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You are here, closest to what is considered to be the sources of the Mississippi. It is very easy to cross the river from one bank to the other. The site is located within Itasca State Park. Many infrastructures are in the surroundings due in large part to the celebrity of the places.

Remember to dip your tire if you have ever been a RAGBRAI participant or plan to be one.

This particular picnic shelter is a 1/3 mile walk to the Mississippi River Headwaters (tell you friends you walked across the river from one bank to the other). On the way you'll pass a lakeside museum. There are flush toilets but they're a little walk from the picnic area.

Open Memorial Day to Labor Day noon to 4pm, when volunteers are available. It's right off the trail, but since it faces the road it can be easy to miss - even with the giant Paul Bunyan in front of it.

The pavilion has water, flush toilets, picnic tables, and a 30 foot long muskie commissioned by the chamber of commerce in 1950.