Birch Beach, Minnesota

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Birch Beach, Minnesota
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Birch Beach
Coordinates: 48°57′9″N94°55′54″W / 48.95250°N 94.93167°W / 48.95250; -94.93167
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Lake of the Woods
Township Prosper
Elevation
1,070 ft (330 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 218
GNIS feature ID640156 [1]

Birch Beach is an unincorporated community approximately 15 miles north of Williams, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. It lies along the southern shore of Lake of the Woods, southeast of Long Point.

County Road 52, also known as Birch Beach Drive, leads to the community, which consists of a series of roughly 60 houses and cabins along the road.

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References

  1. "Birch Beach". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

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