Tettegouche State Park

 

 

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Ownership

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Overview

 

 

History

 

 

Management

 

 

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Location

Size

9,489 acres statutory, 9,009 owned

 

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  Area and County
    County   Lake County
    Region   Northeast Minnesota

Parking

5702 Highway 61
Silver Bay, MN 55614

N47 20.326, W91 11.812

 

Hours

Daily from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.

 

Fees

Daily park permit: $7

Annual park permit: $35

 

Maps

campground (PDF)

climbing areas (PDF)

all season (PDF)

all season (GeoPDF)

Activities

Hiking

Biking

Mountain biking

Horseback riding

Picnicking

Camping

Backpacking

Rock climbing and bouldering

Swimming

Boating

Canoeing

Birding

Nature photography

Geocaching

Cross country skiing

Skate-skiing

Winter hiking

Snowshoeing

Snowmobiling

 

Trails

Hiking

23 miles

Winter hiking

1.7 miles

Mountain bike

1.5 miles

ATV

6.5 miles

Cross country skiing

15.5 miles

Skate-skiing

4 miles

Snowmobile

12 miles

Snowshoe

Anywhere in park except on groomed trails

 

Hunting and Fishing

Much of the southern half of the park (approximately 3,700 acres) known as the Palisade Valley unit is open to public hunting and trapping.

See Hunting and Trapping Regulations (MN DNR) for details.

In most cases, Minnesota residents do not need a permit to fish in Minnesota State Parks.

Ecology

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification
Ecological Province Ecological Province  

Laurentian Mixed Forest Province

 
Ecological Section Ecological Section  

Northern Superior Uplands

 
Ecological Subsection Ecological Subsection  

North Shore Highlands

 
Land Type Association    

North Shore Till Plain

Sawtooth Mountain Bedrock Complex

 
         

Native Plant Communities*

 

Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp

Aspen - Birch Forest

Beaver Wetland Complex

Bedrock Shrubland (Lake Superior)

Black Ash - Aspen - Balsam Poplar Swamp (Northeastern)

Black Ash - Conifer Swamp (Northeastern)

Crystalline Bedrock Outcrop (Northern) / Bedrock Shrubland (Inland) / Woodland Complex

Dry Mafic Cliff (Northern) / Northern Talus Complex

Exposed Felsic Cliff (Lake Superior)

Exposed Mafic Cliff (Lake Superior)

Gravel/Cobble Beach (Lake Superior)

Lake Superior Rocky Shore / Bedrock Shrubland / Bedrock Outcrop Complex

Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore)

Mesic Mafic Cliff (Northern)

Mesic Mafic Cliff (Northern) / Northern Talus Complex

Northern Poor Fen Complex

Northern Talus Complex

Paper Birch - Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore)

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest

Red Pine - White Pine Woodland (Canadian Shield)

Rich Black Spruce Swamp (Basin)

Sand / Gravel / Cobble / Bedrock / Boulder Shore (River) Complex

Sedge Meadow

Spruce - Fir Woodland (North Shore)

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest

Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore)

Upland White Cedar Forest

White Cedar - Yellow Birch Forest

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp

 
* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources    
     

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Probably one of the most popular State Parks in Minnesota with uncounted photo keepsakes taken by more than half of the population of the state. We visit this park on every trip to the North Shore.

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Baptism River

 

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Camped at Tettegouche on my bicycle trip up the north shore in 2010. Great campgound! Of all the campgrounds I camped in along the north shore, this one is the most wooded and private! Also this one has the most wildlife!

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Camping trip to Tettegouche State Park in June 2012

 

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Fungi and Lichens

Coral Tooth Fungus (Hericium coralloides)   Coral Tooth Fungus
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Visits

5/26/2011

Amphibians

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

     

Birds

Seven bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Endangered

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Special Concern

American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus)

American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Birds List

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

eBird Field Checklist (Complete)

eBird Field Checklist (Visitor's Center Feeders)

eBird Field Checklist (BTBW Area)

     

Fishes

One fish species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

lake chub (Couesius plumbeus)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fishes List

     

Fungi and Lichens

Two fungi and lichen species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

Abrading Ring Lichen (Arctoparmelia subcentrifuga)

Hanging Fringe Lichen (Anaptychia crinalis)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichens List

     

Insects and Arachnids

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Insects List

     

Plants

Twenty-two plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:

Endangered

pale sedge (Carex pallescens)

Threatened

alpine woodsia (Woodsia alpina)

Braun’s hollyfern (Polystichum braunii)

Holboell’s rockcress (Boechera retrofracta)

longleaf arnica (Arnica lonchophylla)

maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes)

rock clubmoss (Huperzia porophila)

small-flowered woodrush (Luzula parviflora)

smooth woodsia (Woodsia glabella)

Special Concern

Appalachian clubmoss (Huperzia appalachiana)

creeping juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)

common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris ssp. vulgaris)

Douglas hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii)

Fernald’s false manna grass (Torreyochloa pallida var. fernaldii)

Hudson Bay eyebright (Euphrasia hudsoniana)

intermediate sedge (Carex media)

quill spikerush (Eleocharis nitida)

rock whitlow-grass (Draba arabisans)

snowline wintergreen (Pyrola minor)

spike trisetum (Trisetum spicatum)

White Mountain saxifrage (Saxifraga paniculata)

yellow sedge (Carex flava)

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

Plants frequently found in:

Aspen - Birch Forest: Balsam Fir Subtype FDn43b1

Aspen - Birch Forest FDn43b

Bedrock Shrubland (Lake Superior) ROn23b

Black Ash - Aspen - Balsam Poplar Swamp (Northeastern) WFn55a

Black Ash - Conifer Swamp (Northeastern) WFn64a

Exposed Felsic Cliff (Lake Superior) CTu22b

Exposed Mafic Cliff (Lake Superior) CTu22a

Gravel/Cobble Beach (Lake Superior) LKu32e

Lowland White Cedar Forest (North Shore) WFn53a

Mesic Mafic Cliff (Northern) CTn32a

Paper Birch - Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) MHn45a

Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest MHn35b

Red Pine - White Pine Woodland (Canadian Shield) FDn32a

Rich Black Spruce Swamp (Basin) FPn62a

Sedge Meadow WMn82b

Spruce - Fir Woodland (North Shore) FDn32e

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest MHn47a

Sugar Maple Forest (North Shore) MHn45c

Upland White Cedar Forest FDn43c

White Cedar - Yellow Birch Forest MHn45b

Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp WMn82a

   
     

Reptiles

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Amphibians and Reptiles List

     

 

 

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