Minnesota Point, also known as the Park Point

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of Duluth, Minnesota, United States; is a long, narrow sand spit that extends out from the Canal Park tourist recreation-oriented district of the city of Duluth. The Point separates Lake Superior from

Superior Bay Superior Bay is a narrow inlet of Lake Superior along the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is long and wide. A small strait connects it to the Saint Louis Bay to the west, into which the Saint Louis River empties. Superior Bay is located be ...

and the Duluth Harbor Basin. Lake Avenue South / Minnesota Avenue serves as a main route in the community. Near the end of Minnesota Point is a small airport, Sky Harbor Airport. Beyond the airport, approximately 3/4 mile, is an old growth red and white pine forest. Within the forest is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources designated area, the ''Minnesota Point Pine Forest Scientific and Natural Area'', which encompasses 18 acres. Minnesota Point is approximately 7 miles in length, and when included with adjacent

Wisconsin Point Wisconsin Point is a peninsula off the shore of Superior in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. in length, it is in the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. The point is the world's largest freshwater bay mouth sand bar. The ...

, which extends 3 miles out from the city of

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, Wisconsin, totals 10 miles.

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