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Way to Camp | # paddle camping in Minnesota State Parks

paddle camping | In the State Parks

The highest concentration of destination state parks along the crags, creeks and cascades of the Great Lake Superior coastline.

Afton | Core/Gateway

  • backpack

Banning | Core/Adventure

  • bp

bear head lake | Destination

  • backpack

CHARLES A. LINDBERGH | Rustic

  • walk ins

glendalough | Core/Classic

  • 22  cart-in campsites (14 with electricity)

    • Requires carting in, but nicely spaced out. Some close to lakeshore.​

gooseberry falls | Destination

lake Bronson | Core/Classic

  • backpack

​5 walk-in campsites

RICE Lake | Core/Classic

ST. Croix | Destination

  • bp

Savanna portage | Core/Classic

  • backpack

Scenic | Core/Classic

  • backpack

Schoolcraft | Core/Classic

SPLIT ROCK Lighthouse | Destination

  • bp

Tettegouche | Destination

  • bp

WILD RIVER | Destination

  • bp

Lake Vermilion | Destination

  • backpack?

Arthur, Anne. Minnesota's State Parks. Adventure Publications, Inc.: Cambridge, MN, 1998. Meyer, Roy W. Everyone's Country Estate: A History of Minnesota's State Parks. Minnesota Historical Society Press: St. Paul, 1991.

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