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Voyageurs National Park

National Park · MN

Voyageurs National Park

19 trails · 49 places · 29 audio stories for the drive

Trails
19
Places
49
Audio stories
29
Wildlife maps
16
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Rainy Lake Visitor Center and Garden

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Top sights in Voyageurs

All 49 places
1SightEllsworth Rock GardensA boat-access rock garden with stone sculptures and lake views.2SightGrassy Bay CliffsA towering granite wall, best seen from the water.3SightKettle Falls Dam OverlookLook south into Canada from a dam on the old portage route.4SightAnderson BayNineteen boat miles lead to 80-foot granite cliffs above Rainy Lake.5SightLittle American IslandA short boat-only walk through Rainy Lake’s gold-rush ruins.6SightI.W. Stevens ResortHistoric cabins, a sauna, and a glimpse of island self-reliance.7SightHarry Oveson Fish CampOne Rainy Lake fisherman’s working world, reached only by boat.8SightHoist BayAn old logging camp and lakeside resort made for a boat stop.9SightRainy Lake Ethnobotanical GardenA short garden walk ties native plants to Ojibwe knowledge.

Hiking

Top trails in Voyageurs

All 19 trails
  • 8 easy
  • 9 moderate
  • 2 challenging
ModerateBlind Ash Bay Trail2.9 mi · 2 hrA rocky peninsula loop opens onto two very different lake views.ModerateAnderson Bay Loop Trail2.7 mi · 2 hrWhite granite cliffs and Rainy Lake views reward a boat-only hike.EasyOberholtzer Trail1.6 mi · 1.1 hrAn easy forest loop through marsh and two modest bay overlooks.ChallengingLocator Lake Trail4 mi · 3.5 hrA rugged, boat-access hike to a quiet inland lake.ModerateMukooda Trail2.8 mi · 2.5 hrA rocky ridge hike with a Prohibition-era cabin story.EasyEcho Bay Trail2.5 mi · 1.5 hrA quiet loop through beaver wetlands and a modest overlook.ChallengingCruiser Lake Trail8 mi · 6 hrA boat-access traverse with a rocky view across Cruiser Lake.ModerateBlack Bay Beaver Pond Trail1.2 mi · 45 minA boat-in walk over rocky ridges to an active beaver pond.
A park ranger sits on a dash-mounted phone, talking, as Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays “Army Cutworm Moths: A Grizzly Bear Buffet” on Grand Loop Road below Dunraven Pass in Yellowstone
Parkwolf Tour GuideThe highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.

Voyageurs Tour Guide

Voyageurs, narrated.

Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Voyageurs National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.

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Rainy Lake Visitor Center and Garden
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“You’re coming up on Rainy Lake Visitor Center, a good stop for exhibits, ranger advice, and a walk beside Black Bay.”

Plays as you drive up to Rainy Lake Ethnobotanical Garden in the Parkwolf Voyageurs Tour Guide.

More stories near here in the app

  • The Garden That Grass Took Over
  • Water Bound for Hudson Bay
  • 29 audio storiesacross Voyageurs’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
  • Wildlife heatmapsfor Gray Wolf, Moose, Bald Eagle, and 13 more
  • Works offlinemaps, 19 trails, 49 places, and audio download before you lose signal
  • CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
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“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
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Map

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Before you go

2 active Voyageurs alerts

  • ClosureDryweed Island-area sites closed for bear activitySeventeen campsites, houseboat sites, and a day-use site on Dryweed Island and nearby islands are closed through the end of October 2026 because of continued bear activity and unsafe bear-human…Official details
  • CautionNavigation markers and buoys absent on park lakesUse caution while boating on Rainy, Kabetogama, Namakan, and Sand Point Lakes because park hazard markers and secondary navigation aids have been removed, and most primary navigational buoys are also…Official details
Voyageurs alerts

Wildlife

Wildlife in Voyageurs

All Voyageurs wildlife maps
Gray Wolf10 sightingsGray WolfMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapMoose12 sightingsMooseMost seen around 7 AMSighting mapBald Eagle67 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 10 AMSighting mapLoon79 sightingsLoonMost seen around 6 AMSighting mapWhite Pelican41 sightingsWhite PelicanMost seen around 8 AMSighting mapTrumpeter Swan19 sightingsTrumpeter SwanMost seen around 6 PMSighting map

Sighting maps show where each species has been reported across Voyageurs. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.

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The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.

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