Exploring Tettagouche State Park

Silver Bay, Minnesota

Description

This park offers great views and scenery year round. There is fun for the whole family at this great Minnesota location.

When you arrive at the Tettagouche State Park visitor center your welcomed by one of the newest and most beautiful visitor centers in Minnesota. When inside it offers camping gear, maps, and interactive exhibits about the geologically formation of the North Shore. As you venture outside there are many paths that catch your eye, my personal favorite is the Shovel Point hike which is a Out-and-Back hike with amazing views of the park from a peninsula that stretches out into Lake Superior. No matter what path you choose it will be a good choice, and make you keep coming back for more!

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