Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway 56 mi in Minnesota.
About the Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway
The Gunflint Trail is best known as the eastern entrance to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), a unique wilderness of more than a thousand lakes and streams joined by short overland trails called portages.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, Minnesota State Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 1 · 0.8 mi offGrand Marais Municipal Campground · City, county or regional park · 296 sites
- Mile 11 · 1.4 mi offKimball Lake Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 17 · 4.1 mi offTwin Lakes Campground · State forest · 3 sites
- Mile 25 · 0.8 mi offEast Bearskin Lake Campground · Forest Service · 32 sites · reservable
- Mile 26 · 1.6 mi offFlour Lake Campground · Forest Service · 37 sites · reservable
- Mile 36 · 0.5 mi offIron Lake · Forest Service · 7 sites · reservable
- Mile 55 · on the roadTrails End Campground · Forest Service · 33 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.