Day Hiking Trails: Trail maps for Gooseberry Falls State Park

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Trail maps for Gooseberry Falls State Park

No one ever should go hiking without a map. Here are maps for nine trails in Gooseberry Falls State Park, Minnesota’s second most visted state park.

Located on Minnesota’s scenic North Shore, Gooseberry Falls offers a number of great sights, including five waterfalls, 1.1-billion-year-old rock, grand vistas of the world’s largest freshwater lake, an agate beach, and more.

To reach the park, from Two Harbors drive north on Minn. Hwy. 61. Turn right/southeast into the the Goosberry Falls rest area and visitor parking. Almost all of the park’s trails can be reached from this location.

Trails are marked in yellow on the maps. Click each map or open it a new window for a larger, printable version.

River View Trail

Picnic Flow Trail

Gitchi Gami Bike Trail

Gitchi-Gummi Trail

Fifth Falls Trail

Gooseberry River Trail

Superior Hiking Trail

Nelsens Creek Trail

High Point Trail

Learn about trail guidebooks available in the Hittin’ the Trail series.

Meet the Author

My name is Rob Bignell. I'm a long-time hiker, journalist and editor. My son Kieran and I have been hiking together for the past decade. Before Kieran, I taught middle school students in New Mexico and Wisconsin, served as an infantryman in the Army National Guard, and worked in newspapers. I've won several journalism awards, from editorial writing to sports reporting. In 2001, The Prescott Journal, which I served as managing editor of, was named Wisconsin’s Weekly Newspaper of the Year. Currently I own and operate an online editing business, Inventing Reality Editing Service. After spending several years in Southern California, my son and I now live in Wisconsin on the scenic Red Cedar River.