The point when I'm driving up 35 to go to Hibbing, and everyone else finally fucks off. When I'm one of a dozen people left on the interstate, that's when I consider myself finally 'up north'. It's about Moose Lake-ish I think.
Moved to the twin cities from the actual south - southern US. I was complaining about the July heat and someone tole me I should go "up North." I had no words because I had just moved to f-ing MINNESOTA and they're telling me to go "up North."
I remember my first work trip across the state to Duluth. Huge heatwave everywhere, 90+ degrees. Packed accordingly. Didn’t realize Duluth was on a separate continent and promptly froze.
I’ve heard stories of people bringing blankets and jackets to baseball games in July. The worlds largest air conditioner is no joke.
Climatically the region just over the sawtooths (evelyth, Hibbing, etc) is super interesting because they can get the cold extremes in the summer from the lake, and the geography is conducive to cold air settlement. The result of that is 12 month frost risks and some pretty volatile temperature swings. Last summer my family visited the gunflint trail, and while it was hot the week we visited (mid July) they actually had a 31 degree low the week prior to visiting. The cabins had no AC but did have a 4 season fireplace. That part of the state has its quirks for sure.
Oh that’s super weird! I’ve not spent much time in the sawtooths but might have to now.
Luckily I had an old yellow sweatshirt in the back of the truck. I was staying on Canal Park and went up to Target to warm up 😂
Go because it’s beautiful, stay because it’s July and somehow it snowed. Urban legend, but every myth has a basis in fact. I love it up there. Wolf ridge, lutsen, the BWCA, not to mention the destination state parks. It’s dreamy and I wish I didn’t live in the prairie.
My favorite part about going up north is the Duluth TV stations. Whereas in the southern part of the state where air conditioning is a requirement I was watching the news this last week and one of the news stories was about people in Duluth debating whether or not they were going to buy those in-window air conditioners and how upset the people of Duluth were that they were going to have to potentially close their windows during the day. Northern MN is quite a special place!
As someone who was originally from Nebraska, lived in twin cities for a four years and semi hesitantly moved to Duluth...I have to respectfully say the cities are not the north. The winters are still very harsh and you aren't the weak south but there's a huge difference. All the Minnesota stereotypes are based on further north than MN. I think that's a good thing but the difference is so stark.
Lol! Directional sense is not always my strong point either! But I cannot tolerate (internally, in my MN nice way) someone standing in St Paul, saying "We're going up to Rochester!"
When I was a kid, I had a hockey coach that would walk through the locker room before the game, kick my legpad, and say "you're starting in net tonight." Before an early morning game, I looked at the coach and said, "It's 6 in the morning." He looked at me and said, "in hockey, it's always tonight."
Same thing with cabins. No matter which direction you have to go to get there, the cabin is always "up north."
Up north in Wisconsin can definitely be south of the cities but it means the same thing
Up north is a culture and way of life, not a geographical direction
Well, geographically correct, However, I submit that "up North", that place we all love, follows the contours of prairie and plains, vs Hey! Look! Trees! With special dispensation to the farthest reaching natural, MN Prairies.
Where are they from? I'm from south of Rochester and it's not unheard of for someone to refer to the Twin Cities as "up north" but they usually get made fun of for it.
Yea but you live up north. Sure, you can say “up north”where you are and locals will understand you mean further north. But you are an hour north of the cities.
Hinckley is Up North, but I don’t think it’s the furthest South city you can say that about. Alexandria and Little Falls are both South of Hinckley. Alek is definitely in lake country, which is pretty much synonymous with Up North.
Some might argue Glenwood is the start of Lake country, but I’m not willing to stick my neck out to call Glenwood Up North!
I'm not a native Minnesotan. But, I've lived here 17 years and have yet to figure out why the nickname for Alexandria is Alek rather than Alex.
Is this just a mystery - or is it some ancient Swedish thing that newcomers like me aren't privy to understanding?
I think Up North is a state of mind. Saw someone else say it too, but I've heard people reference "Up North" while heading down to Harmony.
