map - North Shore Visitor
SUMMER TRAILS
FACILITIES Information/Office
Picnic Area
Backpack/Kayak Camping
Hiking only
Split Rock Lighthouse
Overlook
Diver Parking
Telephone
Cart-in Campground
Parking
Kayak Campsite
PRIVATE PROPERTY Public Use Prohibited
Trail Center
Carry-in Access
State Park Boundary
Shelter
Backpack Camping
Superior Hiking Trail Lake Superior Water Trail
VISITOR FAVORITES
Gitchi-Gami State Trail Paved trail for biking, skating, & hiking
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• Touring the historic Split Rock Lighthouse & Visitor Center. • Skipping stones at Pebble Beach and the mouth of the Split Rock River. • Walking the trails along the steep cliffs of Lake Superior. • Split Rock Lighthouse State Park offers hiking trails, cross-country ski trails, stream and lake fishing, picnicking, camping and kayak access to Lake Superior. • Split Rock River waterfalls along the Superior Hiking Trail. • The Gitchi-Gami State Trail is under construction on the North Shore. The longest completed segment (13.2 miles) passes through Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.
Because lands exist within the boundaries of this park that are not under the jurisdiction of the D.N.R., check with the park manager if you plan to use facilities such as trails and roads other than those shown. to BE AVE 3.5 m R BAY iles
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SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK
Restored Keeper’s Home Private Residence 3 2
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Visitor Center
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FOR MORE INFORMATION Split Rock Lighthouse State Park 3755 Split Rock Lighthouse Road Two Harbors, MN 55616 (218) 226-6377 ♦ Department of Natural Resources Information Center 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4040 (651) 296-6157 (Metro Area) 1-888-646-6367 (MN Toll Free) TDD (Telecommunications Device for Deaf) (651) 296-5484 (Metro Area) 1-800-657-3929 (MN Toll Free) DNR Web Site: www.dnr.state.mn.us
FOR HISTORIC SITE INFORMATION
Facilities available within the park boundaries of 2200 acres include: 14.5 miles of biking, hiking and cross-country skiing trails, a paved segment of the nonmotorized Gitchi-Gami State Trail, a lakeshore picnic area with well-spaced, private picnic sites, a yearround trail center/picnic shelter building, an open picnic shelter and a unique cart-in campground where campers park their vehicles in the campground parking lot, load their gear into lightweight carts (carts are included with campsite rental), then wheel their gear on gravel trails to well spaced, secluded campsites. A modern sanitation building with showers is located in the campground.
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GROUP TOUR RESERVATION: Minnesota Historical Society 3713 Split Rock Lighthouse Road Two Harbors, MN 55616 (218) 226-6372 www.mnhs.org/splitrock
WILDLIFE: Although the wildlife at Split Rock has not been inventoried, it is suspected that the species are similar to that of nearby Gooseberry Falls State Park. This would indicate a variety of small songbirds, herring gulls and common loons. The once threatened peregrine falcon nests on cliffs
HISTORY: Due to a storm in 1905 which wrecked six ships within a dozen miles of the Split Rock River, the federal government contracted to have Split Rock Light Station built in 1909. With its fog signal building and lighthouse, the keepers at Split Rock warned ships away from the rocky and treacherous North Shore. Commissioned in 1910 and decommissioned by the Coast Guard in 1969 because of improvements in shipboard technology, the Split Rock light shone for 59 years over western Lake Superior. In 1971 the federal government deeded the light station to the state of Minnesota to be operated as a public historic site. In 1976 the Minnesota Historical Society assumed operation of the site. July 31, 2010 commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first beacon lighting. The first white people to live in the Split Rock area were commercial fishermen who
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Major logging operations were conducted at the mouth of the Split Rock River by the Merrill and Ring Company from 1899-1906. The forest then was predominantly red and white pine. Fires swept through the area after it had been logged out and today birch mixed with some spruce, fir, ash, upland and lowland brush and marsh have replaced the stately pines.
