Willow River, MN

Willow River is a small Pine County town of 342 people, about 90 miles north of Minneapolis via I-35 and Highway 23. The most common route takes I-35 north to Hinckley, then Highway 23 west for 15 miles. From Duluth, it's a 45-mile drive southwest on Highway 23 through farming country. The town's 1899 wooden grain elevator still towers over the community as one of Pine County's last original structures.

Airports closest to Willow River, MN are Richard I Bong Memorial Airport and Grantsburg Municipal Airport.