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R.

R.

Rock

R.

Beaver

R.

R.

R.

R.

Siskiwit

L.

ock

Palisade Head

AY

Beaver Bay

Silver Bay

Port Wing

Herbster

Bayfi

1

SAND

I.

Lake

East Beaver Bay

Castle Danger

Cornucopia

N. S. M.

ustafson

Hill

EL. 1339

Split Rock Lighthouse

State Park & Historic Site

Gooseberry Falls

State Park & Rest Area

State Park & Rest Area

Silver Creek

Tunnel & Wayside

Twin Points Wayside

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Vacation Guide 2017

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SPLIT

ROCK

LIGHTHOUSE

BORN ON THE

BACKS

OF

THE 29 SHIPS

D A M A G E D

DURING THE

INFAMOUS

STORM

OF NOVEMBER

1905,

THE

LIGHT

WAS

IN USE UNTIL

1969

WHEN IT WAS

PLACED

ON

THE NATIONAL

R E G I S T E R

OF HISTORIC

PLACES.

Ah, the most visited spot on the shore - Split Rock

Lighthouse. This century-old light sits on a 130-

foot cliff at Superior’s edge, once a beacon of

safety for passing ships, now an icon for travelers.

The 2,057-acre state park is open year-round and

offers secluded cart-in / walk-in campsites, a

shoreline picnic area, and a picnic shelter that

doubles as a winter warming house for fat tire

bikers and snowshoers; hiking and biking too!

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SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE &

STATE PARK

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• Tour the lighthouse, fog-signal building and light

keeper’s house.

• Visit the Split Rock Lighthouse visitor center

museum store, film and exhibits.

•Walk the lakeside trails and look up the 130-foot

cliff to the lighthouse.

• Attend the “Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial

Beacon Lighting” on November 10.

• Relish your lunch and the view from the picnic

area.

• Skip stones on the cobblestone beach, then

mosey into the woods along the Superior Hiking

Trail.

• Strap on your cross-country skis and glide the

13 kilometers of intermediate trails or snowshoe

anywhere in park [except on the ski trails]. Head

to the warming house for a break; it has indoor

restrooms and a wood-burning stove.

SPLIT ROCK

LIGHTHOUSE