Beaver Bay, Minnesota — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Beaver Bay, Lake County.
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Beaver Bay, a sentinel against the vastness of Lake Superior, commands a rugged beauty where the ancient, sculpted bedrock meets the restless, inky depths. It lies 50.2 miles north-east of Duluth, MN (from Duluth, MN: bearing 49°T), and is situated 3.2 miles south-west of Silver Bay. Here, the air, sharp and carrying the scent of pine needles and damp earth, washes over a landscape carved by millennia of ice and water. The shore is not a gentle invitation but a dramatic declaration, a jumble of stones worn smooth by the ceaseless churn of waves, interspersed with small, dark pockets of sand where the water laps with a hushed urgency. Towering pines and stoic firs cling to the slopes, their dark green a deep counterpoint to the bruised purples and oranges that stain the sky as evening descends, imbuing the very stones with a fleeting, spectral luminescence. The history of Beaver Bay is etched not in grand monuments but in the resilient spirit of its people, a lineage drawn from the hardy souls who first sought sustenance from these waters and forests. Once a hub of logging and fishing, its economy now whispers of a quieter, more enduring connection to the land and the great lake. The echoes of steam whistles and the creak of timber have faded, replaced by the steady hum of tourism and the quiet industry of those who call this dramatic stretch of North Shore home. The distinctive character of Beaver Bay is in its unvarnished truth, the raw power of its setting mirroring the straightforward nature of its inhabitants, a place where the immense sky feels a little closer and the whispers of the past are carried on the wind rolling in from the water.
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| Location | Beaver Bay, Lake County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47.2577°N, 91.300444°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 55601 |
| Area Code | 218 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beaver Bay, Minnesota, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Beaver Bay includes coordinates 47.257700°N, 91.300444°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 55601. Telephone area code: 218. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.