Distances from Cook to Various Places
This section provides an overview of the distances between Cook and various surrounding destinations, including local landmarks, towns, and cities. The list also includes mile markers and notable landmarks along the way.
Distances from Cook to Virginia
- To Virginia, from Cook
- 27.5 miles to the Thunderbird Mall
- Route: Highway 53
Key Mileage and Landmarks
- 00.0 – Cook Post Office
- 00.5 – Johnson Road #984: This gravel road runs east for 8.8 miles to the old #1, now #361
- 00.5 – Mile marker 92 (92 miles from the middle of the Duluth high bridge, the Wisconsin border)
- 01.5 – Mile marker 91
- 02.3 – Ahlgren Lane
- 02.5 – Mile marker 90
- 02.5 – Airport Road: West to the Cook Airport (0.5 mile)
- 03.2 – Rice River
- 03.7 – Leander Rd #87: East 8.5 miles to Brown Rd, West 8.7 miles to Riddell Rd
- 04.4 – Ainsworth (Potlatch) Plant
- 05.4 – Sherman’s Corner
- Hwy 1 East: Tower 24, Soudan 26, Ely 46, Lake Superior 110
- Hwy 22 west: Hwy 73 10 miles, Hwy 65 24 miles from Hwy 53
- 06.0 – Rice River
- 06.8 – Anton Road #492
- 07.9 – Heino Rd #467: West 6.7 miles to County 25, 10.2 miles to Highway 73
- 08.7 – Church, Country Roads Gift Shop
- 10.5 – New highway construction (Rice River)
- 10.6 – Musukka Mountain
- 11.1 – Hakkila Rd #668
- 13.5 – Halfway to Virginia from Cook (mile marker 79)
- 13.9 – Biss Road #65: Sand Lake Chapel, 7.4 miles to Hwy 25 and the Wooden Table Inn
- 14.7 – Comfort Rd 6861
- 16.0 – Donnywood East
- 16.5 – Britt Store
- 17.4 – Aspen (El Roy) Supper Club
- 19.5 – Wouri Rd 307
- 21.3 – Shady Pines Rd (Old Highway 53 under the RR overpass)
- 22.3 – Laurentian Divide: Mile marker 70
- 23.5 – Minorca RR Overpass
- 24.5 – Virginia City Limits
- 25.8 – County 102: Stop lights east to Virginia Hospital, west to Parkville/Mt Iron
- 26.5 – Mile marker 66
- 27.5 – Virginia Mall
Distances from Cook to Orr
- To Orr, from Cook
- 17.4 miles to County Road 23 in Orr
Key Mileage and Landmarks
- 00.0 – Cook Post Office
- 00.6 – Mile marker 93
- 01.6 – Little Fork River
- 01.7 – Highway 1 West: Linden Grove & Hwy #73 (8.8 miles from Cook)
- 03.6 – North Burtness Road #488
- 05.1 – Olson Road #540
- 06.6 – Mile marker 99
- 08.6 – Highway #73: South to #1 & Linden Grove
- 09.6 – Mile marker 102
- 11.0 – Gheen Corners: County 74 West, Greaney & Vi’s Store 9.0 miles
- 12.1 – Top of Gheen Hill
- 13.7 – Rock Cut, Usitila Hill
- 15.8 – Pelican River
- 16.1 – Highway #23 West: 17 miles to Nett Lake
- 16.6 – Mile marker 109
- 17.4 – Orr: County Highway 23 east, 16.2 miles to Buyck & County #24 to Cook
Distances from Cook to Buyck
- To Buyck from Cook
- 00.7 miles to Highway 115 at Dykes Corner
Key Mileage and Landmarks
- 00.7 – Highway 115 at Dykes Corner (Formerly Highway #1 until 1994)
- 03.2 – County 78: East Olson Road #540
- 04.7 – Vermilion Lake Road #431: Southeast 6.4 miles to Beatty Road
- 07.8 – Moosbird Store
- 08.0 – The Landing Supper Club
- 12.9 – Kennedy Road: To Elbow Lake
- 16.7 – Woolverton Road, Gustafson
- 17.1 – Cedar Road: Life of Riley Resort
Distances to Various Minnesota Cities
- Aikin: 127 miles
- Ash Lake: 41 miles
- Ash River Trail: 43 miles
- Aurora: 43 miles
- Babbitt: 48 miles
- Baudette: 142 miles
- Bear River: 20 miles
- Bemidji: 144 miles
- Big Fork: 57 miles
- Biwabik: 39 miles
- Brainerd: 157 miles
- Buhl: 30 miles
- Buyck: 33 miles
- Canyon: 68 miles
- Chisholm: 34 miles
- Cloquet: 87 miles
- Cohasset: 84 miles
- Coleraine: 68 miles
- Cotton: 53 miles
- Crane Lake: 45 miles
- Duluth: 90 miles
- Effie: 50 miles
- Ely: 46 miles
- Eveleth: 31 miles
- Fargo/Moorhead: 249 miles
- Finland: 103 miles
- Gilbert: 32 miles
- Grand Marais: 136 miles
- Grand Rapids: 74 miles
- Greaney: 20 miles
- Hibbing: 40 miles
- Hinckley: 143 miles
- Hoyt Lakes: 51 miles
- International Falls: 70 miles
- Isabella: 83 miles
- Kabetogoma Lake: 46 miles
- Keewatin: 48 miles
- Kinney: 30 miles
- Little Fork: 70 miles
- Mankato: 326 miles
- Minneapolis Dome: 220 miles
- Minneapolis Mall: 230 miles
- Minneapolis Airport: 225 miles
- More: 163 miles
- Moose Lake: 112 miles
- Mountain Iron: 30 miles
- Nett Lake: 37 miles
- Northome: 80 miles
- Orr: 17 miles
- Park Rapids: 166 miles
- Pine City: 155 miles
- Princeton: 202 miles
- Ray: 53 miles
- Roseau: 200 miles
- St. Cloud: 211 miles
- St. Paul Capital Bldg: 218 miles
- Silverdale: 29 miles
- Soudan: 26 miles
- Stillwater: 218 miles
- Sturgeon: 14 miles
- Thief River Falls: 235 miles
- Two Harbors: 118 miles through Duluth
- Togo: 25 miles
- Tower: 24 miles
- Virginia: 27 miles
- Wadena: 201 miles
- Warroad: 178 miles