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SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK
GEOLOGY: The geologic history of this area tells a story that is more than a billion years old. Ancient lava flows today are evident in the many falls and rapids along the North Shore. Below, molten rock cooled more slowly to form gabbro, a harder, more resistant, rock. Intrusions of molten material into this large mass formed pockets of other types of rock and minerals. Pushed up through the earth’s crust, today, large masses of gabbro make up the bold and rocky character of this region. At Split Rock, the lighthouse cliff is a fine-grained gabbro which is capped by a light green rock called anorthosite. In more recent times, glaciers passed through the area erasing much of the earth’s geologic record as it scoured out the basin of Lake Superior and shaped the rock that lay underneath. Meltwater wore away less resistant rock leaving behind a barren and rugged landscape.
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The Minnesota Historical Society administers the 25-acre Split Rock Lighthouse Historic Site and Visitor Center adjacent to the site. Today, restored to its pre-1924 appearance, Split Rock Light Station offers visitors a glimpse of lighthouse duty in the years when the isolated station could be reached only by water. The Visitor Center houses a 90seat theatre which features the 22 minute film, “SPLIT ROCK LIGHT: Tribute to the Age of Steel,” exhibits on commercial fishing and North Shore tourism, and a museum store. Summer visitors to the historic site may also tour the lighthouse, fog-signal building and the restored keeper’s dwelling (10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M., mid-May to midOctober). From late October through early May, typically only the Visitor Center is open; (11 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., Thursdays thru Sundays) however, the grounds are open daily until dusk.
lived in a small fishing village called Little Two Harbors, located in the cove near the island one-half mile west of the lighthouse. These fishermen, predominantly Norwegians, fished for herring from the turn of the century until the 1920s.
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along the lake. Other wildlife includes the white-tailed deer, moose, black bear, raccoon, and snowshoe hare. A beaver colony can be found on the Split Rock River.
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SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK
SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK is located about 20 miles north of Two Harbors, Minnesota on MN Highway 61. Highway map index number is O-9.
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SO EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THE PARK... • The park belongs to all Minnesotans. Please treat it with respect and help us to protect it by following the rules. • The park is open year-round. On a daily basis, the park is closed from 10:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M. the following morning except to registered campers. • Camp only in designated locations. • The use of firearms, explosives, air guns, slingshots, traps, seines, nets, bows and arrows, paintballs, and all other weapons is prohibited in state parks. • Pets must be restrained on a leash no long er than six feet. Pets are not allowed in park buildings or on the historic site. • Park in designated areas only. • Motor bikes and other licensed vehicles are allowed only on park roads, not on trails. • Enjoy park wildlife and plants but please respect them. Do not pick or dig up plants disturb or feed animals, scavenge dead wood, or remove rocks from the lake. • Daily or annual permits are required for all vehicles entering a state park. They may be purchased at the park headquarters or the Information Center in St. Paul (see “FOR MORE INFORMATION” to left). • Build fires only in designated locations — fire rings or fireplaces. Wood is available for purchase from park staff. Portable stoves or grills are permitted.
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Hiking/Skiing, Mountain Biking Hiking Only
Lake Superior
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CART-IN CAMPGROUND Cart-in sites are 1-4 blocks from parking lot. (Backpack sites are shown on other side of this sheet.)
♦ This information is available in alternative format upon request. “Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is available to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed or religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, age or disability. Discrimination inquires should be sent to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4031; or the Equal Opportunity Office, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240.”
