Dream Town Duluth
Duluth Rated in Top Ten of "America's Greatest Outside Towns" by Outside Magazine(Duluth, MN)—Outside Magazine, a national magazine targeting outdoor audiences, has named the top ten outdoor towns in the United States. Duluth, Minnesota is the only Midwestern community listed next to the likes of Santa Fe, NM; Camden ME; Bellingham WA; and Santa Barbara, CA. Communities were selected based on close access to multiple outdoor activities, employment levels, housing marketing, and intact cultural identity. All towns featured had formal plans to maintain the above standards and create sustainable futures.
Features including natural food stores, climbing gyms, outdoor music venues, minor league baseball, and an active arts community were considered in addition to Duluth’s natural attractions. Duluth is most known for its rocky shoreline and steep inclines on Lake Superior. The city boasts over 105,000 acres of green space within city limits, 23 streams (12 of which have natural and fishable trout populations), over 20 miles of cross country ski trails, 900+ feet of vertical downhill skiing and the gateway to Lake Superior’s north shore.
“Take the ten best outdoorsy communities we found, explored and scrutinized,” writes Outside Magazine correspondent Mike Grudowki, “places where the miles of single track far exceed the miles of six-lane beltway, where you can stroll or pedal to the farmers market, where the arts scene doesn’t stop at the multiplex, where you don’t have to count the number of garages from the corner to tell which house is yours….Places that no one could mistake for Anywhere.”
To read more, visit Outside Magazine Online.