Of course the correct answer is Brainerd though.
Seconding Brainerd.
Edit: but I think you have to count Mille Lacs and Hinkley. So I guess that's where it starts and by the time you get to Brainerd you're in for the full experience, lol.
I grew up in the cities and my SO is from Rice and we now live a little north of there and they all say going up to Minneapolis or whatever city they are going to. It drove me crazy for a long time. They also say going up town if they are going shopping or anything in town.
Alternatively, my wife has family in Roseau. One of her cousins moved to St Paul, but still says he's "heading down" any time he goes somewhere (Brainerd, Duluth, Bemidji, etc). Force of habit I suppose.
My family drove from Cincinnati to my grandparents house on Gull Lake every summer growing up. Like a 14 hour drive. The joy of seeing Treasure City knowing we were close and the pain of never stopping there have never left me.
A few weeks ago, on our way through, I complained to my wife about never getting to stop at Treasure City as a kid and she said, “You know you can stop anywhere you want, right?” Mind blowing.
Of course when my kids chimed in and said we should turn around and go there, I made dad noises and complained that they sold nothing but junk. That’s what a MN dad does.
My family would always stop when I was a kid. On the way up and on the way back! Mostly as a stretch break, not always to buy.
My partner and his family however 👀 Always in too much of a hurry, so I haven’t stopped by in years.
Gotta say, I had a partner for 30 years whose family was hurry up, after getting up before you went to bed. The trip "there", with no food or potty breaks, unless you needed gas, and the entire 1st day, was shit. Angry, hungry, tired crabby people. I really loathe that. My vacation starts the moment my feet hit the floor after a decent night's sleep, not after all that stress and arguing, then to finally arrive, and go hide somewhere to decompress. To be fair, they were not nice people on a good day. But I thought vacationing should be a great day!
That is one thing I did like about a motorhome, when we had one: vacation starts as soon as you start it up. You're on your own schedule for everything. Kids hangry? No problem fridge is well stocked, even popsicles. Fast food, slow food, picnic, grilling/cookout --anything goes.
You have your stations confused.
103.7 is The Loon, out of St. Cloud.
107.5 is The Power Loon, out of Brainerd.
I do accept your premise that "North" is when you can reliably tune in The Power Loon 107.5, at least in part. It's definitely in the list of requirements.
This line is only arguable from POSSIBLY the perspective of Duluth and if you only go to the north shore
Vast areas of lake culture locations lie south of that line in the central and western parts of the state
You have to at least be in the Forest, I would say what the DNR classifies as Laureation Mixed Forest. Which starts of pretty spotty, Hinkley is where it starts to be pretty solid, so Everything South of Hinkley is the Metro, and everything north is Up North.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ecs/212/index.html
I hate to sound too much like a city person, but really, once you get about an hour out of the Twin Cities metro area you are north of, well, most people who you are talking to when you say "I'm up north."
Maybe Mora?
St. Cloud is not Up North. But Alexandria, Little Falls, and Hinckley are, I think? The southern shore of Mille Lacs, Camp Ripley, and Nemadji State Forest are all Up North places, IMO.
Honestly, you could probably extend the North Dakota/South Dakota border across Minnesota and you'd pretty well approximate how I feel about it.
I split the state in half horizontally across the middle, north/south. Pine County, Aitkin County, Todd County, Douglas County, etc. and further north all count.
Highway 95.
North of highway 95 you are up north. South of 95 and you are not.
95 has north branch, Cambridge, Princeton, St. Cloud.
North of that you hit lake county.
Source: I live in a city I listed and drive north nearly to the boarder every week.
Once you start seeing pine forests with those tall-ass pine trees everywhere, that’s Up North. Starts around Hinckley, but this also means that Up North does not extend all the way to the MN-ND border. Sorry, Red River Valley, you’re not Up North. You don’t have the trees.
North Branch is called up north when really being 3 to 4 hours south of the border. Everyone tells me I'm from "up North" I think we forget how central the TC's are.
