Gitchi Gummi Guided Hike at Gooseberry Falls State Park
June 27, 2025 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am – Gitchi Gummi Guided Hike at Gooseberry Falls State Park: Enjoy a beautiful 2.5 mile hike with a Naturalist, where you will see stunning views of Lake Superior and Gooseberry River. Bring water and appropriate shoes for a moderate hike with slightly rugged terrain. Meet outside the visitor center. Canceled if lightning.
North Shore Rocks Nature Cart at Gooseberry Falls State Park
June 28, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – North Shore Rocks Nature Cart What makes the rocks so unique along the North Shore of Lake Superior? Did you know that the lava flows of the infamous waterfalls at Gooseberry Falls State Park are 1.1 Billion Years old? Pop by our nature table outside of the visitor center to learn about how agates are […]
Gooseberry Falls event: Let’s Get Knotty
June 28, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Gooseberry Falls event: Let’s Get Knotty :: Knot-tying is a useful skill, and it can be a lot of fun too! From tying your tent to a stake, a hook on your line, or a canoe on your car, knowing how to tie different kinds of knots prepares you for all different kinds of situations […]
Gooseberry Falls event: Let’s Get Knotty
June 29, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Gooseberry Falls event: Let’s Get Knotty :: Knot-tying is a useful skill, and it can be a lot of fun too! From tying your tent to a stake, a hook on your line, or a canoe on your car, knowing how to tie different kinds of knots prepares you for all different kinds of situations […]
Gooseberry Falls event: Let’s Get Knotty
July 1, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Gooseberry Falls event: Let’s Get Knotty :: Learn how to tie the three most used, basic knots in the outdoors: bowline, truckers hitch, and figure 8 follow-through. Come to Lakeview Picnic Shelter, will be inside if raining. Feel free to come and go as you please.
Gooseberry Falls event: Summer Birding Hike
July 3, 2025 @ 7:00 am – 8:30 am – Gooseberry Falls event: Summer Birding Hike – Join Park Naturalist on the River View trail (approximately 1 mile one way from the visitor center) which offers beautiful views of birch and aspen bluffs around the Gooseberry River, Mouth of the Gooseberry River and Lake Superior where many birds hunt fish or eat aquatic vegetation. This […]
Rope Making at Tettegouche State Park
July 11, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Rope Making at Tettegouche State Park – There was a day when many farms and homesteaders had the skills and equipment to make their own rope. Using simple equipment, you can make your own piece of rope to take home! At the Meeting Room in the Visitor Center
Artist Reception Elliot Crompton
July 11, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Artist Reception Elliot Crompton – Tettegouche hosts year-round art shows in the Visitor Center. We hold a reception for these artists on the first Friday of the month. This month’s artist is Elliot Crompton. Please join us for a reception with the artist. learn more about Tettegouche State Park
Wild Edibles at Tettegouche State Park
July 12, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Wild Edibles at Tettegouche State Park – Whether for fun or for survival, knowing what wild things are edible is a great skill to have. We’ll cover a wide variety of wild foods that can be gleaned for free, and touch on what can or cannot be picked in a State Park. What are your […]
Ask a Naturalist Tettegouche State Park
July 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Ask a Naturalist Tettegouche State Park – Have you got a photo of something interesting, but are not sure of what it is? A burning question about the natural world? A fun story to share? The Naturalist will be available for questions in the Visitor Center.
Skulls Nature Cart at Tettegouche State Park
July 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Skulls Nature Cart at Tettegouche State Park – Can you tell the difference between an herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore just by looking at their teeth? Stop by the nature cart to learn how to tell different skulls apart, and maybe even guess which animals’ skulls we have out.
Construction Workers of the North at Tettegouche State Park
July 13, 2025 @ 12:45 pm – 3:00 pm – Construction Workers of the North at Tettegouche State Park – Humans are not the only ones who build for a living, in fact many animals construct and shape the world around us. One of which is the beaver! Known as ecosystem engineers, beavers drastically mold the natural world into what we see and enjoy today. […]
Invasive Species Removal at Icelandite Coastal Fen SNA
July 13, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Invasive Species Removal at Icelandite Coastal Fen SNA Tools, instructions, and good camaraderie will be provided. Bring water, snacks, and dress for working in the weather. Footwear appropriate for outdoor work/hiking is recommended. If you have your own gloves you’d like to use, please bring those as well. There are no maintained trails, public restrooms […]
Gooseberry Falls event: Paint the Night Sky
July 18, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Gooseberry Falls event: Paint the Night Sky – Come to Lady Slipper Lodge to celebrate our dark night sky. Before our special program at 8:30, we will be painting a night sky landscape. All supplies provided! program supplies limited to 30 painters
Gooseberry Falls event: Universe in the Park
July 18, 2025 @ 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm – Universe in the Park is a summer outreach program hosted by the Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics and area state and local parks. At our events, graduate students of the Institute will present about a topic of their choice in Lady Slipper Lodge. Presentations cover a variety of astronomical topics such as: the history of matter, […]
