Find your true colors and get inspired. Shop our local galleries and find artisan crafted gems. Feeling inspired? Take a class at North House Folk School or the Grand Marais Art Colony. Revel at a festival. Catch the fall bird migration. The boreal forest is at the heart of the migratory path for numerous bird species.

Fall colors on the Honeymoon Trail, Lutsen. September 15. Take a drive through the brilliant maple canopy on backwood loops such as the Honeymoon Trail in Lutsen and Hearbreak Ridge in Tofte. For a unique adventure, take Lutsen Mountains’ Gondola to the top of Moose Mountain for incredible views of Lake Superior and the Superior National Forest.

2024年10月21日 · Autumn on the North Shore comes early, stays late and leaves lasting impressions. Colors start with a leaf, a streak of red, or an occasional tree, isolated and orange. This is the season of the maple in the valleys behind the headlands rising out of Lake Superior.

2024年8月21日 · One of the best things to do during the fall months in Minnesota is go fall color hunting, and the North Shore is the ultimate place to do this. I always make sure to set aside at least one full weekend every year, just to go fall color peeping around Lutsen, Grand Marais, and the rest of Lake Superior’s shoreline.

2021年9月8日 · While fall hikes and backroad drives may be the most common ways to enjoy the brilliant fall colors, the North Shore offers another way to soak in the fall foliage: from the gondola at Lutsen Mountains.

The North Shore has two distinct seasons of fall colors: one for the inland maple trees found on the Sawtooth Mountains’ high ridges, and a second wave of aspen and birch trees directly along the shoreline.

Cook County is the premier destination to view fall colors in Minnesota. You won't find a better vantage point to view the Sawtooth Mountains and Lake Superior's dramatic coastline than from the top of Moose Mountain and our observations decks & Summit Chalet. There are no results for your selection, please try again.

Cap off the afternoon with a longer drive on dirt roads behind Lutsen. Make this fall color tour drive number one your list. It is breathtaking. The short drive leads you down one of the prettiest maple canopied drives along Minnesota’s North Shore. A roadside plaque explains how Heartbreak Ridge was named.

Hiking, biking, birding, driving, sailing, paddling and more for fall colors! Fall colors along the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior are mainly maples and some oaks, poplar / aspen and birch. We publish a daily fall color report and bird migration information starting every year on September 1st. Fall Color Report; find out more...

Autumn on the North Shore is glorious. Nights cool down making for crisp mornings and warm days. As days shorten, leaves quit producing chlorophyll and the latent colors – red, orange, burgundy, yellow, gold – emerge. North Shore MN fall …