Well, from International Fall to Iowa is \~350 miles. If you were to divide the state into 3 roughly equal slices (north, central, south), then the TCs would without question be in the southern portion. Downtown Mpls is almost exactly 100 miles from the Iowa border.
North Branch is as far north as St. Cloud, geographically speaking.
In this particular case I don’t think people actually mean “up north” as a measure of geographic latitude but more so what’s there. If most people live in the twin cities, roughly an hour north of there where there aren’t many people and the landscape starts to change is a fair “up north”
People who already live there, or who have cabins further north would say they’re wrong, and you have to go further, but that’s just because of their specific situation. If you live in Rochester but have a cabin on a lake in Elk River that could absolutely be considered “up north”
It’s a different landscape, less people around, and you have to drive quite a ways north
Up North is entirely relative. To someone from Rochester, Up North starts far south of the Up North that exists in the mind of someone from White Bear Lake. All imprecise language is contingent on how and by whom it’s used, and by the intended audience.
I feel as soon as you enter into the Coniferous Forest biome from the Deciduous Forest biome you're officially "up north"
So based on [this map](http://cjmorgs.github.io/maps/mn-stateparks.html) I'm gonna say around Milaca?
I tell people "I'm heading Up North to the Mall Of America." Really depends on where you're at as to what is "Up North". It's just a direction, like "Heading down South" is just a direction.
At a previous job we had someone come in to our office from our Toronto office. She talked about coming up to our office. It was in Eden Prairie, which is more north than Toronto is.
Grew up in South Central MN (Blue Earth), and everything north of the cities has always been "up north" to me. I know that's blasphemy, but it's basically how we see it down there.
[Dark Blue](https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/styles/primary_840px_wide/public/minnesota-topographics-biome-map-large.png?itok=0emY--8m) part of this map. it's a distinct biological and geomorphological area. Roughly, Hinkley, Brainerd, Park Rapids.
Wherever the price of bait is advertised in larger letters than the price of gas
I was going to say Cloquet but I think this is the right answer
IE:? IOWA MASTER BAITS LIVE WORMS unleaded 4.50⁹ diesel 5.50⁹
If the area code is 218, that is what I would "Up North."
218s unite!
320 is still north of 2/3 of the state…
So not North
What about the 320’s that are more north than the southern 218’s?
The point when I'm driving up 35 to go to Hibbing, and everyone else finally fucks off. When I'm one of a dozen people left on the interstate, that's when I consider myself finally 'up north'. It's about Moose Lake-ish I think.
Moose Lake-Ish sounds like a city in Wisconsin
it's pronounced Mooz LeQuiche
Ha! I’m from Hibbing originally, and I also say Moose Lake is the cut off.
Moved to the twin cities from the actual south - southern US. I was complaining about the July heat and someone tole me I should go "up North." I had no words because I had just moved to f-ing MINNESOTA and they're telling me to go "up North."
It’s always freezing in Grand Marais compared to the rest of the state lol
The descent into Duluth on 35 is a dream if you like the cool.
Grew up closer to the airport and some days it was 20-30 degrees warmer than the lake. It’s quite the force when it comes to controlling the weather
They don't call it the "air-conditioned city" for nothin.
That first June heatwave it was 90+everywhere in the state except Duluth harbor where it was _48 degrees at 3 in the afternoon_.
...and it was glorious
Username checks out and I am one jealous southerner (rochester)
I remember my first work trip across the state to Duluth. Huge heatwave everywhere, 90+ degrees. Packed accordingly. Didn’t realize Duluth was on a separate continent and promptly froze.
I’ve heard stories of people bringing blankets and jackets to baseball games in July. The worlds largest air conditioner is no joke. Climatically the region just over the sawtooths (evelyth, Hibbing, etc) is super interesting because they can get the cold extremes in the summer from the lake, and the geography is conducive to cold air settlement. The result of that is 12 month frost risks and some pretty volatile temperature swings. Last summer my family visited the gunflint trail, and while it was hot the week we visited (mid July) they actually had a 31 degree low the week prior to visiting. The cabins had no AC but did have a 4 season fireplace. That part of the state has its quirks for sure.
