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template: byway.jade
id: "2455"
name: Edge of the Wilderness
distance: "47"
duration: Three hours to visit the entire byway
description: "Travel this spectacular, winding byway by many pristine lakes, forests, swamps, rolling hills, and other unique features. Outdoor recreation, interpretive sites, and other exciting opportunities await the traveler.  During fall, the northwoods is adorned with the brilliant colors of red sugar maples, bronze oak trees and glowing gold aspen and birch."
contact: "**[Edge of the Wilderness Resort Area](http://www.edgeofthewilderness.com/index.html)**  \r\n888-754-0011  \r\n<thefriendlyfolks@edgeofthewilderness.com>\r\n\r\n**Edge of the Wilderness Discovery Center**  \r\n218-832-3161  \r\n\r\n[**Grand Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau**](http://www.visitgrandrapids.com)"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/chippewa/"
    name: Chippewa National Forest
  - url: "http://www.exploreminnesota.com/where-to-go/scenic-byways/northeast-byways/edge-of-the-wilderness/index.aspx"
    name: Edge of the Wilderness
  - url: "http://www.edgeofthewilderness.org"
    name: Edge of the Wilderness Area (NIJPB)
  - url: "http://www.edgeofthewilderness.com/"
    name: Edge of the Wilderness Resort Area
  - url: "http://www.visitgrandrapids.com"
    name: "Grand Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau"
  - url: "http://vnw.org"
    name: Virtual North Woods
  - url: "http://www.edgeofthewilderness.com/eow_calendar_of_events.html"
    name: "What's Happening on Edge of the Wilderness Byway"
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - Minnesota State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - MN
ll: 
  - -93.53298199999995
  - 47.23595000000006
bounds: 
  - - -93.69104799999997
    - 47.23595000000006
  - - -93.52729799999997
    - 47.840056

---

Travel this spectacular, winding byway by many pristine lakes, forests, swamps, rolling hills, and other unique features. Outdoor recreation, interpretive sites, and other exciting opportunities await the traveler.  During fall, the northwoods is adorned with the brilliant colors of red sugar maples, bronze oak trees and glowing gold aspen and birch.