Maps for major day hiking trails in Ely, Minn.

North American Bear Center Interpretive Trails

From waterfalls to walks around backwoods lakes, the Ely, Minn., offers a number of great day hiking trails to explore.

Surrounded by the Superior National Forest and considered the gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Ely is prime hiking and camping country. Bear Head Lake State Park also is nearby.

Here are links to maps for a number of the area’s top trails (To read descriptions about the trails, simply enter the trail name in the search bar at the upper left of this web page):
• Angleworm Trail (SNF)
• Bass Lake Trail (SNF)
• Bambas Loop (Hidden Valley R.A.)
• Big Moose Hiking Trail (BWCAW)
• Burntside Lake North Arm Trail (BWCAW, Chippewa National Forest)
• Kawishiwi Falls Trail (SNF)
• Kekekabic Trail (BWCAW)
• Milt Stenlund Trail
• North American Bear Center Interpretive Trails
• Secret/Blackstone Trail segment
• Sioux Hustler Trail segment to Devil’s Cascade (BWCAW)
• Snowbank Lake Trail (BWCAW)
• Taconite State Trail (SNF)
• Tomahawk State Trail (SNF)
• Trezona Ski Trail
• Tri-Lake Loop Trail (Bear Head Lake State Park)

Read more about day hiking Northeast Minnesota in my Headin’ to the Cabin: Day Hiking Trails of Northeast Minnesota guidebook.