FactMap·Minnesota

A Park You Explore by Boat

Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota is one of the few national parks best experienced on the water — roughly 40% of its 218,000 acres is lake. It's also an International Dark Sky Park, offering some of the clearest views of the aurora borealis in the lower 48.

Source: National Park Service

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