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Split Rock Lighthouse
State Park & Historic Site
Gooseberry Falls
State Park & Rest Area
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Silver Creek
Tunnel & Wayside
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SPLIT
ROCK
LIGHTHOUSE
BORN ON THE
BACKS
OF
THE 29 SHIPS
D A M A G E D
DURING THE
INFAMOUS
STORM
OF NOVEMBER
1905,
THE
LIGHT
WAS
IN USE UNTIL
1969
WHEN IT WAS
PLACED
ON
THE NATIONAL
R E G I S T E R
OF HISTORIC
PLACES.
Ah, the most visited spot on the shore - Split Rock
Lighthouse. This century-old light sits on a 130-
foot cliff at Superior’s edge, once a beacon of
safety for passing ships, now an icon for travelers.
The 2,057-acre state park is open year-round and
offers secluded cart-in / walk-in campsites, a
shoreline picnic area, and a picnic shelter that
doubles as a winter warming house for fat tire
bikers and snowshoers; hiking and biking too!
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SPLIT ROCK LIGHTHOUSE &
STATE PARK
see ad on page 20
• Tour the lighthouse, fog-signal building and light
keeper’s house.
• Visit the Split Rock Lighthouse visitor center
museum store, film and exhibits.
•Walk the lakeside trails and look up the 130-foot
cliff to the lighthouse.
• Attend the “Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial
Beacon Lighting” on November 10.
• Relish your lunch and the view from the picnic
area.
• Skip stones on the cobblestone beach, then
mosey into the woods along the Superior Hiking
Trail.
• Strap on your cross-country skis and glide the
13 kilometers of intermediate trails or snowshoe
anywhere in park [except on the ski trails]. Head
to the warming house for a break; it has indoor
restrooms and a wood-burning stove.
SPLIT ROCK
LIGHTHOUSE