Fox21Online
July 20, 2021
TWO HARBORS, Minn.– Drought conditions are common throughout the upper Midwest right now and that’s impacting some of the many tourist destinations up the North Shore, but Gooseberry Falls is still expecting a busy peak visitation stretch, despite the current lower water levels.
Gooseberry Falls is described as the gateway to the North Shore.
Located just 15 minutes North of Two Harbors, the state park features about 20 miles of hiking trails, beautiful picnic areas and upper, middle and lower falls which are accessible to people year-round.
It’s much drier than usual at Gooseberry right now, meaning less water is flowing.
Fox21Online
July 20, 2021
TWO HARBORS, Minn.– The lack of rain is impacting some of the most picturesque places on the North Shore.
Right now, the West section of Gooseberry falls isn’t quite “falling” the way it’s supposed to, as a portion of it has dried up.
Annually, the falls see over 800,000 visitors a year to come see the upper, middle and lower waterfalls, but as the park approaches its peak visitation period, they are experiencing an earlier dry period than normal.
“You know we get into these periods where there’s low-flow but this is abnormally dry for us
Fox21Online
June 28, 2021
TWO HARBORS, Minn.– The future looks bright as businesses and parks up the North Shore are anticipating a busy 4th of July weekend.
Gooseberry Falls and Split Rock Lighthouse are two highly visited areas up the shore, it’s an exciting time with big crowds expected to come through this weekend.
“Visitation is still up, as it was similar to last year, our visitation was high so yeah people are coming back out, they’re staying in the campgrounds, visiting the north shore again,” Nick Hoffmann, the Assistant Park Manager at Goose Berry Falls State Park said.