Okay, okay, I am probably getting out of hand with this hobby of highpointing. Earlier this month, Mark and I traveled to the highest point in Clay County, Minnesota. I had just returned from ascending Eagle Mountain, the Minnesota high point, and in my zeal I did some research to find the Clay County high point. On a rainy Friday, neither of us had much farming work to do because of the intense moisture, for it was sugar beet harvest season. Thus, I was successful in convincing Mark to venture with me to the far southeast portion of the county.

Clay County is located in west central Minnesota. It's western border is the Red River with North Dakota just on the other side. Moorhead, a small city and "sister city" to Fargo, is the county seat. Outside of Moorhead, the county is largely made up of small farming communities where sugar beets, soy beans and corn are the most common crops.

How To Get There: From Hawley, travel east on State Highway 10 and go south on State Highway 32. Drive 12.5 miles, passing the small town of Rollag and make a left (east) on 130th Avenue South. You will drive through some hills and continue past the sign that reads "Minimum Maintenance Road." You will pass some radio towers along on the right. Continue until you see a major crest in the road. The high point is a short ~200 yard walk on the left (north). The adjacent photo shows where we parked on the road and the high point.

-Steve

	Driving along Highway 10 in Hawley, Minnesota. BOTTOM PHOTO: Mark, a lifelong farmer, had to stop at a John Deere dealership to check out some of the farming equipment on the grounds. :p)
	We found it! That unnamed hill is the high point in Clay County!
	Walking toward the summit.
	The rain made the photo a little blurry. It was nice to be up there! :) The altitude on this unnamed hill is 1,540 feet.
	Three views from the high point. Below are my other pages in this region: Minnesota High Point Harvesting Sugar Beets Roger Maris Museum (Fargo, ND) Mark's Farm

YouTube Video - Clay County, MN High Point Footage from our driving to and standing on the high point. It was rainy!