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About 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.

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Willow River, MN is in United States, at 46.321, -92.835 - about 24 km north of Sandstone, MN.

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The closest airport to Willow River, MN is Duluth International Airport, 92 km (about 1 h 19 min by car).

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