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Split Rock Lighthouse
Two Harbors, Minnesota
A 1910 lighthouse on a 130-foot cliff, and the North Shore's best-known photo.
- Price
- Admission fee plus state park permit
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
The lighthouse stands on a sandstone cliff above Lake Superior, with a visitor centre and keeper's house you can tour. A trail leads down to a rocky beach for the classic view up at the tower. The state park around it has trails and camping.
Good to know
- Arrive early to avoid the heaviest crowds
- Walk to the beach for the photo
- Open
- May to October
- Getting there
- Paved, off Highway 61
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Toilets
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