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Black Beach

Lake County, Minnesota, United States

Black Beach 1 photo

  • The Black Beach in Silver Bay, Minnesota was created by a mining company dumping taconite tailings into Lake Superior in the 1970s. Today, it has been turned into a campground and attraction

    The Black Beach in Silver Bay, Minnesota was created by a mining company dumping taconite tailings into Lake Superior in the 1970s. Today, it has been turned into a campground and attraction. Thesavagenorwegian, CC BY 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 8 am to 11 am, sunset 6:02 pm
8 am
5.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
9 am
5.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
10 am
5.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
11 am
5.3
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
5.3
7 km/h4 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
5.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
5.3
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
5.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
5.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.2
7 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
5.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
8°C47°F
Water
—
Wind
106 km/hmph NE
Gusts
149 km/hmph
Waves
0.2 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
—
Rain
1%
Sunset
6:02 pm
Today
5.3Fair8 am85
5.3Fair9 am85
5.3Fair10 am85
5.3Fair11 am74
5.3Fair12 pm74
5.3Fair1 pm85
5.3Fair2 pm96
5.3Fair3 pm85
5.3Fair4 pm85
5.2Fair5 pm75
5.2Fair6 pm106
Sat
5.0Fair8 am85
4.9Fair9 am11
4.8Fair10 am53
5.1Fair11 am138
4.8Fair12 pm1610
4.9Fair1 pm1912
4.3Fair2 pm128
3.5Poor3 pm1912
1.9Poor4 pm1710
3.8Poor5 pm1610
3.6Poor6 pm1811
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide data is not available for this beach. Rip current and water quality data are not available either.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun5.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 17 km/h10 mph, rain 1%
  • Mon5.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 6%
  • Tue4.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 25%
  • Wed4.7 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 26%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

  • Restrooms120 m380 ft away
  • Parking3 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 120 m390 ft. Listed as free
  • Picnic tables20 m60 ft away
  • SurfacePebbles

Getting there

Nearest town
810 m0.5 miSilver Bay (town)
Nearest airport
74 km46 miEly Municipal Airport (LYU)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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