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Ash River Entrance Sign in Voyageurs National Park

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Ash River Entrance Sign

A roadside Ash River marker, distinct from the larger park-name sign.

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Nearest trail
1.6 mi
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A Hare's Winter Disguise

Overview

About Ash River Entrance Sign

Why stop

  • The stone base and NPS arrowhead make this roadside marker easy to recognize.

Heads up

  • No official source confirms a safe, legal place to pull off at the sign.

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Where it is

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SightAsh River Entrance Sign48.40017, -92.83737
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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
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A Hare's Winter Disguise
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“A snowshoe hare's winter disguise begins with changing daylight. As the days shorten, it sheds its dark summer coat and grows white fur that blends with snow.”

Plays on the road 0.5 mi from Ash River Entrance Sign in the Parkwolf Voyageurs Tour Guide.

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Guide

More about Ash River Entrance Sign

A small roadside markerThis is a National Park Service welcome sign on the Ash River approach to Voyageurs National…

This is a National Park Service welcome sign on the Ash River approach to Voyageurs National Park, near Orr, Minnesota. It is a brief photo stop for visitors heading to the Ash River Visitor Center, rather than a visitor center itself.

Make sure it’s the sign you wantThe roadside board reads “Ash River Visitor Center,” with “Voyageurs National Park” below.

The roadside board reads “Ash River Visitor Center,” with “Voyageurs National Park” below. The larger brown Voyageurs park-name sign is behind the visitor-center cabin farther along the road. Visitors describe pulling off for pictures here, but no official information confirms a designated or safe stopping area, so stop only where it is legal and safe. The seasonal visitor center farther down Mead Wood Road has restrooms and drinking water; those services aren’t at this sign.

The older signA 2009 photo shows the same masonry base with an earlier panel: “Voyageurs National Park”…

A 2009 photo shows the same masonry base with an earlier panel: “Voyageurs National Park” beside a flying eagle. For a photo of the Ash River marker, keep the stone base and right-side arrowhead in frame so it’s clear which sign you’ve reached.

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Wildlife

Wildlife in Voyageurs

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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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Trails nearby

ModerateBeaver Pond Overlook Trail0.4 mi · 20 min · 1.6 mi awayA short uphill walk to a rocky overlook above a beaver pond.EasySullivan Bay Trail1.3 mi · 1 hr · 1.8 mi awayA short forest road ends at a rocky bay overlook.ModerateBlind Ash Bay Trail2.9 mi · 2 hr · 2.3 mi awayA rocky peninsula loop opens onto two very different lake views.EasyKabetogama Lake Overlook Trail0.4 mi · 20 min · 2.4 mi awayA short accessible path to a bench and a tree-framed lake view.ChallengingCruiser Lake Trail8 mi · 6 hr · 4.6 mi awayA boat-access traverse with a rocky view across Cruiser Lake.EasyJorgens Lake Trail1 mi · 45 min · 4.9 mi awayA short boat access walk to a backcountry lake campsite.ModerateLittle Shoepack Lake Trail3.4 mi · 2 hr · 4.9 mi awayA remote forest walk that ends at a lakeshore canoe landing.

More stops nearby

Picnic area · 0.5 mi awayVoyageurs Forest OverlookA dark-sky picnic stop, with a tree-screened daytime overlook.Campground · 1.1 mi awayAsh River CampgroundA simple landing-side base for getting out on the lakes.Sight · 1.6 mi awayBeaver Pond OverlookA short climb to an open view over a beaver pond.Sight · 2.3 mi awayKabetogama Lake OverlookA short forest walk to a tree-framed lake view.Visitor center · 2.5 mi awayAsh River Visitor CenterHistoric lodge, lake views, and an easy start to Ash River.Picnic area · 3.9 mi awayRound Bear Island Day-Use AreaA sandy picnic landing for a boat break on Kabetogama Lake.Sight · 4.3 mi awayHoist BayAn old logging camp and lakeside resort made for a boat stop.

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