Hazelwood: I-35: I-35 NB (MP 72.3)
Few places in Minnesota have a history as closely tied to the development of long-distance road travel as Hazelwood. Set beside Interstate 35 in rolling country south of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, this small locality lies on a principal corridor between the Twin Cities and Iowa. Fields, drainage swales and stands of deciduous trees shape the surrounding terrain, reflecting the working rural edge beyond the suburbs. The Cannon River runs through nearby Northfield, a college town remembered for the failed 1876 raid by the James–Younger Gang. Hazelwood belongs to a part of Minnesota where interstate traffic, agriculture and small communities meet rather than to a dense urban centre.
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Hazelwood lies within the Cannon River watershed in Dakota County, where rolling glacial terrain opens into fields, woodland patches and dispersed rural homes. The settlement occupies the quieter southern fringe of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, shaped more by working countryside than by a dense urban centre. Dakota County takes its name from the Dakota people, whose homelands include this part of Minnesota, while agriculture remains a defining feature of the local setting. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of southern Minnesota connects regionally.
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