Tettegouche State Park

Stayed 2 nights exploring the North Shore. Great site, surprising level given the surrounding terrain. Nicely separate sites.

I was disappointed that this location does not have a dump station. Also road to get to the Baptist River area is badly in need of repair.

We are in a 40’ Class A with a Jeep and were able to fit and level in site 2E. The site has 30/50Amp. Unfortunately the 50 wasn’t working while we were there, but the 30 served us just fine. This site is easy walking distance to the bathhouse. The showers were hot and the bathhouse was clean. There is water available to fill your tank at the bathhouse, but there is a notice about something that was in the water. The notice did say the water was drinkable, but we chose to not put it in our tank. There is no dump station at this park, but they do give you info about nearby dump stations at the Visitors Center. The Visitors Center is crazy. Not enough parking for all the people who visit this park. We arrived on a Tuesday afternoon in August and had to park in the handicapped RV lane to check in because there were absolutely no other places to park. They have a large RV parking lot with a number of lanes, but there were random cars parked in the lanes, so there was not room for RVers. IF you have a campground reservation, my suggestion is just go to your site. If you need to purchase the Minnesota State Park pass (annual or daily), come back to the office in your smaller vehicle to purchase that. Otherwise, campers do not need to check in at the office. You can get in to your site as soon as it is available.

We loved this park! It was a perfect middle ground between Grand Marais and towns south on 61. Sites were secluded and bathrooms were clean. The hiking to see the waterfalls was easy within the campground the loop and the visitor center was gorgeous and clean, with coffee bar, gift shop, programming, etc. pro-tip: behind site 33 is a little path up to steep rock that you can climb and see great views! We will definitely be back!

I believe most, if not all, of the sites are dry camping. We had no problem getting enough solar in our site, yet we also had hammock trees and plenty of shade. It was the perfect combination.

We hiked out to Shovel Point, saw the mouth of the baptism river, and used this as a base camp to backpack in George Crosby-Manitou State Park where there is no campground. Overall very beautiful and peaceful with great Verizon signal.

The Visitor Center has super fast WiFi (I believe it was 8GB UP) but the parking lot down there has a 6 hour limit - not overnight like we originally thought. You could hang out in the lobby with a laptop and even grab a hot chocolate from the little cafe though if you wanted.

This was by far my favorite campground in the Minnesota SP system on the North Shore. I stayed at a few others and drove thru others except for Gooseberry SP. So if Gooseberry SP campground is better, I apologize, but I loved this one. The sites are big, spacious and most have a large backyard and privacy. Site #10e is probably one of the smallest sites in the campground and I had no problem getting my trailer in it. The campground is about 1.5 miles from the Visitor's Center so it was quiet and peaceful.

There about 28 RV sites (others in the main campground are walk-in tent sites), all electric except for 9 non-electric sites. This is likely one of the most popular campgrounds on the North Shore due to it's campground and proximity to Duluth. Gooseberry SP is closer to Duluth and is likely just as busy. I was here after Labor Day and you would expect most of the sites to be open on a weekday, not so, even if the families with kids aren't here, there are many other retired campers here. Even so, all the sites have very good privacy! I have solar, but all of the other non-reservable, non-electric sites were taken including the one I wanted, #18 by Currently Wandering. Oh well, still got a great site, just had to pay the electric rate of $31 a night! Got between 2-3 bars Verizon LTE without booster. NO Dump Station, although there is one in Silver Bay.

If you have a tent, there are about 13 cart-in sites (in a different area, not at the main campground) that over look Lake Superior and are beautiful.

Hiking trails to the falls area is fairly short but fun. I was fortunate to have a friend come up so we were able to do a point to point 12 mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail from Silver Bay back to the campground. If you are able to do this, it is extremely pretty and you hike near a few lakes. You can also do a loop hike from around Silver Bay to include some of the Superior Hiking Trail and a local trail.

You can easily spend 2 weeks here and just day trip to the other state parks for their hiking. Grand Marais is about 50 miles one way but an easy drive if you are staying here.

This state park is absolutely breathtaking! The campground is wonderful; private sites surrounded by beautiful greenery, great hiking trails, clean sites, clean bathrooms. This campground doesn't have a dump station but the station is a short drive into Silver Bay. The staff at the visitor center are super friendly and helpful. They have ice and firewood available for purchase. Shovel point, palisades head, and lake superior beach are all so magically beautiful. Northern Lights Roadhouse is down the street which serves great food and great bloody marys!

We had a great site that was very level. Sites are spaced apart for some privacy. The bathhouse and showers were clean. The park has a lot of hiking trails and is across the highway from the beach .

The drive in from South along the coast was beautiful. So many purple and pink wildflowers, so green and lush. We had a nice site, big and private. There’s paths from the back of the campsites that go to the falls. We had electric and filled with water near the bath house. Our friends were in site #22 it was awesome. The smell of pine was so nice Christmas in June. It was very quiet all week.

There’s many trails in the park along with lots to do close by. Palisade Head, Gooseberry Falls, Split Rock Lighthouse and state park, Cascade falls state park, Grand Marais, Temperance River so, Bettys pies (we ate there) then went to the Rustic inn for pie. The best peanut butter pie ever. Good Blueberry pie too.

There is a lake called Lax lake about 5 miles inland nice boating, kayaking and fishing. Dinner was served. On the way there are 2 places that sell wood not bad bundles. The park sells it but due to COVID they didn’t sell it.
Nice dark sky’s at night.

The visitors center looked nice yet was closed. The dump station is

We had a back-in 50A electric only site. Thick tree cover. Short drive to get to the bathroom/showers/water/garbage.

We really enjoyed not having neighbors close by, as there were many trees separating each campsite. There is a fire ban on at this time, so no campfires, which was a bummer, but understandable. Enjoyed the quiet and relaxing campsite and will return again.