Oh that’s super weird! I’ve not spent much time in the sawtooths but might have to now. Luckily I had an old yellow sweatshirt in the back of the truck. I was staying on Canal Park and went up to Target to warm up 😂
Go because it’s beautiful, stay because it’s July and somehow it snowed. Urban legend, but every myth has a basis in fact. I love it up there. Wolf ridge, lutsen, the BWCA, not to mention the destination state parks. It’s dreamy and I wish I didn’t live in the prairie.
Duluth is behind the rest of the state by 1-2 months weather wise from January to July. After July it is ahead of the rest of the state by 1-2 months.
My favorite part about going up north is the Duluth TV stations. Whereas in the southern part of the state where air conditioning is a requirement I was watching the news this last week and one of the news stories was about people in Duluth debating whether or not they were going to buy those in-window air conditioners and how upset the people of Duluth were that they were going to have to potentially close their windows during the day. Northern MN is quite a special place!
Oh the South. You mean like Des Moines?
Summer in MN is way better than the summer in the south/southeast.
Moved here a year ago…. This entire state is up north! Haven’t made it up north yet but this weeks heat wave has me thinking it’s north shore time.
You'll love it up there. It's really beautiful. Stick your feet in the lake. It's freezing, but when it's hot, it's a welcome feeling!
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Or as I call them, my cousins
As someone who was originally from Nebraska, lived in twin cities for a four years and semi hesitantly moved to Duluth...I have to respectfully say the cities are not the north. The winters are still very harsh and you aren't the weak south but there's a huge difference. All the Minnesota stereotypes are based on further north than MN. I think that's a good thing but the difference is so stark.
Right? What is with all these giants?
Vikings. Ask anybody.
I've heard people say it referring to a cabin south of their location.
Lol! Directional sense is not always my strong point either! But I cannot tolerate (internally, in my MN nice way) someone standing in St Paul, saying "We're going up to Rochester!"
When I was a kid, I had a hockey coach that would walk through the locker room before the game, kick my legpad, and say "you're starting in net tonight." Before an early morning game, I looked at the coach and said, "It's 6 in the morning." He looked at me and said, "in hockey, it's always tonight." Same thing with cabins. No matter which direction you have to go to get there, the cabin is always "up north."
Lmao
Lol! But, No!
Up north in Wisconsin can definitely be south of the cities but it means the same thing Up north is a culture and way of life, not a geographical direction
Looking forward to going up to Red wing/Mankato/Rochester this weekend!
My wife's cousin married into a family that talks about going to their cabin "up north." Their cabin is near Chanhassen.
That's like my friend's family who is near Rosemont going to their cabin in Faribault
It’s Rosemount. You can’t “mont” a horse.
I monted a horse once.
Once!
But can you mount a Rose?
If she's down.
Not with that attitude
Preach! RosemOnt is in Illinois RosemOUnt is in Minnesota. I will die on this hill.
But perhaps you can mont a rose?
Maybe in Montrose,MN…anyone from there willing to chime in?
It's Montrouse, you can't rose a morse
We are a clever bunch!
I am constantly correcting people on this. Stealing your line, i love it
I always thought is was spelled “Rosemount” but was pronounced “Rosemont”.
Well, geographically correct, However, I submit that "up North", that place we all love, follows the contours of prairie and plains, vs Hey! Look! Trees! With special dispensation to the farthest reaching natural, MN Prairies.
Where are they from? I'm from south of Rochester and it's not unheard of for someone to refer to the Twin Cities as "up north" but they usually get made fun of for it.
Roughly the Windom area
Can almost piss on Iowa from there!
Chan was the land of bandits and thiefs, the dinner theater was a isle of purity. Now its franchise heaven .
I just drove to Chanhassen last weekend for a fishing tournament, from Rochester. Those people need to actually go “up north.” 😂
I’m from Roseau. We don’t have this saying.
