The Best Hiking Trails in Minnesota

Blind Ash Bay is one of the trails in Voyageurs that can be reached without a boat, and it makes a perfect introduction to the environment of the national park. On this wooded trail, you’ll walk beneath tall, straight pines typical of the boreal forest, and among lush green understory....

This is a remote trail on the far side of the lake from Kabetogama Visitor Center, only accessible by boat. The visitor center is a common starting point, but a closer public boat launch is at Woodenfrog Campground....

Kab-Ash is one of the longest trails in Voyageurs National Park, and it is accessible year-round without a boat. More like a network of trails than one single trail, it has multiple variations and trailheads....

The Kabetogama Peninsula makes most of the land area of Voyageurs National Park, but no roads lead there. It’s only accessible by crossing one of three large lakes that surround it....

The Superior Hiking Trail (SHT) is a long-distance footpath near Lake Superior’s North Shore. The route reaches the lake in some places, but mostly follows ridges and valleys some distance away....

This trail covers some of the wildest backcountry terrain in Voyageurs National Park. It’s a footpath across the Kabetogama Peninsula, from one large lake to another, over glacial ridges that ripple the landscape, and through the thick woods that cover them....