OUTING AREA INFORMATION

 

AIRPORTS

BRAINERD CROW WING COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT  
LONGVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
  • 218-363-3347 for weather information
  • Longville, MN
  • Airport Info
 
WALKER AIRPORT  

 

CAMPGROUNDS

CLINT CONVERSE STATE FOREST CAMPGROUND
  • The campground area was used as a CCC camp in 1934. The campground is named after Clint Converse who was the forest ranger at Washburn Lake for 27 years and was instrumental in establishing the campground. 
  • Facilities include 33 campsites, picnic sites, a swimming beach, and water access. There are also several physically challenged sites available. 
  • From Outing, take hwy. 6 no. 2 miles to the Lake Washburn Road. Turn west and go 1.6 miles. The campground will be on your right.

CANISTER & RECYCLING STATION

Garbage accepted only in Orange Outing prepaid bags which are for sale at:

Owl's & Things   --   Roosevelt Station   --  Unity Bank

SUMMER:    May to Labor Day:

  • Monday- 10 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. 
  • Wednesday - 4 P.M. to 6 P.M.
  • Saturday - 10 A.M. to 12 P.M.
  • Sunday - 12 P.M. to 4 P.M. 
WINTER:    Labor Day to May:
  • Monday- 10 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. 
  • Saturday - 10 A.M. to 12 P.M.

RECYCLING

  • Recycle bins for paper, glass, cans, and plastic are open 24 hours
  • Cardboard recycle bins are also on site
  •  Fluorescent bulbs are accepted only during open canister hours. 

 

CHURCHES 

CHURCH OF ST. EMILY (Catholic)
  • Emily, MN
  • 218-763-2510 
  • Masses: 
  • Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
  • Summer Sunday Mass: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
  • Emily, MN
  • 218-763-2939 (church)
  • 218-763-2939 (school)
  •  Sunday Worship Service at 10 a.m.
EMILY WESLEYAN CHURCH
  • Emily, MN
  • 218-763-HOPE (4673) (office)
  • 218-763-2904 (parsonage)
  •   hope@ewchurch.com 
  • Sunday School, 9:15 a.m. 
  • Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. 
  • Wednesday Worship 6:30 p.m.
NARROWS COMMUNITY CHURCH (Non denominational)
  • Outing, MN
  • 218-763-4088
  • Ministered by Reverend Wes Trucker
  • Located 2 blocks north of Outing - across from the Town Hall. 
  • Bible Study 10 a.m. Sunday  
  • Church Service 11:00 a.m. Sundays.
OUR SAVIORS LUTHERAN CHURCH
  • Located 1/2 mile north of Outing on Highway 6
  • Church Service 9:00 a.m. Sunday
  • Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays of the Month.
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
  • Emily, MN
  • 218-763-2122
  • Sunday Worship, 9:00 a.m.

 

CITY & GOVERNMENT 

CROOKED LAKE  TOWNSHIP
  • Meetings held at Floyd B. Simmons Memorial Community Hall
  • 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
CROOKED LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • 218-792-5383
  • Meetings held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
  • In the Fire Hall.

OUTING TOWN HALL / FLOYD B. SIMMONS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HALL

  • State Highway 6 N. E., Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5315

 

 
U. S. POST OFFICE
  • Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5214
  • Weekday Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Sat. 8 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

 

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

EMILY/OUTING SNOWBIRDS SNOWMOBILE CLUB
  •   PO Box 225, Emily, MN 56447 
Meetings: 
  • Winter - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. in Emily Town Hall
  • Summer: 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in Emily Town Hall.
LAKERS LIONS - EMILY, OUTING & FIFTY LAKES
  • PO Box 66, Outing, MN 56662-0066
  • 218-792-5314
  • Meets the 2nd and 3rd Monday of each month.
OUTING GUN CLUB, INC.
  • 218-792-5869
  • PO Box 50, Outing, MN 56662- 0055
  • Meetings held at the Floyd B. Simmons Memorial Community Hall
  • 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
 
OUTING AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
  • PO Box 33, Outing, MN 56662-0033 
  • Meets second Monday each month
  • At the Crooked Lake Town Hall.  
ROOSEVELT / LAWRENCE LAKE ASSOCIATION - RALALA   
SENIOR CITIZEN'S CLUB
  • Meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. 
  • At Floyd B. Simmons Memorial Community  & Town Hall
THE OVER THE HILLS GANG ATV CLUB
  • The Over the Hills Gang ATV club was started to protect our right to ride on the trails.   By joining ATVAM (All Terrain Vehicle Association of Minnesota), you will be informed of issues concerning our right to ride. 
  • Monthly 1st Saturday of each month @ 10am - March through October. Meetings at Granny's Bar & Grill  on Highway 6
LAKE WASHBURN ASSOCIATION
  • PO Box 26, Outing, MN 566620026 
 

 

COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS

SCREEN PORCH PRODUCTIONS, INC.  - YOUR COMMUNITY ARTS ORGANIZATION
  • Therese Kunz
  • 218-792-5779
  • A Community Arts Organization
  • Creating and implementing programs that provide education and opportunity in the performing, visual and literary arts.

