Residential environmental learning and conference center

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Staff Email Addresses

Please contact us if you'd like any more
information about the programs or our Center.

Audubon Center of the North Woods
PO Box 530 (mailing address)
54165 Audubon Dr. (shipping address)
Sandstone, MN 55072

Phone: 320-245-2648
Toll Free: 888-404-7743
Fax: 320-245-5272
Email: audubon1@audubon-center.org

Driving Directions & Map

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Directions to the Audubon Center
From the Twin Cities and Duluth:

(Refer to map) From Interstate 35, exit on the Sandstone Exit 191. Go southwest on County road 61 just over two miles. Take a right on County Road 27, cross the Munger bike trail, turn left (Grindstone Lake Road) and go just over three miles. Take a right on County Road 17 (Fox Road - see note below) - Turn left between the stone pillars (Audubon Road). Follow this road to the office - one mile. (There will be signs the whole way)

Our center is located only six miles from Interstate 35, 90 miles north of the Twin Cities (about 1 1/2 hours) and 60 miles south of Duluth (about 1 hour). The sanctuary is on Grindstone Lake and is near Banning State Park, the Hinckley Fire Museum, the Northwest Fur Post and the Kettle River.

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Our Mission:
To protect, improve and promote the enjoyment of the
natural environment through formal and informal
education programs and research; to assist and encourage
environmental education programs, centers, and careers.

Our Vision:
The environment is the blackboard for the Center's educational programs; the common ground that brings us together with the natural world and people from around the globe to share our concerns for one another and the future. It is through positive and shared experience that we hope we can affect the values and actions of our people to create a world of harmonious diversity.