Route Description
State Highway 169 serves as a north–south route in northeast Minnesota between the cities of Virginia, Tower, Ely, and Winton.
The route passes through the Superior National Forest at two different points.
Soudan Underground Mine State Park is located near State Highway 169, two miles east of Tower.
Bear Head Lake State Park is located 7 miles south of the junction of State Highway 169 and County Road 128 (in Breitung Township, 9 miles east of Tower). The park entrance is located on County Road 128.
State Highway 169 is one of three Minnesota state marked highways to carry the same number as an existing U.S. marked highway within the state, the others being Highways 61 and 65.
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