Hiking Trails in & Around Voyageurs
The park offers many hiking trails, ranging from short and
easy to long and challenging.
The following are trails that can be reached by car.
Kab-Ash Trail System
MAP
This 24 mile network
includes loops and one-way sections. Trailheads are located
at Salmi Road, on the Ash River Trail Road
and at the Beaver Pond Overlook. Check with a visitor center
for current trail conditions. Not all sections are
maintained
and require skill in backcountry travel.
Echo Bay Trail
MAP
This 2.5 mile loop
trail is located northwest of the Kabetogama Lake Visitor
Center. A wide path takes you from aspens to pines
as you pass through lowlands and rocky outrcrops. Birding is
great here with a great blue heron rookery and sightings of
warblers,
woodpeckers, and even the occasional great gray owl.
Kabetogama Lake Overlook
This 0.2 mile (one
way) path provides a handicap accessible path leading to a
view through the forest out to Kabetogama Lake.
Located on the Ash River Visitor Center Road.
Beaver Pond Overlook
This 0.2 mile (one
way) path provides a short walk up a low hillside that looks
out onto a beaver pond. Located on the
Ash River Visitor Center Road.
Voyageurs Forest Overlook
This 0.5 mile loop
trail takes you down into the transitional southern boreal
forest of Voyageurs National Park. The trailhead is
located on the Ash River Visitor Center Road.
Blind Ash Bay Trail
MAP
This scenic 2.5 mile
loop trail takes you through rolling forest out to a
lakeside view of Blind Ash Bay. Blueberries are abundant
in mid-summer. Trailheads are located in the upper parking
lot at the Ash River Visitor Center, and with the parking
for the
Kabetogama Lake Overlook.
Oberholtzer Trail
MAP
This one-mile loop
trail begins outside the Rainy Lake Visitor Center. It
passes through forest and include views of wetlands looking
out towards Black Bay.
Information and map links courtesy Voyageurs Nat'l Park
