There is so much beauty to the area. There is a place where you can jump off the rocks into the river and be washed out into the lake. The preteens, teens and as well as many adults were really enjoying the adventure of the jump.
The beautiful Temperance River thunders through the amazing gorge in Temperance River State Park. Easy to navigate trails lead to the river's mouth and a cobblestone beach. Bring your camera!
We took a hike along the waterfalls! It was absolutely stunning. We were there after leaf peak season (Oct 27th-31st), so I can only imagine how much more beautiful it would have been had we came a little earlier on in the month.
Do not miss this park if you come to the area. You can park on the highway and then hike down to the mouth of the river and then hike up the gorge to the top. It's not a difficult hike at all. Very good trails and well maintained. We were on awe the whole time and loved it!
Loved all of the parks that we were able to get too. So different from our neck of the woods in Georgia. Rocky shoreline, of course, you can't go wrong in this area.
An amazing hike. Not too difficult, but has amazing views of the waterfalls. It may be challenging with young children, so probably 10 years or older.
We'd already seen some waterfalls, but the activities director at our hotel recommended this park, and said we'd really enjoy it.That we did. It has nice roadside parking, which is free, and the early part has easy access. We actually did the lower part of the falls, where the river dumps into Lake Superior. It was truly beautiful and fun. Water spills from a narrow rocky chute and rushes over rocks, creating amazing rapids. I actually have a video of this posted on Trip Advisor.This lower section has a boardwalk style walkway and some stairs, with a bridge over the river. Views are best from the bridge; better than from the overlook. There are steps on the other side of the river here, but they are actually fairly high. It was somewhat humid, so we opted to go toward Hidden Falls instead.The trail toward Hidden Falls starts simply, but once it turns to the rock stairway, it gets slippery and treacherous. Good footwear is important, but you have to take care anyway. Once you get to the Hidden Falls, you can see the gorge that was carved. You're actually on lava rock, I believe, as you walk, and at one time, the entire area was a lake, then a waterfall.While it's not a gorge or canyon as you'll find in the west, the water is amazingly fast. The green is also great, and this is a beautiful part of Minnesota.I highly recommend this short hike. We opted to stop and not go farther, as we'd already had a long day and didn't want to get sloppy. I understand the 2 mile hike is also very beautiful.The Gitchy Gami Trail, a paved bike/walk trail that runs along the Scenic Hwy 61, comes through the park and offers views of the Falls. If you don't like scrambling up rocks, or have accessibility issues, it is possible to get there over a paved trail. You just have to go past the roadside parking in either direction several hundred feet to find the trail.And, a random piece of icing on the cake was that as we came down the final trail back toward the parking, there was a fly fisherman. He was casting and re-casting, up to his knees in the water. It was such a pretty, peaceful scene. I didn't take a picture, as I thought that would be intrusive.
Beautiful park with many waterfalls, nice rock beach. Not the best for biking, too hilly for myself and kids. Rangers were a bit "strict" for us. Park was dead on our second night and would not let us park our second car in vacant spots, had to park 1/2 mile away in remote lot. Sites 5 and 6 have beautiful views. Nice clean bathrooms with showers. Don't think I would stay here again though, want to try other state parks in the area.
The old lava flows along the north shore of lake superior are cut by a series of rivers with fantastic names like: Baptism, Cut Face, Gooseberry, Sucker, Brule and Temperance. The latter is a great place for hiking. There a two gorges and the river rages so fast down the mountain that there is no sand bar at its entrance to Superior just rock.