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template: byway.jade
id: "2242"
name: Otter Trail Scenic Byway
distance: "150"
duration: "Allow at least half a day to drive this byway, but you will need to spend several days to take it all in."
description: "Travel through Fergus Falls, Battle Lake, Perham, and Pelican Rapids on this 150-mile byway consisting of county and state roadways."
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.exploreminnesota.com/where-to-go/scenic-byways/northwest-byways/otter-trail/index.aspx"
    name: "Explore Minnesota- Otter Trail Scenic Byway"
  - url: "http://www.ottertailcountry.com/"
    name: The Otter Trail
  - url: "http://seeminnesotalakesbycar.yourresort.com/"
    name: "Three Seasons Lodge "
designations: 
  - Minnesota State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - MN
ll: 
  - -96.08358800000002
  - 46.5693280000001
bounds: 
  - - -96.09866299999999
    - 46.1223490000001
  - - -95.51062000000002
    - 46.60417200000006

---

Meandering through 150 miles of Otter Tail County, the Otter Trail is a delightful drive. Guiding travelers over rolling hills thick with maple, oak, and birch trees; past shimmering lakes and ponds sprinkled with white and yellow water lilies; and through
fascinating towns alive with culture, history, and fun things to see and do; the byway provides treats to delight the senses.  

Highway signs sporting a frisky otter clearly mark the
circuitous route, and with the help of an Otter Tail County map available at any regional Minnesota Information Center, the journey
makes a terrific day-trip. Travel through Fergus Falls, Battle
Lake, Perham and Pelican Rapids in the most beautiful lake country
Minnesota has to offer.  