Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive
Minnesota Scenic Byway 50 mi in Minnesota.
About the Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive
This section of Highway 23 has been known as the "scenic route to Duluth" for decades. Near the beginning of the route is Banning State Park, with camping, hiking, river fishing, canoeing and, for the adventurous, kayaking the Kettle River with its infamous "Hell's Gate" rapids.
Creeks and small rivers criss-cross the length of the route, many of which offer fine trout fishing-especially the Nemadji and South Fork rivers on the northern part of the route. Near the end of the route is the Veteran's Memorial Overlook, with a breathtaking view of the St. Louis River Valley.
Explore Minnesota, for the Minnesota Scenic Byways Commission's own description, in its words. Byway page on exploreminnesota.com.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 0 · on the roadBanning State Park · State park · 33 sites · reservable
- Mile 0 · 3.3 mi offRobinson Quarry Park Campground · City, county or regional park · 8 sites · reservable
- Mile 26 · 2.5 mi offGafvert Campground and Day-Use Area · State forest · 18 sites
- Mile 43 · 4.2 mi offJay Cooke State Park · State park · 79 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.