Two Harbors Lighthouse

Two Harbors is a town along Lake Superior in Minnesota, about 27 miles north of Duluth.

Get in

By car

Minnesota State Highway 61 is the only route into town. It stretches from Duluth in the south, through Two Harbors, all the way to the Canadian border at Grand Portage. From there it becomes Ontario Highway 61 and continues to Thunder Bay.

See

• 1 Depot Museum (Duluth and Iron Range Depot), 520 South Ave, ☏ +1 218 834-4898. A former train station built by the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad. Today it is maintained by the Lake County Historical Society as a history museum. 
• 2 Lighthouse Point and Harbor Museum (Two Harbors Light Station), ☏ +1 218 834-4898. The oldest lighthouse in Minnesota. Keepers quarters now used as a bed and breakfast (see below).  
• 3 Split Rock Lighthouse, 3713 Split Rock Lighthouse Rd, ☏ +1 218 226-6372, splitrock@mnhs.org.  

Eat

• 1 Betty's Pies, 1633 Hwy 61, ☏ +1 218 834-3367. 7AM-9PM daily. A small diner on Highway 61 just north of town known for its multitude of pies, and something of an institution on the North Shore. Others regard it as more of an overcrowded tourist trap getting by on its long-held reputation. 

Sleep

• 1 Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast, 1 Lighthouse Point, ☏ +1 218 834-4814, toll-free: +1-888-832-5606, lakehist@lakenet.com. 
• 2 Country Inn of Two Harbors, 1204 7th Ave, ☏ +1 218-834-5557, toll-free: +1-877-604-5332, info@countryinntwoharbors.com. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. 46 room, midscale hotel with an indoor swimming pool, whirlpool & sauna. Free WiFi. Free hot breakfast buffet. 100% non-smoking. Pet friendly rooms available. On-site mini golf course. (updated May 2015)

Go next

Routes through Two Harbors

Thunder Bay ← becomes ← Lutsen ←

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→ Duluth → END