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Mississippi Headwaters

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Height of Land Lookout (2005 ft/611 m)
Countries	United States (85%), Canada (15%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Minnesota (76%), Manitoba (13%), Wisconsin (8%), Ontario (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	63,959 sq mi / 165,654 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	452 mi / 728 km North-South 286 mi / 461 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	47° 25' N; 94° 12' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Mississippi Headwaters
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Mississippi Headwaters.

Upper Mississippi Area	Level 4 (Parent)
Mississippi Headwaters	Level 5
Mississippi-Missouri River Plains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Mississippi-Illinois-Lake Michigan Plains	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Mississippi Headwaters

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Height of Land Lookout	2005	611
2.	Anchor Hill	1895	578
3.	Wolf Lake Lookout	1860+	567+
4.	Strawberry Mountain	1854	565
5.	Thorpe Lookout Tower	1840+	561+
6.	Hubbard County High Point	1840+	561+
7.	Mahnomen County High Point	1820+	555+
8.	Otter Tail County High Point	1790+	546+
9.	Toad Mountain	1755	535
10.	Rusk County High Point	1750	533
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Mississippi Headwaters

Height of Land Lookout In the grasp of a new morning atop Height of Land. (2017-10-16). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info	Thorpe Lookout Tower This peak is on the North Country National Scenic Trail (2021-09-04). Photo by David Johnson. Click here for larger-size photo.
Flambeau Ridge Flambeau Ridge, Wisconsin Photo by Tom Scheimo. Click here for larger-size photo.	Burnett County High Point The fire tower at the Burnett County Highpoint (main summit contour) as seen from the west (2014-05-05). Photo by Gustav Sexauer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Frederic Lookout Tower View from the Frederic Lookout Tower (2017-10-14). Photo by Doug Urban. Click here for larger-size photo.	Runestone Hill Photo of the plaque near the top of the hill commemorating the unearthing of the Viking Kensington Rune Stone dated 1362 (2018-06-28). Photo by David Johnson. Click here for larger-size photo.
Grant County High Point Peak at "other candidate area" for Grant County HP, MN (2015-11-08). Photo by Stacey Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.	Dunnewa Benchmark Dunnewa Benchmark lies at the top of this mound as viewed from the east (2014-05-06). Photo by Gustav Sexauer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Frenchmans Bluff A very old benchmark marks the top (2014-05-03). Photo by Gustav Sexauer. Click here for larger-size photo.	Saint Croix County High Point View north from one of Saint Croix County's highest points (2014-05-06). Photo by Gustav Sexauer. Click here for larger-size photo.

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