°62%5 mph S
- Sat38°65°58%5–10 mph S
- Sun30°50°–5–10 mph NW
- Mon27°42°4%0–5 mph N
- Tue33°43°30%0–5 mph SE
- Wed36°50°50%5 mph S
- Thu30°47°19%10 mph W
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:16 UTC.
Camping & parking near Eagle Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Eagle Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
1.1 km ESE
Nearest parking
3.9 km SSE
Nearest trailhead
Eagle Mountain Trail
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 1.1 km ESE |
| Campsite | 1.1 km SE |
| Campsite | 3.5 km NW |
| Parking | 3.9 km SSE |
| Eagle Mountain TrailTrailhead | 4.0 km SSE |
| Parking | 4.4 km SE |
| Parking | 4.5 km SSE |
| Brule Lake TrailTrailhead | 7.0 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Eagle Mountain?
The easiest mapped route, 5.2 km from 532 m to 701 m. Steepest stretch: 14°.
- 0–15°5.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 128 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Canadian bunchberry12
- Rock harlequin11
- Jack pine8
- American Toad8
- Bluebead lily7
- Wild sarsaparilla7
Where Eagle Mountain sits
- Region
- Minnesota23United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Eagle Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 700 m at the summit; the official height is 701 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 701 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 700 m | -1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 700 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 702 m | +1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 701 m | -0 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-22)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia