THE IDEAL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Itasca and St. Louis Moraines setting.
Ideal township has 20.7 square miles of land in Crow Wing County. Its Census reference point is in Itasca and St. Louis Moraines, within Northern Lakes and Forests.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Ideal and Crow Wing County
Ideal is associated with Crow Wing County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Ideal by land and water
The Census records 15.2 square miles of water within Ideal, or 42.3% of its total area. It is 28.7 percentage points higher than the 13.7% recorded for Crow Wing County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ideal township has 1.8 times the land area of nearby Breezy Point city (11.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