Minnesota
© 3/2010 by State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources
DEPARTMENT OF
DNR Maps
FACILITIES Information/Office
Picnic Area
Backpack/Kayak Camping
Hiking only
Split Rock Lighthouse
Overlook
Diver Parking
Telephone
Cart-in Campground
Parking
Kayak Campsite
PRIVATE PROPERTY Public Use Prohibited
Trail Center
Carry-in Access
State Park Boundary
Shelter
Backpack Camping
Superior Hiking Trail Lake Superior Water Trail
VISITOR FAVORITES
Gitchi-Gami State Trail Paved trail for biking, skating, & hiking
Trail distances shown in miles
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The DNR has mapped the state showing federal, state and county lands with their recreational facilities. Public Recreation Information Maps (PRIM) are available for purchase from the DNR gift shop, DNR regional offices, Minnesota state parks and major sporting and map stores.
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State Park Land Open to Hunting
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• Touring the historic Split Rock Lighthouse & Visitor Center. • Skipping stones at Pebble Beach and the mouth of the Split Rock River. • Walking the trails along the steep cliffs of Lake Superior. • Split Rock Lighthouse State Park offers hiking trails, cross-country ski trails, stream and lake fishing, picnicking, camping and kayak access to Lake Superior. • Split Rock River waterfalls along the Superior Hiking Trail. • The Gitchi-Gami State Trail is under construction on the North Shore. The longest completed segment (13.2 miles) passes through Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.
Because lands exist within the boundaries of this park that are not under the jurisdiction of the D.N.R., check with the park manager if you plan to use facilities such as trails and roads other than those shown. to BE AVE 3.5 m R BAY iles
Hiking/Mt. Biking
Trail
SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK
Restored Keeper’s Home Private Residence 3 2
1
Fog Signal Building Old Dock Location
Visitor Center
Old
Oil Hoist House Location
FOR MORE INFORMATION Split Rock Lighthouse State Park 3755 Split Rock Lighthouse Road Two Harbors, MN 55616 (218) 226-6377 ♦ Department of Natural Resources Information Center 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4040 (651) 296-6157 (Metro Area) 1-888-646-6367 (MN Toll Free) TDD (Telecommunications Device for Deaf) (651) 296-5484 (Metro Area) 1-800-657-3929 (MN Toll Free) DNR Web Site: www.dnr.state.mn.us
FOR HISTORIC SITE INFORMATION
Facilities available within the park boundaries of 2200 acres include: 14.5 miles of biking, hiking and cross-country skiing trails, a paved segment of the nonmotorized Gitchi-Gami State Trail, a lakeshore picnic area with well-spaced, private picnic sites, a yearround trail center/picnic shelter building, an open picnic shelter and a unique cart-in campground where campers park their vehicles in the campground parking lot, load their gear into lightweight carts (carts are included with campsite rental), then wheel their gear on gravel trails to well spaced, secluded campsites. A modern sanitation building with showers is located in the campground.
OR
GROUP TOUR RESERVATION: Minnesota Historical Society 3713 Split Rock Lighthouse Road Two Harbors, MN 55616 (218) 226-6372 www.mnhs.org/splitrock
WILDLIFE: Although the wildlife at Split Rock has not been inventoried, it is suspected that the species are similar to that of nearby Gooseberry Falls State Park. This would indicate a variety of small songbirds, herring gulls and common loons. The once threatened peregrine falcon nests on cliffs
HISTORY: Due to a storm in 1905 which wrecked six ships within a dozen miles of the Split Rock River, the federal government contracted to have Split Rock Light Station built in 1909. With its fog signal building and lighthouse, the keepers at Split Rock warned ships away from the rocky and treacherous North Shore. Commissioned in 1910 and decommissioned by the Coast Guard in 1969 because of improvements in shipboard technology, the Split Rock light shone for 59 years over western Lake Superior. In 1971 the federal government deeded the light station to the state of Minnesota to be operated as a public historic site. In 1976 the Minnesota Historical Society assumed operation of the site. July 31, 2010 commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first beacon lighting. The first white people to live in the Split Rock area were commercial fishermen who
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Major logging operations were conducted at the mouth of the Split Rock River by the Merrill and Ring Company from 1899-1906. The forest then was predominantly red and white pine. Fires swept through the area after it had been logged out and today birch mixed with some spruce, fir, ash, upland and lowland brush and marsh have replaced the stately pines.
