George H. Crosby Manitou State Park — Attraction in Lake No. 1

I went there a bit ago and backpacker at sitr number 14. It was a 3 mile hike, and not fast ground. There is a good number of obstacles and rough elevation change ad well as mushy areas and hard to cross areas.

There were a few bridges that were not safe to cross anymore but finding a reroute was not so hard as some already had a reroute or were easy to navigate across. There is also a very big landslide past campsite number 12 on the riverside trail which would've been way harder to go across if it was wet. Also, hard to spot the trail on the other side of the landslide, but we got it done.

The site locations are really nice, some are higher up and some are lower along with some being right on the river. We went by #1e ans that has space for many people and an okay bear hang branch a stones throw away from the main site.

If you're looking for an easy place to go, this is not it, but it really is rewarding getting there and eating and setting up camp. Love this place.

Make sure you're ready for the walk, hardwr on the way out than in.

10/10 wouldrecommend.

Update: DNR website has had warning for a while about a reroute around the troubling stuff I talked about, I just haven't seen it due...

Visited Manitou in mid-August. Stayed in sites 21 & 22 on Lake Benson. This was a family camping trip with little ones and this was the closest ones in the park. We brought a canoe and used it on the lake. It was nice but not needed. I would highly recommend 21 over 22 as it is larger and has a good vantage point. Also good tree cover. The park has Mantiou River which we hiked to and visited the Cascade Falls. There are spots to swim if it's warm enough - we did. There was a semi boat landing that you can drive up to. Also Lake Benson has a wooden boardwalk all the way around it. It is about a mile all the way around. No real amenities here. Vault toilets. Water pump by the parking lot. Lots of old growth cedars around the lake and old white pines throughout the park. Great place to get away from it all. 2 hours north of Duluth. Not marked well but head into Finland off Highway 1 (by the new Tettegouche headquarters) and its right passed Finland state...

Great place to go backpacking! My brother and I just stayed the weekend at site #10 and had a great time! The trails are challenging and hilly/rough terrain but deffinately a beautiful quiet park. The campsites are spaced out quite a bit to where you probably wouldn't even hear someone shouting at the next site. Site #10 was tucked well off the trail and was very private. While on our day hikes we checked out a lot of the other sites and most are decently private but #10 is probably the furthest off the trail. #4 is directly on the trail so if you want a little privacy I would recommend not camping at site #4. We didnt go much further south than #10 though, but it doesnt look like many people do. There is absolutely no phone service anywhere in the park. Even at the top of the overlook I got between 1 and 3 bars of phone service but not strong enough to make a call or send a text. Which is fine with me, just wanted to let the girlfriend know I was...