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Mississippi RiverMontissippi County Park to Norin Landing
Map 8 Monticello-to-Otsego connector from Montissippi County Park to Norin Landing, completing the gap above the existing Norin-to-Babcock route.
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Launch at Montissippi County Park and take out at Norin Landing for the missing Map 8 connector above the already-live Norin-to-Babcock route. Use the St. Cloud gauge as an upstream same-map proxy.
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Put-in
Mississippi River, Montissippi Park Public Water Access SiteMontissippi Park resolves as WAS01292, Ellison Park resolves as WAS01310, and Norin Landing resolves as WAS02427 in Minnesota public-water-access GIS.
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Mississippi River, Norin Landing Public Water Access SiteThe St. Cloud gauge is upstream of this route and should be treated as a same-map proxy. Make a local visual check for island-channel depth and wind before launching.
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Stage Norin Landing first, then drive back to Montissippi County Park. Ellison Park is the clearest public mid-route bailout if the wind, weather, or group pace changes.
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Mississippi River, Montissippi Park Public Water Access Site to Mississippi River, Norin Landing Public Water Access Site is about 7.8 mi. Use the planner to compare shorter access pairs.
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- Norin is the planned take-out for this card. The Norin-to-Babcock continuation is already modeled as a separate route.
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- Expect island-channel choices, shallow bars at low water, wind on open bends, floating wood, motorboats, anglers, and cold-water exposure outside summer.
- Norin is the planned take-out for this card; the already-live Norin-to-Babcock route is a separate downstream plan.
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- Official map sequenceMontissippi river mile 899-898.4 to Norin Landing river mile 891
MN DNR Mississippi Map 8 places Montissippi County Park, Bridgeview Park, Ellison Park, the Mississippi River Islands SNA, and Norin Landing in downstream order.
- Public access recordsWAS01292, WAS01310, and WAS02427
Minnesota public-water-access GIS resolves Montissippi Park, Ellison Park, and Norin Landing with source-backed coordinates and river miles.
- DNR bands2,000 / 3,000-9,000 / 12,000 cfs
MN DNR interprets the St. Cloud gauge as Scrapable below 2,000 cfs, Low from 2,000 to 3,000, Medium from 3,000 to 9,000, High from 9,000 to 12,000, and Very High above 12,000.
- Gauge check during route review · 2026-07-164,490 cfs at 2026-07-16 04:45 PM
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- Camping contextDay route only
Bridgeview Park camping is by permission only and Dimmick Island campsite is downstream of Norin, so this card does not assume on-route camping.
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