George Crosby Manitou State Park

Strenuous hiking!

The dirt road to the park was in good condition. The road in the park was full of large potholes! My goal was to complete the hiking club trail. It took two separate visits to complete this trail. ...

Great trails for intermediate to advanced hiker

Amazing hike on the Humpback Trail, then returning on the Middle Trail. I didn’t give it 5-stars because the description of the Humpback trail wasn’t really accurate to the level of difficulty. We are...

Difficult but worth it

The higher-number campsites along the river (13-16) are very challenging to get to - lots of up and down elevation changes with difficult terrain. If you want to get somewhere remote but have the secu...

Lovely peaceful backcountry

Hiked in to BP3 site- about a mile of decent rugged terrain. Packs were 40lbs because we had our own tents and we could have packed more lightly but didn’t. Doable, but tired and sweaty- luckily priva...

Nice hike, very buggy, decent falls.

At Split Rock Lighthouse, a park ranger suggested we hike to the cascades in Crosby Manitou State Park, since we had seen most of the falls in the north shore area. The park entrance is about 15 miles...