Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction 1
How to Use This Guide 3
Trail Finder 4
Map Legend 10
The Hikes
Southern Minnesota 11
1 Winnewissa Falls-Pipestone National Monument 12
2 Red Rock Falls 16
3 Minneopa Falls-Minneopa State Park 19
4 Minnemishinona Falls 23
5 Ramsey Falls 26
6 Redwood Falls 30
7 Caron Falls 33
8 Hidden Falls-Nerstrand Big Woods State Park 37
9 Root River Falls 41
10 Niagara Falls 45
11 Pickwick Falls 49
12 Little Cannon Falls 52
13 Vermillion Falls 55
Metro Area and Central Region 59
14 Hidden Falls 60
15 Minnehaha Falls 63
16 St. Anthony Falls 68
17 Fairy Falls 72
18 Marine Mill Falls 76
19 Curtain Falls-Interstate State Park 79
20 Big Spring Falls and Wolf Creek Falls-Banning State Park 83
Duluth Area 89
21 Swinging Bridge Falls and St. Lonis Falls-Jay Cooke State Park 90
22 Oldenburg Cascades-Jay Cooke State Park 95
23 Kingsbury Creek Falls 100
24 Falls of Miller Creek 105
25 Falls of Chester Creek 109
26 Falls of Tischer Creek 114
27 Falls of Amity Creek-Amity and Lester Parks 118
28 Fails of Lester River-Lester Park 122
The North Shore 127
29 French River Falls 128
30 Trestle Bridge Falls 132
31 Schmidt Creek Falls 136
32 First Falls-Knife River 139
33 Second Falls-Knife River 142
34 Middle and Lower Falls-Gooseberry Falls State Park 146
35 Upper and Fifth Falls-Gooseberry Falls State Park 150
36 Nelsens Creek Falls-Gooseberry Falls State Park 154
37 Falls of Split Rock River 158
38 Split Rock Creek Falls-Split Rock Lighthouse State Park 164
39 Beaver River Falls 168
40 Upper Beaver Falls 173
41 Glen Avon Falls 176
42 High Falls and Two Step Falls-Tettegouche State Park. 180
43 Cascade Falls-Tettegouche State Park 185
44 Shovel Point Falls-Tettegouche State Park 188
45 Illgen Falls-Tettegouche State Park 191
46 Falls of Manitou River-George H. Crosby Manitou State Park 196
47 Falls of Caribou River 200
48 Two Island Falls 204
49 Cross River Falls 209
50 Falls of Temperance River-Temperance River State Park 212
51 Onion River Falls 218
52 Upper Falls-Poplar River 221
53 Lower Falls-Poplar River 224
54 Thompson Falls 228
55 Cascade Falls and The Cascades-Cascade River State Park 231
56 Hidden Falls-Cascade River 236
57 Rosebush Falls 241
58 Falls of Kadunce River 246
59 Lower Falls-Judge C.R. Maguey State Park 249
60 Upper Falls and Devils Kettle-Judge C.R. Magney State Park 252
61 Portage Falls 257
62 High Falls-Grand Portage State Park 260
63 Middle Falls-Grand Portage State Park 264
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Border Country 268
Hike Index 271
About the Author 272
About the Photographers 272