 

GOVERNMENT OFFICES

Crooked Lake Township - Fire Hall
  • 6300 Woods Bay Dr NE - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5759
 
Crooked Lake Township - Fire Hall
  • 509 State 6 Ne - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5476
 
Crooked Lake Township - Maintenance Bldg
  • 6288 Woods Bay Dr Ne - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5918
 

Crooked Lake Township - Township Clerk

  • Maintenance building 628 - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5628
 
Crooked Lake Township - Town Hall
  • 509 State 6 NE - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5315
 
Crooked Lake Township
  • 6300 Woods Bay Dr NE - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5628
 

Minnesota State Dept of Natural Resources - Fish Section Spire Valley Fisheries Station Remer

  • Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5164
 
Minnesota State Dept of Natural Resources - Forestry Washburn Lk Ranger Station
  • 1145 State 6 NE - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5383
 
Outing Town Hall
  • 726 State 6 NE - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5315
 
Outing Town Hall - Township Crooked Lake
  • 6288 Woods Bay Dr NE - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5918
 
U S Postal Service
  • 420 State 6 NE - Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5214
 

 

LIBRARIES

OUTING VOLUNTEER LIBRARY
  • Located in the Old Crooked Lake Township Fire Hall Building
  • Librarian - Carol Pierce
  • 218-792-5438
  • Monday - 10am to 2pm
  • Wednesday - 4pm to 6pm
  • Saturday - 9am to 12pm
  • CHILDREN'S SUMMER STORY TIME  -  SATURDAYS AT 10  A.M. TO 11 A.M. (Memorial Day to Labor Day)
  • Books for everyone, magazines, research, movies, large print, Children's section!  If you have not stopped in  - Visit us soon - we have much to offer!!  
  • This is a community library and you may volunteer your time, donate books or help in any way that is needed. 
KITCHIGAMI REGIONAL LIBRARY
  • 218-587-2171 for questions regarding pick-up and delivery
  • Pine River, MN 
  • The bookmobile stops in Emily by the Hardware Store
  • www.kris.org   krlbook@kris.org
  • The Bookmobiles offer a wide variety of library materials to serve you: Books, magazines, videos, music cassettes, CD's, books on cassette, large print books and more!
  • If you do not see what you need on the shelf, ask us to request it for you.  We interlibrary loan materials from across the entire country.

 

MAPS

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES  
SNOWMOBILE TRAIL MAP  

 

PARKS

CROFT MINE HISTORICAL PARK
  • Entrance is located just off Highway 6 on the north edge of Crosby (24 miles south of Outing). 
  • Great for a brief visit or an all day exploration for vacationers, club trips, group tours, family gatherings, re-unions and educational outings.
  • Admission to all park facilities (with the exception of the underground mine experience, which requires a minimal fee) is free. 
  • Open Memorial Day thru Labor Day.
LUSCHER PARK
  • Located on Beautiful Lawrence Lake on Cty. Rd. 58 just east of Downtown Outing
  • Brand new playground equipment and handicapped accessible restroom facilities. 
  • Public boat landing for Lawrence Lake with a waterway to Roosevelt Lake.

 

