Minnesota's North Shore Waterfall Checklist

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Minnesota’s North Shore Waterfall Checklist

Name Location Notes

Superior Street Bridge View the falls from the Superior Street Bridge, or park your Lester River Falls Duluth, MN car to walk the trail along the river.

Gooseberry Falls State Park These popular falls are easy to access via a short paved Gooseberry Falls 3206 Highway 61 trail in Gooseberry Falls State Park. Two Harbors, MN You’ll need to get out your hiking boots to see the Split Rock Lighthouse St Park cascades on the Split Rock River. At the state park, take the Split Rock River 3755 Split Rock Lighthouse Split Rock River Loop Trail, one of our favorite North Shore Cascades Road, Two Harbors, MN day hikes, to get a close-up view of the river gorges and falls.

Beaver Falls Beaver Bay, MN The falls are just a short walk from downtown Beaver Bay

The 60-foot High Falls are downstream from the 40-foot Illgen Baptism River Tettegouche State Park Falls on the Baptism River. Enter Tettegouche State Park and High Falls and 5702 MN-61 continue past the Visitor Center. Start the hike to the High Illgen Falls Silver Bay, MN Falls at the park trail center. George H. Crosby-Manitou George H. Crosby-Manitou State Park will take you off the State Park Manitou Falls North Shore’s beaten track. Leave the park’s main parking 7616 Lake County Road 7 lot for a rugged hike to the falls. Finland, MN This stop is easy to miss! Access the falls via the Superior Highway 61 between Little Caribou Falls Hiking Trail from the Caribou River rest stop on Highway 61 Marais and Schroeder, MN (near mile marker 70). You’ll see this waterfall as you drive on Highway 61. Park Cross River Falls Schroeder, MN your car in one of the parking lots and view the falls from the pedestrian bridges. You’ll get a great birds-eye view. View the series of falls and river gorges with a short Temperance 7620 West Hwy 61 quarter-mile walk from Highway 61. Follow the trail north of River Falls Schroeder, MN the highway to see the Hidden Falls. This small set of cascades is reached via a walking trail from Onion River Ray Berglund State Wayside the wayside rest on Highway 61. Climb the stairs on the Stair Step Falls Between Tofte and Lutsen, MN north side of the parking lot to access the hiking trail. Cascade River State Park Park in the lot next to Highway 61 for a short, easy hike to Cascade Falls Highway 61 between Lutsen the Cascade Falls. and Grand Marais Brule River Devils Kettle Falls is the most well-known of these Judge Magney State Park Upper Falls, three falls. The falls splits in two with one side heading 4501 W MN-61 Devils Kettle and downstream and the other into a deep mysterious hole. No Grand Marais, MN Lower Falls one knows where the water in this hole disappears to. Grand Portage State Park This waterfall is the tallest in Minnesota at 120 feet. It can High Falls of 9393 MN-61, Grand Portage be can be viewed from observation decks at the end of a the Pigeon River Grand Portage, MN half-mile handicap accessible trail.