What Else Is In The Area?
City of Isle
The city of Isle is home to numerous fun shops, coffeehouse, restaurants, drug store, grocery store, bakery, bowling alley, and much more! Check out everything Isle has to offer on their website!
Restaurants
Isle Bowl & Pizza, 365 Third Ave S, Isle, MN 56342, 320-676-8880
Snacks of Mille Lacs & Beckham’s Bar & Bistro, Main Street, Isle, MN 56342, 320-676-3511
Tibbett’s Wilderness Cabin Coffee, 290 Main Street W, Isle, MN 56342, 320-676-3191
State Parks
Father Hennepin State Park is a state park located on the southeast corner of Mille Lacs Lake. The park is named after Father Louis Hennepin, a priest who visited the area with a French expedition in 1680. The 320-acre park has numerous trails suited for biking and hiking, beachside picnic areas, fishing piers, and a sandy beach over one mile long. Take in the sights of the lake and the many different mammals and birds that call this park home.
Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, also known as Kathio Site, is a Minnesota state park on Mille Lacs Lake. The park preserves habitation sites and mound groups, believed to date between 3000 BC and 1750 AD, that document Sioux Indian culture and Ojibwe-Sioux relationships. The park contains 19 identified archaeological sites, making it one of the most significant archaeological collections in Minnesota. The fourth largest Minnesota State Park offers picnicking, boat, canoe, ski and snowshoe rentals. Visit the interpretive center, take a walk down the Landmark Trail, and check out the 100-foot observation tower. Enjoy the well-groomed ski trails, snowmobile trails, and naturalist programs for families as well.
Casinos
Grand Casino Mille Lacs - 777 Grand Avenue, Onamia, MN 56359
Grand Casino Mille Lacs offers more than 1,500 video slots, dozens of blackjack tables, & live bingo six days a week. They feature the biggest names in entertainment, multiple onsite restaurants & bars, and is a perfect venue away from the lake to try your luck at.
Museums
Mille Lacs Lake Historical Society Museum - Explore the history of Mille Lacs Lake, fur trading, logging industry, railroads, pioneer settlements and farming.
Garrison Concourse - Located off of Highway 169 on the Northwest corner of Mille Lacs, the Garrison Concourse was constructed from 1936-1939 by the CCC Camp SP-15. The Concourse is the only stone overlook in Minnesota that projects into a lake. The Concourse is listed on the National Society for Commercial Archeology's list entitled: ''Falling by the Wayside: 10 Most Endangered Roadside Places.'' and ''The Minnesota Preservation Alliance list of 10 Most Endangered Historic Places.''
Mille Lacs Indian Museum & Trading Post - Ojibwe culture is highlighted with exhibits, activities and original artwork and gifts available for purchase. Highlights include: 1930s Trading Post Building, Museum exhibits on Ojibwe culture & history, Hourly tour of Four Seasons Room, Daily Ojibwe game, loom beading & puzzles, and seasonal demonstrations.