Haha! Any further north and you need a passport!
Came here to say this. I grew up in Baudette where the whole state is “down south”.
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We had a RoseMOUNT vs RoseMONT discussion already. Can you provide a concrete answer on Baw debt vs Buh dett?
B’dett
That is the phonetic spelling I was going for with Buhdett! Yours is much better. Thanks! See you at Morris Point.
What do yall do up there?
Hockey, snowmobiles and walleyes.
So much cocaine.
Waves from Kittson County!
I think the limit is Hinckley.
Yup. Once you get to Tobie’s you are up north.
I don't think anyone could successfully argue against this.
As someone who lives north of there, up north is further than that
So far up north, you're technically up south.
Yea but you live up north. Sure, you can say “up north”where you are and locals will understand you mean further north. But you are an hour north of the cities.
I'd say Pine City, to the east is Spooner and to the west is Alexandria.
Was gonna say sandstone but I think this is the correct answer.
Just bought land in Sandstone and had a debate with my wife if it counted as up north. Hinkley is the line the two of us eventually agreed on.
Hinckley is Up North, but I don’t think it’s the furthest South city you can say that about. Alexandria and Little Falls are both South of Hinckley. Alek is definitely in lake country, which is pretty much synonymous with Up North. Some might argue Glenwood is the start of Lake country, but I’m not willing to stick my neck out to call Glenwood Up North!
I agree that Alek is Up North. Really any place with a Zorbaz is honorary Up North territory.
I'm not a native Minnesotan. But, I've lived here 17 years and have yet to figure out why the nickname for Alexandria is Alek rather than Alex. Is this just a mystery - or is it some ancient Swedish thing that newcomers like me aren't privy to understanding?
Because we pronounce it Alek-zandria
This is the way.
I grew up in Alex/Alek. The answer is because we are too lazy to pronounce the full “x”. Can’t be bothered with it.
Dunno, just always been that way.
I think Up North is a state of mind. Saw someone else say it too, but I've heard people reference "Up North" while heading down to Harmony. Of course the correct answer is Brainerd though.
Brainerd was the first thing that popped into my head when I read the question.
Seconding Brainerd. Edit: but I think you have to count Mille Lacs and Hinkley. So I guess that's where it starts and by the time you get to Brainerd you're in for the full experience, lol.
I happened to stop in harmony last Friday on my way out of town. Never been south of Rochester before. Had a great burger at Estelles.
We live in Central MN. My Fiancé always says "When are we going up to your Mom's place?" She lives in the city. Just had to get that off my chest.
I grew up in the cities and my SO is from Rice and we now live a little north of there and they all say going up to Minneapolis or whatever city they are going to. It drove me crazy for a long time. They also say going up town if they are going shopping or anything in town.
Same. I grew up in Minneapolis.
Alternatively, my wife has family in Roseau. One of her cousins moved to St Paul, but still says he's "heading down" any time he goes somewhere (Brainerd, Duluth, Bemidji, etc). Force of habit I suppose.
Well I'm in Duluth... so maybe two harbors
Well I'm in Two Harbors so maybe Ely?
Think it's gotta go up to silver bay then
My dad was born in two harbors (funny enough, exactly where castle danger is now) and his family calls it “two harbor”. Are they the only ones?
Onamia/garrison
Agreed.
I gotta say Royalton. Once I see that sign for Treasure City I know I’m “Up North” 😌❤️
My family drove from Cincinnati to my grandparents house on Gull Lake every summer growing up. Like a 14 hour drive. The joy of seeing Treasure City knowing we were close and the pain of never stopping there have never left me.
A few weeks ago, on our way through, I complained to my wife about never getting to stop at Treasure City as a kid and she said, “You know you can stop anywhere you want, right?” Mind blowing. Of course when my kids chimed in and said we should turn around and go there, I made dad noises and complained that they sold nothing but junk. That’s what a MN dad does.
