Don't let the gravel road deter your visit here-you won't regret it! We camped during the week…read more(only sharing the area with one other camper-quite a long distance away). The bathrooms and shower were a pleasant surprise: Clean and a great experience for camping!

The owner, Vicki, was very nice and would always check to see if everyone was happy. This…read morecampground is beautiful and quiet - no "city camping" here! Clean bathrooms and showers. Want to get away from the "Rat Race" come here! Great for RV's and tent camping. It's worth the few miles (2.6) from the main road. Will be back!

New owners since 2014, lots of family friendly events at this swell campground, cabins and drive in…read morefor large rv campers. Great fishing on iron lake! They rent boats and pontoons. They have lodge with friendly service, frozen ice cream treats, nice craft beer selection, and tasty frozen pizzas. The view is great and Iron Lake is a fine place to swim, boat, fish or relax.

New owners took over in 2014 and it's like night and day. Greg and Kathleen have turned this resort…read moreand campground around in a positive way. The resort is now very family oriented with activities for the kids on the weekends. My girlfriend and I just spent 8 days and 7 nights in the "Escape Cabin". Beautiful view of the lake. Seriously if your wanting to camp or rent a cabin, this is the place to go. My sister is a seasonal and when come out the owners make us feel like family.

We hiked the Lakeshore Trail from the Meyers Beach parking lot. (National Park Service. $5 parking…read morefee; $2.50 if you have a Senior Pass or Access Pass. May, 2023). As noted by others, this is a launch point for kayaks to launch for views of the sea caves and cliffs. We were at this location twice in late May, 2023, and national park Rangers were there on both days (Wednesday, Friday) ensuring that kayakers were prepared for the rough and cold waters, and to provide guidance to hikers. There are clean vault toilets at the location. Regarding the Lakeshore Hike, we did about 2.2 miles of the hike, returning on the same trail to make it about 4.4 miles roundtrip. The trail continues to a campground site (I believe NPS reservations are required) but we didn't go that far. The first 1.8 miles are largely inland, without views of Lake Superior. Of this segment, the first 0.7 miles are almost completely on a double plank boardwalk that goes over swampy land in parts. It requires some stepping up and down on planks, following terrain changes. After you cross a service road at 0.7 miles, the trail alternates between plank boards and regular trails. As you approach the crevasse at 1.8 miles, there are quite a few ascents and descents wherein you go down to a stream-bed and then back up. Some of these are steep but have logs to help with footing. The stream crossings all had sturdy boards or bridges to cross. At 1.8 miles, you reach the crevasse area with views of Lake Superior. Take a look on both sides to see sea caves and the deep crevasse. There are benches here too so it made a great lunch spot. Be careful not to get too close to the edges. It's a long way down! Beyond the crevasse, walk another 0.4 miles to the "basin". This stretch is relatively easy (flat) walking with spectacular views. My husband, who has been hiking in the Himalayas recently, found the entire trail to be easy. For me, I'd characterize it as moderately challenging. On the positive side, there is very little elevation change, so I wasn't huffing and puffing. However, I have balance issues, so I didn't particularly like the footing for the ascents/descents to the stream beds nor all of the roots on the trail. Some of the steps up and down, even on the boardwalk, were also a bit too high for my short legs! Having walked with hiking poles and an occasional hand from my husband helped. Finally, remember bug spray. The mosquitoes are active. 4-star rating overall instead of 5 due to distance required to walk to get views of the sea caves and mosquitoes. 5 stars for the Park Service.

You have to come check out the sea caves on the shoreline of Lake Superior. Meyers beach is the…read morelaunching point for kayaks. It's also the location for the hiking trail. The views from the water are beautiful! I highly recommend the water instead of the walking trail. There are multiple vendors you can rent kayaks and wet suits from. You can even take a guided tour. We personally, have our own kayaks and decided to do our own trip. The DNR do sit at the beach and give you the whole spiel on safety and risks. It is recommended to use sea kayaks due to the rough waters of Lake Superior. We have used normal lake kayaks and used good judgement on the water/ weather conditions. Both times were just fine on the normal kayaks. Just be careful. The waters are freezing all year-round and if you do go overboard near the caves there's no good spot to pull off. Check out my pics of the stunning caves!

This campground was warm, welcoming, cozy, and quiet. The sites were tucked in underneath a canopy…read moreof oak and birch trees, looking out over a lovely lake. Carl and Sandy, the hosts/owners were terrific. They welcomed us and helped us get positioned into our site, had a stack of firewood ready to go by the fire pit, and even added a small rolled up item that made colorful flames! Great camping experience, great people, we will return.

Was here in Summer a decade or so ago and decided to go back again and spent a week here in late…read moreSeptember. The hosts are extremely accommodating and more than willing to help with getting your trailer into the proper place. Several of the sites are set permanently as they have wooden decks and some are a bit dated. Very quiet. No store but firewood is available and Iron River is less than 10 minutes away. Very nice!

At the east edge of Duluth, this park offers 9+ miles of hiking & mountain biking trails between…read moreAmity Creek & Lester River. Waterfalls abound in this park, even from the parking lot. The playground/picnic tables/pavilion/bbq grills aren't far from the parking lot, just across the bridge. Cross country ski, snowshoe, hiking, mountain biking trails. Birding and wildlife watching, as well as fishing. Well worth the stop and check out!

This is one of two campgrounds in the Brule River State Forest. There is a Ranger Station, River…read moreAccess, and Fish Hatchery. The campground is beautiful, in a tall pine forest with nice sized campsites with newer fire rings and ADA accessible picnic tables. The campsites are semi private, you can see your neighbors but are nicely spaced out. The well water is fresh, cold, and tastes great - no iron water like the North Shore. It's also nice to have the town of Brule nearby for canoe rentals (they will pick you up at your site), Ice, Firewood, Convenience Store and bar. The only negative was that the bathrooms were pretty rough even by pit toilet standards. Also, there was lax enforcement of campground rules. This is good if you despise rules, not so good if you don't like hearing twin dobermans bark all day or see a kid in the next campsite shooting a pellet gun. But overall this is a very nice campground and a must for tent campers.

Hidden gem on the South Shore of Superior! Located just out of Port Wing on Big Pete Road, you can…read morehave the best of both worlds: clean unpopulated beach on Lake Superior AND a beautiful boreal forest! Park along Big Pete Road or walk in...you won't regret it!

We did the half-day sea cave tour and it was really cool! Our guides, Paul and Tony, were great!…read moreSuper friendly and knowledgeable about the caves and the area in general and very safety conscious. If you are used to only paddling rivers, and lakes that are not Lake Superior, be ready for a workout. If you don't kayak a lot, I'd recommend the half day option. It was a great day! Highly recommend!

My husband and I had so much fun on our full-day tour! It was the main basis of our trip, and was…read moreone of our favorite parts. It was strange that they have a whole packing list on their website, but then they said in person that it would be better to bring as little as possible. We thought it would be fine to still bring our bags, but we think it ended up weighing down our kayaks (along with the things the tour guides packed in our kayaks for everyone's lunches like water jugs). Anyway, we ended up being pretty slow (even though I have quite a bit of experience with kayaks), which made things a bit stressful when they kept yelling at us to keep up. The lunch they provided was delicious and the sights were beautiful! It's just hard to be with a group when they're on a time crunch and want us to keep paddling when we want to stop and look at things, but there's not really another option if you're unfamiliar with the wind/weather/current patterns. Overall, it was a good experience, and we bought some nice embroidered sweatshirts after at their store!