Tag Archives: grand marais

Lake Superior Shoreline Loop

Round-Trip: 6km Difficulty: Moderate Location: Grand Marais, MN Click Here for Google Map The Lake Superior Shoreline Loop is one of the rare opportunities available –next to the Lakewalk portion of the SHT –to hike for such a long distance along the north shore of Lake Superior. Cascade River State Park has several other great [...]

Cascade River Loop

Round Trip: 14 km Difficulty: Moderate Location: Grand Marais, MN Click Here for Google Map The Cascade River in the Cascade River State Park flows through a narrow canyon featuring several waterfalls and cascades.  This is a great spot to visit any time of year and it is one of those places that seems to [...]

Sweetheart’s Bluff

Roundtrip: 2 km Difficulty: Easy Location:  Grand Marais, MN Click here for Google Map The Sweethearts’ Bluff Nature Area is located right in the town of Grand Marais. The trail starts at the far west end of the city campground at the bottom of the sliding hill. The hike is about 2km round trip.  There [...]

Artist’s Point

Roundtrip: 1 km Difficulty: Easy Location: Grand Marais, MN Click here for Google Map “Artist’s Point” is the name of a small peninsula that forms the double harbour in the town of Grand Marais.  This is a must-do whenever you are in Grand Marais — and in my opinion the windier the day the better! [...]

Lakewalk

Roundtrip: 5 km Difficulty: Easy Location:  Grand Marais, MN Click here for Google Map This trail is part of the Superior Hiking Trail and is the only part which is directly on the shoreline of Lake Superior.  This is one of those hikes everyone should do sometime for the sheer pleasure of such an extended [...]