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Explore Black Beach Park
Silver Bay, Minnesota
5.0
From the parking lot, you can head right to the beach and scramble onto the rock formation seen in the first picture.
If you head left you can check out the beach and scramble onto some bluffs with good viewpoints of the shoreline.
Kayak along the Shoreline of Tettegouche State Park
Silver Bay, Minnesota
Begin your kayaking tour at the Northshore Mining Access (http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/kayaking/lswt_map2.pdf) in Silver Bay, right after you pass the Northshore Mining facility. From here, begin paddling north towards Palisade head. The paddle from the launch to Palisade Head is just over 2 miles, and passes smaller cliffs and old fishing shacks. Right before you reach Palisade Head you w...
Superior Trail: Silver Bay to Illgen City
Silver Bay, Minnesota
11.48 mi
/ 1677 ft gain
Superior Trail: Silver Bay to Illgen City is a point-to-point trail that takes you by a lake located near Silver Bay, Minnesota.
Superior Hiking Trail: Bean and Bear Lakes
Silver Bay, Minnesota
6.5 mi
/ 873 ft gain
Superior Hiking Trail: Bean and Bear Lakes is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a lake located near Silver Bay, Minnesota.
Hike to the Bear Lake Overlook
Silver Bay, Minnesota
4.5
Leave from the carpark on Superior Hiking Trail. The trail climbs a little before descending into a valley and winding around the hills.
In about 2.5 miles, you will reach a clearing with an overlook above Bean Lake.
At around 3.6 miles you will see a communal campsite on the right, with a number of first-come-first-serve sites, and a trail to the lake. From here it is a quick climb up the trai...
Superior Hiking Trail: Bean and Bear Lake Loop
Silver Bay, Minnesota
5.0
6.42 mi
/ 988 ft gain
Superior Hiking Trail: Bean and Bear Lake Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a lake located near Silver Bay, Minnesota.
Explore Palisade Head
Silver Bay, Minnesota
5.0
Just an hour north of Duluth, Palisade Head is a go-to spot for artists, rock climbers and sight-seers in Northern Minnesota. The massive rock formation rises 932 feet above the North Shore of Lake Superior. The view from the top is both spectacular and spine-tingling. The cliff edge, which runs southwest to northeast, is rugged. Rock climbers need a permit and can get one at the ranger station...
Tettegouche State Park Trail
Silver Bay, Minnesota
1.69 mi
/ 318 ft gain
Tettegouche State Park Trail is an out-and-back trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Silver Bay, Minnesota.
Baptism River
Silver Bay, Minnesota
3.03 mi
/ 381 ft gain
Baptism River is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a lake located near Silver Bay, Minnesota.
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Ely, Minnesota
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Forest 183 Road
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Sawbill Lake Campground Superior National Forest
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