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Superior Trails: Scenic Travel on the Lake Superior Circle Tour. Your Travel Guide to interesting places to see and things to do . . . including Scenic Drives, Hiking, Waterfalls, Camping, Campgrounds, State & National Parks, Wilderness Areas and other recreational attractions.

Hi . . . Ross and Jo Reinhold here.

We're glad you dropped in. SuperiorTrails is #1 website for scenic travel and outdoor recreation around Lake Superior. Our guide covers the regions (three states and one Canadian province) around Lake Superior.

Here we share with you our travel notes and pictures on exploring, hiking, canoe tripping, waterfall discovery, camping and winter recreation along Lake Superior's Scenic Roads & Byways. We cover cities, villages, and scenic and recreational attractions along Minnesota's North Shore, Ontario's North and East Shore, and the South Lake Superior Shore of the Michigan Upper Peninsula, and Wisconsin.

In these pages, we'll highlight some of the places we've found worthwhile to visit and explore. We'll also recommend some places to stay whether that be comfortable lodging, a full service campground, or roughing it.

One favorite of many Circle Tour travelers is Duluth, Minnesota and its Canal Park Lakefront. The Minnesota North Shore boasts one the nations top hiking trails, the Superior Hiking Trail. Over in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is another top rated hiking trail system: Porcupine Mountains State Park. Wisconsin's Bayfield Peninsula is home to the Apostle Islands National Park and Madeline Island, with its historic village of LaPointe, is another popular destination.

The Ontario Lake Superior travel route takes you through the remnants of a mountain range that once were higher than the Rockies, but still offer dramatic views of Lake Superior. Whether you take the whole route or just visit a particular region around Lake Superior, we think you'll enjoy the experience.

Sunset on Bayfield's Siskiwit Bay of Lake Superior. Cornucopia, WI
Sunset Over Lake Superior
Siskiwit Bay - Cornucopia, Wisconsin

Bayfield Peninsula

New Section: See our new Lake Superior Travel & Events page for updates on our seasonal recommendations on interesting things to do and places to visit around Lake Superior.

Note: This outdoor experience & scenic travel-recreation guide is brought to you by people who have been there, done that, and are still doing it!

Grand Marais Sunrise
Early Morning Sunrise
Grand Marais, Minnesota

Gas Saving Tips - Enjoy a unique vacation along the shores of Lake Superior for less money than you'd imagine

 

Planning Your Lake Superior Circle Tour Road Trip

The regular pages of Superior Trails profile the regions around the lake in more depth, including lots of pictures to better appreciate what each area has to offer. Simply click on the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan UP, or Ontario links in the left hand column for a detailed directory to that regions attractions.

A second part of web site is our Lake Superior Trip Planner. It is essentially a condensced version of the regular site that includes maps, mileage data, and some of our recommended stops and highlights around the lake.

Should rising gas prices $$ impact that Lake Superior Vacation? Go Here to see some interesting facts on actual costs.

Travel Help
Go Here for Site Search & Site Travel Directory

lake superior beach rocksAgate Hunting Rock Picking on Lake Superior's Beaches

Enjoy rock collecting or rock hunting? Lake Superior offers a number of agate beaches with both Lake Superior Agates and numerous other beach stones that can be polished into gemstones

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Learn how to tell the difference between agates and other attractive beach stones, including identifying agate-wanna bees.

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- Map of Wisconsin Scenic Fall Color Drives
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Wisconsin Fall Color
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Wisconsin Scenic Fall Color
Tour Map

Golf Courses Around Lake Superior

Golf Courses Around Lake Superior

In 2010 we opened up a new section of SuperiorTrails - A directory and rating of Golf Courses along the Lake Superior Circle Tour. Since that time, we visited a few more golf courses along the Minnesota North Shore, Ontario, and the Upper Peninsula and have posted info on them.

Lake Superior Circle Route - Camping Directory

Directory to our pages on camping, hiking trails and public campgrounds found while touring around Lake Superior, organized by state and provence

Ontario Canoe Trips - Wilderness Camping & Canoeing
Wabakimi Wilderness Park - Trip Directory

Maps, pictures, trip reports from our canoe excursions into Wabakimi Park, Ontario's largest and most remote wilderness canoeing and fly-in fishing park
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Help Finding Travel Information You Need

See our TRAVEL DIRECTORY listing of all the pages in our site or use our SITE SEARCH to find pages containing information of interest.

Got particular Circle Tour Question? Be happy to help. Drop me a line
- - - Roscoetrails@gmail.com

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CAMPING THE NORTH SHORE
Camping the North Shore

By Andrew Slade, a Duluth, Mn resident who has hiked and camped extensively along the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior. His guide book offers detailed profiles of 23 of his favorite campgrounds along or near the Lake plus information on 43 other campgrounds and camp sites. See this book and more in our Lake Superior Bookstore.



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Pride of Baltimore II Tall ShipTall Ships Duluth 2013
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About the Superior Hiking Trail

Golf Courses Around Lake Superior
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Reviews of golf courses around Lake Superior

Camping and Campgrounds Around Lake Superior
Lake Superior Camping
& Campground Directory

Lake Superior Circle Route

 


Golf Courses Around Lake Superior

Camping and Campgrounds Around Lake Superior
Lake Superior Camping
& Campground Directory
Lake Superior Circle Route

Lake Superior Circle Tour Travel Planner


Apostle Islands
See the Apostle Islands Lighthouses on an Apostle Islands Cruise

Madeline Island Big  Bay Park
Enjoying the great swimming Beach Big Bay State Park on Madeline Island

Travel Information

fall color tour report

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Fall Color Tour Map