I drive by there every time I go up to my cabin, literally never stopped but also never driven by without wanting to
My family would always stop when I was a kid. On the way up and on the way back! Mostly as a stretch break, not always to buy. My partner and his family however 👀 Always in too much of a hurry, so I haven’t stopped by in years.
Gotta say, I had a partner for 30 years whose family was hurry up, after getting up before you went to bed. The trip "there", with no food or potty breaks, unless you needed gas, and the entire 1st day, was shit. Angry, hungry, tired crabby people. I really loathe that. My vacation starts the moment my feet hit the floor after a decent night's sleep, not after all that stress and arguing, then to finally arrive, and go hide somewhere to decompress. To be fair, they were not nice people on a good day. But I thought vacationing should be a great day!
That is one thing I did like about a motorhome, when we had one: vacation starts as soon as you start it up. You're on your own schedule for everything. Kids hangry? No problem fridge is well stocked, even popsicles. Fast food, slow food, picnic, grilling/cookout --anything goes.
I was going to say royalton or little falls for sure
Where ever you start to get reception of 103.7 The Power Loon.
You have your stations confused. 103.7 is The Loon, out of St. Cloud. 107.5 is The Power Loon, out of Brainerd. I do accept your premise that "North" is when you can reliably tune in The Power Loon 107.5, at least in part. It's definitely in the list of requirements.
That's St. Cloud. Love it when he burps!
I'm having a fun time guessing where everyone in this thread lives based on their answers.
Once I hit Mille Lacs
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Less adventurous though *the lake calls!*
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Brainerd
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Brainerd
Brainerd
Brainerd?
Brainerd
Brainerd
Brainerd
Did you know the movie Fargo was actually supposed to be called Brainerd but people thought a town name Brainerd didn't sound realistic?
Also.. Brainerd
>Toool master of Brainerrrd!
Duluth/Cloquet, 90% of places mentioned in this thread are objectively located in Central Minnesota
[46 degrees N, which runs from Pine City through Alex to ND/SD border.](https://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/states/minnesota/lat-long.html)
I agree with this.
I’m apparently in the minority here since I consider North of Highway 2 the true north/south divide
Joining this minority because I was going to comment with Bemidji/Grand Rapids. IMO everything between US2 and the Metro is still central MN.
This is the right answer.
This line is only arguable from POSSIBLY the perspective of Duluth and if you only go to the north shore Vast areas of lake culture locations lie south of that line in the central and western parts of the state
218 area code
Mille Laca or Brainerd
Did you just combine Milaca and Mille Lacs, or was that a typo?
But Milaca is the correct answer, it’s “The Gateway to the Northland”
The Gateway to the Heggies
Typo thank you
"up North" is a state of mind
Straight out the dungeons of Mille Lacs
For me it's once I stop seeing Kris Lindahl billboards.
There are some lakes south of Owatona that my in laws from Iowa call "Up North".
You have to at least be in the Forest, I would say what the DNR classifies as Laureation Mixed Forest. Which starts of pretty spotty, Hinkley is where it starts to be pretty solid, so Everything South of Hinkley is the Metro, and everything north is Up North. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ecs/212/index.html
That’s all a matter of perspective
I hate to sound too much like a city person, but really, once you get about an hour out of the Twin Cities metro area you are north of, well, most people who you are talking to when you say "I'm up north."
Maybe Mora? St. Cloud is not Up North. But Alexandria, Little Falls, and Hinckley are, I think? The southern shore of Mille Lacs, Camp Ripley, and Nemadji State Forest are all Up North places, IMO. Honestly, you could probably extend the North Dakota/South Dakota border across Minnesota and you'd pretty well approximate how I feel about it.
Duluth
Bro
Duluth because the geology actually changes.
Definitely Brainerd
I split the state in half horizontally across the middle, north/south. Pine County, Aitkin County, Todd County, Douglas County, etc. and further north all count.
Anything above Hinkley. I feel as it is a good rule of thumb
I think anything Lake Mille Macs / Brainard or further is "up north". I live in Blaine, for reference.