PLACES OF INTEREST

BEN DRAPER FIRE TOWER
  • From Outing take highway 6 seven miles north to the Draper Road. Turn east and go 1 mile, then north 1/2 mile.
  • Built by the CCC and the Minnesota DNR in 1937 on land donated by Ben Draper, an early settler in the area. 
  • The 110' Aeromotor steel tower with a 7' x 7' metal cab was staffed regularly during fire season until 1990 and is now used on an emergency basis and also for a radio repeater.
LAND O' LAKES STATE FOREST
  • The bulk of the forest lies to the north and east of Outing. Several major forest roads (Draper and Pikus) provide access to the interior for many types of outdoor activities.
  • The Land O' Lakes State Forest was established in 1933 by the state legislature to expedite the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Additional land was added to the forest in 1963 when 19,000 acres of tax-forfeited land was turned over to the State by Cass County. An additional 2,295 acres of tax forfeited land in the forest was acquired in 1965. The Land O' Lakes State Forest has a statutory area of 49,890 acres or 78 square miles. the Division of Forestry administers 29,770 acres; Cass County 11,520 acres, with the remaining 8,600 acres in private ownerships. Minnesota's 57 state forests were established to produce timber and other forest crops, to provide outdoor recreations, to protect watersheds, and to perpetuate rare and distinctive species of native flora and fauna.
  • The Department of Natural Resources applies multiple use management principles to allocate state forest resources to meet the needs of Minnesota citizens. Management actions are planned to maximize the sustained yield of renewable resources, while maintaining or improving the forest's productive capacity. After the virgin pine was harvested, two-thirds of the forest regenerated naturally to the aspen-birch type. Pine was predominant on ten percent of the land. Northern and lowland hardwoods and some lowland conifers make up the balance. Timber in the Land O' Lakes State Forest is managed under a sustained yield system. Many areas regenerate naturally, however, others are replanted to insure future timber crops. 
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES - Division of Forestry, Washburn Lake Work Station
  • 1145 State 6 NE, Outing, MN 56662
  • 218-792-5383 - Fax 218-792-5606 
  • Area Forest Supervisor: PO Box #27, Pequot Lakes, MN 56472.  218-568-4566 - Fax 218-568-4921
  • http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/
  • The Washburn Lake Station is part of the Pequot Lakes Area administrative unit which covers a total of 518,400 acres in northeastern Cass and northern Crow Wing counties. 
  • There are 3 full time employees at Washburn and 5 at Pequot Lakes who function as a team to carry out Division of Forestry programs within its boundaries. 
  • Some vital statistics are: Intensive management of 47,976 acres of state land; 139 Conifer plantations comprising 4, 181 acres; 3 State Forests within the area; Wildfire protection provided to 29 townships; Private land management plans with over 350 landowners on 36,747 acres; Assistance provided to 3 School Forests; Recreation sites managed: Clinton Converse Campground; Pelican Beach swimming area; Washburn Lake Ski Trail - 26 miles; Moose River ATV Trail - 25 miles; Remote campsites - 4; Private "Tree Farms" established 71 on 8,402 acres.

 

 PUBLIC LANDINGS

LUSCHERS PARK BOAT LANDING
  • Located on Lawrence Lake 1 block east of Outing on County. Road 58
  • Public boat landing on Lawrence Lake with a waterway to Roosevelt Lake.
ROOSEVELT LAKE PUBLIC LANDING
  • Located approximately 1 1/2 miles south of Outing on Highway 6.
 
LAKE WASHBURN PUBLIC LANDING
  • Located at Clinton-Converse Memorial Campground on Co. Road 48.
 

 

SCHOOLS

CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
  • 41536 Birchwood Drive, Emily, MN 56447
  • 218-763-2939
  • Private school · Grades ??-??6 · 18 students
CUYUNA RANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  • Public school · Grades PK-6 · 601 students
CROSBY-IRONTON SECONDARY
  • Public school · Grades 7-12 · 624 students
EMILY CHARTER SCHOOL
  •  Public school · Grades PK-6 · 80 students
LONGVILLE ELEMENTARY
  • Public school · Grades PK-5 · 70 students
NORTHLAND COMMUNITY EDUCATION  
NORTHLAND SECONDARY
  • Public school · Grades 7-12 · 303 students
RANGE AREA ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM
  • Public school · Grades 8-12 · 47 students
REMER ELEMENTARY
  • Public school · Grades PK-6 · 156 students

 

TRAILS

SKI ~ WASHBURN LAKE SOLITUDE AREA LAND O'LAKES STATE FOREST

  • The Washburn Lake Solitude Area is a 2,500 acre remote area with 16 miles of multi-use trails. These include groomed ski touring loops, which are also maintained for mountain biking and hiking. In addition the south half of this trail system is available for horseback riding. 
  • Another trail is the mile-long Margaret Lake Hiking Tail that starts in the Clinton Converse State Forest Campground. The Woods Lake Snowmobile Trail also passes through this area. 
  • Wildlife found in the area include deer,  bear, a variety of birds, beaver, raccoons and squirrels may be seen in the park.

MOOSE RIVER ATV TRAIL

  •   The Moose River ATV/OHM Trail is a 25 mile trail located in the Land O' Lakes State Forest in Cass County.

  • From Outing take highway 6 north to the Draper Road. Turn east and go 3/4 miles to parking area.

  • www.dnr.state.mn.us/ohv/moose_river/index.html 
  • The Trail is open for ATV and OHM use all year and was developed, and is managed by the Trails and Waterways unit of the Minnesota DNR in Brainerd.. 
  • Facilities include a parking area, two primitive campsites, shelters and toilet facilities. 
  • Two state forest roads, several hiking trails and a snowmobile trail are nearby. 
  • Nearby Facilities: Food, gas, lodging and public restrooms are located nearby. 
  • Clinton Converse Campground, located in Land O' Lakes State Forest, is also located nearby. It offers camping, swimming and picnic sites, located 2 miles north of Outing and 1 mile west on County Road 48. State Forest Fees apply.

Updated 2-MAY-2008