Tettegouche State Park — Attraction in Beaver Bay Township

Stayed at the group camp 1 over the weekend. Group camp 1 and 2 are fairly close to one another. It is a trek to get to the campsites and you will have to cart in your items for approximately 100 yards. The bonus is that they do have carts available and you walk in through a wooden playground before you get to the campsite. There are two toilets between group camp 1 and 2.

Make sure you put on a bunch of mosquito spray before starting your entrance as these guys are relentless.

The fire pit in campsite 1 was fairly large and they had three metal grills for the one large pit. They sell firewood at the visitors center for $8 a bunch. We were lucky enough to find roadside booth of firewood for sale at $5/bundle a mile away from the visitor center on 61.

Phone reception is spotty throughout the park but you can get full reception at the visitors center.

There is no water spigot at the group camps and no showers. You will need to get water from the visitors center. The toilets are vaulted and there are two next to each other. Overall the experience was wonderful and the state park is beautiful. There were a lot of cars and people at the visitors center but we didn't see a lot of people when we were walking the trails. The swing bridge was taken out by mother nature due to the floods a month ago. Also, the trails were closed to the bottom of the fall, which was disappointing....Better safe than sorry though.

Definitely a nice place to stay. Will have to return when they reopen the trails to make the trek to the waterfall.

Photo is from the top of the waterfall,...

A must-stop spot along the North Shore. The rest area/visitor’s center is right off of 61, convenient to access and a great place to get a view of the North Shore. We like to hike out to Shovel Point (1.5 mi round trip), stop at the gift shop and check out the art on the walls of the visitor center. Coffee is delicious. Plenty of tables inside and out for a picnic. They also have ice cream treats.

We hiked 1.5 miles(round trip) to Cascade Falls. It was a scenic hike along the river with some steep steps up to the falls. Hikes up to the High Falls and Two Step Falls we're also spectacular.

Swimming in the mouth of the Baptism River was my favorite experience at the park. On one evening I had the beach to myself and saw a Merganser duck with ducklings. Another evening I got to watch two beaver swimming in the river. The beach is popular in the daytime and so refreshing!

The cart-in campsites are very private and are right over Lake Superior. Some have trails down to the lake. Primitive (vault) toilets are accessible at 3 points in the campground.

We camped at the Baptism River Campground in Walk-in Site #7. We couldn't see or hear our neighbors. There was a pit toilet near our site next to the parking area. A short walk brought us to the bathhouse where we could use the showers, flush toilets, and access cold drinking water. At night we could hear the waterfalls along the Baptism River.

We hiked up to Tettagouche Camp. The trail was steep, so a good challenge. Scenic overlooks were the highlight of the hike. We also got to sample thimble berries and a few...

If you're up for the challenge, the cart in campsites here offer some views of superior that not everyone will ever get to see. Some of those sites overlook cliffs, others have semi-private beaches. Oddly, however, some of the sites aren't as secluded as campsites at even some non-cart in sites I've been to, so if you have a protective dog as I do, be prepared for them to alert you often. Unfortunately, there seems to be a recurring pattern of people who get these sites, but don't vacate them when they are required to, so you may have to contact the ranger, and you may have to wait longer than you should have had to. This isn't the parks fault, but it happened to us, to another person camping the next night in a different site, and we met other people there that had similar experiences in the past. Its probably because the campsites are so cool they don't want to leave and just hope the next person doesn't show up. Who knows, really though. Anyway, there are also several points of interest that are accessible within walking distance of the park office. The high falls, two step falls, and shovel point. There's also a beach at the river inlet that people like. The trails are muddy, sometimes slipery, and there is no end to the stairs which are seemingly everywhere. However, like most of northern Minnesota, it's worth the hike to see the views. There's also the palisade head which is a few miles away, and...