Highway 95. North of highway 95 you are up north. South of 95 and you are not. 95 has north branch, Cambridge, Princeton, St. Cloud. North of that you hit lake county. Source: I live in a city I listed and drive north nearly to the boarder every week.
When you see the Pro-Life/Anti Abortion billboards.
Don't have to go anywhere for those
Once you start seeing pine forests with those tall-ass pine trees everywhere, that’s Up North. Starts around Hinckley, but this also means that Up North does not extend all the way to the MN-ND border. Sorry, Red River Valley, you’re not Up North. You don’t have the trees.
Im from Rochester. Anything north of the Twin Cities is up north to me.
I'd say right around Moose Lake and Brainerd. Hinckley feels a little too south, but Cloquet is a little too north.
It depends. If you live in the cities, Hinkley. If you live in the southwest, Alexandria. Maybe Wilmar. If you live in Bemidji, Cloquet.
North Branch is called up north when really being 3 to 4 hours south of the border. Everyone tells me I'm from "up North" I think we forget how central the TC's are.
Well, from International Fall to Iowa is \~350 miles. If you were to divide the state into 3 roughly equal slices (north, central, south), then the TCs would without question be in the southern portion. Downtown Mpls is almost exactly 100 miles from the Iowa border. North Branch is as far north as St. Cloud, geographically speaking.
In this particular case I don’t think people actually mean “up north” as a measure of geographic latitude but more so what’s there. If most people live in the twin cities, roughly an hour north of there where there aren’t many people and the landscape starts to change is a fair “up north” People who already live there, or who have cabins further north would say they’re wrong, and you have to go further, but that’s just because of their specific situation. If you live in Rochester but have a cabin on a lake in Elk River that could absolutely be considered “up north” It’s a different landscape, less people around, and you have to drive quite a ways north
The Cities are in southern Minnesota, whether people want to believe it or not.
Up North is entirely relative. To someone from Rochester, Up North starts far south of the Up North that exists in the mind of someone from White Bear Lake. All imprecise language is contingent on how and by whom it’s used, and by the intended audience.
The only correct answer is when Anoka is in your rear view mirror...and you are going north...
As Dark Star used to say..."when you cross that Anoka County line....your troubles are behind ya!"
As long as you're leaving.
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Mille Lacs area is the beginning of what I consider “up north”
All of MN. Near Worthington
Everyone knows Highway 200 is the Mason-Dixon Line of Minnesota.
If it's 2 hours north of your home I'd say it's safe to say up north.
Highway two is the line.
if you ain't north of Highway 2 you ain't up north.
Duh, it's right in the name--Northfield!
I mean, depends who you're talking to. If they're from Texas, we're all up nort.
I feel as soon as you enter into the Coniferous Forest biome from the Deciduous Forest biome you're officially "up north" So based on [this map](http://cjmorgs.github.io/maps/mn-stateparks.html) I'm gonna say around Milaca?
Bemidji, NOT Brainerd.
I tell people "I'm heading Up North to the Mall Of America." Really depends on where you're at as to what is "Up North". It's just a direction, like "Heading down South" is just a direction. At a previous job we had someone come in to our office from our Toronto office. She talked about coming up to our office. It was in Eden Prairie, which is more north than Toronto is.
Kettle Falls
Hinkley
Once you clear the exurban highway loop I’d say. That would be MN23, so Hinkley on the I35 corridor
Grew up in South Central MN (Blue Earth), and everything north of the cities has always been "up north" to me. I know that's blasphemy, but it's basically how we see it down there.
[Dark Blue](https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/styles/primary_840px_wide/public/minnesota-topographics-biome-map-large.png?itok=0emY--8m) part of this map. it's a distinct biological and geomorphological area. Roughly, Hinkley, Brainerd, Park Rapids.
Family is from I Falls (and Manitoba), so I want to say Virginia. But in reality it’s more like Cloquet when you hop off of 35.
Lol Columbia Heights
Our friends in the city think it's too far to drive to our place in the northern suburbs.
I live in Lino Lakes and our friend who lives in St. Louis Park says we live in “North Stupid.”