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Tr. Harbors
SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK
GEOLOGY: The geologic history of this area tells a story that is more than a billion years old. Ancient lava flows today are evident in the many falls and rapids along the North Shore. Below, molten rock cooled more slowly to form gabbro, a harder, more resistant, rock. Intrusions of molten material into this large mass formed pockets of other types of rock and minerals. Pushed up through the earth’s crust, today, large masses of gabbro make up the bold and rocky character of this region. At Split Rock, the lighthouse cliff is a fine-grained gabbro which is capped by a light green rock called anorthosite. In more recent times, glaciers passed through the area erasing much of the earth’s geologic record as it scoured out the basin of Lake Superior and shaped the rock that lay underneath. Meltwater wore away less resistant rock leaving behind a barren and rugged landscape.
Underlined site numbers are RESERVABLE
2 6
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3 5
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Minneapolis/ St. Paul
The Minnesota Historical Society administers the 25-acre Split Rock Lighthouse Historic Site and Visitor Center adjacent to the site. Today, restored to its pre-1924 appearance, Split Rock Light Station offers visitors a glimpse of lighthouse duty in the years when the isolated station could be reached only by water. The Visitor Center houses a 90seat theatre which features the 22 minute film, “SPLIT ROCK LIGHT: Tribute to the Age of Steel,” exhibits on commercial fishing and North Shore tourism, and a museum store. Summer visitors to the historic site may also tour the lighthouse, fog-signal building and the restored keeper’s dwelling (10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M., mid-May to midOctober). From late October through early May, typically only the Visitor Center is open; (11 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., Thursdays thru Sundays) however, the grounds are open daily until dusk.
lived in a small fishing village called Little Two Harbors, located in the cove near the island one-half mile west of the lighthouse. These fishermen, predominantly Norwegians, fished for herring from the turn of the century until the 1920s.
Two
Duluth •
along the lake. Other wildlife includes the white-tailed deer, moose, black bear, raccoon, and snowshoe hare. A beaver colony can be found on the Split Rock River.
Little
SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK
SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE STATE PARK is located about 20 miles north of Two Harbors, Minnesota on MN Highway 61. Highway map index number is O-9.
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11 Tr a
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12 14
13
NORTH
16
Parking
15 Restrooms/Showers
SO EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THE PARK... • The park belongs to all Minnesotans. Please treat it with respect and help us to protect it by following the rules. • The park is open year-round. On a daily basis, the park is closed from 10:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M. the following morning except to registered campers. • Camp only in designated locations. • The use of firearms, explosives, air guns, slingshots, traps, seines, nets, bows and arrows, paintballs, and all other weapons is prohibited in state parks. • Pets must be restrained on a leash no long er than six feet. Pets are not allowed in park buildings or on the historic site. • Park in designated areas only. • Motor bikes and other licensed vehicles are allowed only on park roads, not on trails. • Enjoy park wildlife and plants but please respect them. Do not pick or dig up plants disturb or feed animals, scavenge dead wood, or remove rocks from the lake. • Daily or annual permits are required for all vehicles entering a state park. They may be purchased at the park headquarters or the Information Center in St. Paul (see “FOR MORE INFORMATION” to left). • Build fires only in designated locations — fire rings or fireplaces. Wood is available for purchase from park staff. Portable stoves or grills are permitted.
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Campsite Water
20
Toilets 19
Hiking/Skiing, Mountain Biking Hiking Only
Lake Superior
Private Land
CART-IN CAMPGROUND Cart-in sites are 1-4 blocks from parking lot. (Backpack sites are shown on other side of this sheet.)
♦ This information is available in alternative format upon request. “Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is available to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed or religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, age or disability. Discrimination inquires should be sent to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4031; or the Equal Opportunity Office, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240.”
Minnesota
© 3/2010 by State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources
DEPARTMENT OF
DNR Maps
