Happy Trails: Park Point Trail straddles harbor and great lake
What started as a sunny, breezy walk between the Duluth-Superior Harbor and Lake Superior ended as a cautionary tale of hiking preparedness. 5:00 am, Jun. 4, 2021 ×
Duluth s Park Point Trail on the end of Minnesota Point offers a mix of hiking terrain, including sections of soft beach sand and sections of shadowed old-growth pine. (Samantha Erkkila / serkkila@duluthnews.com)
How is it that I went to college in Duluth for four years and have lived in the Northland for almost eight without having hiked out to the end of Minnesota Point?
The Park Point Trail has always intrigued me. With the big lake, the fine sandy beach and the old-growth pine forest. It’s a mix of terrain unlike any I ve come across in Minnesota.
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The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center is named for World War II pilot Dick Bong, who flew more than 200 missions over the Southwest Pacific and destroyed 40 enemy planes a U.S. piloting record. The center explores the life of the Poplar, Wisconsin, pilot, as well as other veterans, with artifacts, military vehicles, interactive displays and more.
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The Douglas Fault geological formation created the waterfalls at Amnicon Falls State Park, about 20 minutes southeast of Superior. View the falls from a covered footbridge or from 2 miles of trails. Picnicking areas and camping are available.
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The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center is named for World War II pilot Dick Bong, who flew more than 200 missions over the Southwest Pacific and destroyed 40 enemy planes a U.S. piloting record. The center explores the life of the Poplar, Wisconsin, pilot, as well as other veterans, with artifacts, military vehicles, interactive displays and more.
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The Douglas Fault geological formation created the waterfalls at Amnicon Falls State Park, about 20 minutes southeast of Superior. View the falls from a covered footbridge or from 2 miles of trails. Picnicking areas and camping are available.