For the Kids

Activities & Kid - Friendly Things to Do:

Artist’s Point – It’s a great walk though a small forest! Easy climbing, crawling, rock stacking/throwing, water splashing, wave watching, picnicking, dog walking, etc. The path begins at the Coast Guard Station (parking lot where Broadway Ave. ends).

Playgrounds – Sawtooth Elementary (1st Ave. E., across Co. Rd. 7, back parking lot), Grand Marais Recreation Area (Hwy. 61 & W. 8th Ave.), Cook County Community Center (Co. Rd. 7 & W. 3rd Ave.)

Swimming – Grand Marais Municipal Pool (Hwy. 61 & W. 8th Ave.), Mink Lake (Co. Rd. 12 to Trout Lake Rd.), Devils Track Lake (Co. Rd. 12 to Co. Rd. 8)

Mini-Golf – Grand Marais Golf’n’Stuff, west edge of town on Hwy. 61

Naturalist Programs – Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Recreation Area (learn animals, plants & more), and Saturdays 1:30 – 3:30 (continuous starts, meeting outside the Coast Guard Station, parking lot at end of Broadway Ave. (June – August)

Story time (preschool/elementary age) at the Grand Marais Library (June – July) & Saturdays at 1 PM at Drury Lane Books

Hiking & Rock Tossing

Easy Hikes (still need adult supervision)

• Artist’s Point (begin at Coast Guard Station)
  
• Pincushion Mountain & Overlook (Gunflint Trail 2 miles to Pincushion Drive, turn rt.)
  
• Kadunce Creek (9 miles east of Grand Marais on Hwy. 61, walk up the stream!)
  
• Cascade River State Park (Hwy. 61, 10 miles west of Grand Marais, lots of waterfalls!)
  
• Grand Portage State Park (Hwy. 61, 40 miles to Canadian border, tallest waterfall!)
  
• Magnetic Rock Trail (up Gunflint Trail 47 miles to a big magnetic rock monolith…take a compass!)

Rock Tossing/Finding
The Grand Marais Harbor, East Bay, Artist’s Point, Paradise Beach (agates! Hwy. 61, 13 miles east of town, mile marker 123) Cut Face Creek wayside (Hwy. 61, 5 miles west of town)

Kid Friendly Downtown

Ice Cream/Snacks
Gunflint Mercantile, Java Moose, Sven & Ole’s Pizza, Sydney’s Frozen Custard (hot dogs, etc.), Dairy Queen, World’s Best Donuts

Restaurants
My Sister’s Place (coloring sheets), Blue Water Café, Dairy Queen, Subway, Sven & Ole’s Pizza, The Crooked Spoon, South of the Border & The Wild Onion (Harbor Inn Motel).

Shops
Joynes Ben Franklin, Drury Lane Books, Birchbark Books & Gifts (Legos!), Beth’s Fudge & Gifts, Lake Superior Trading Post, Moose Tracks, Northern Light Jewelry (women, 10 yrs. and up!)

History
Grand Portage National Monument (Hwy. 61, east 34 miles) - Come follow in the footsteps of the voyageurs and explorers of the 1790s. See flint & steel demonstrations, musket firings, furs and trade goods you can touch…and learn about the Junior Ranger Program.

For additional information, call the Grand Marais Area Tourism Association:
1-888-922-5000 or 218-387-2524