Pines and open lawn at the lodge

The area

Your North Shore weekend

The lodge sits on 7 secluded acres in Hermantown — 15 minutes from Canal Park, 10 from the airport, and a scenic shore drive from everything else.

Don't miss

The big six

Aerial Lift Bridge & Canal Park15 min away

Aerial Lift Bridge & Canal Park

Duluth's icon. Watch thousand-foot ore boats slide under the bridge, then walk the canal with a Portland Loop ice cream.

Plan your visit →
The Lakewalk & Harbor Piers15 min away

The Lakewalk & Harbor Piers

Seven-plus miles of Lake Superior shoreline path, from Canal Park past the lighthouses to Brighton Beach.

See the route →
Gooseberry Falls State Park55 min away

Gooseberry Falls State Park

The North Shore's gateway waterfall — three sets of falls you can walk right up to, spectacular in spring melt and fall color.

Park info →
Split Rock Lighthouse65 min away

Split Rock Lighthouse

The most photographed lighthouse in America, perched on a 130-foot cliff over Superior. Worth every minute of the shore drive.

Visit Split Rock →
Bentleyville Tour of Lights20 min · Nov–Dec away

Bentleyville Tour of Lights

America's largest free walk-through holiday light display — 5 million lights on the Duluth waterfront. Pair it with the lodge's own 16-foot tree.

Lights schedule →
Spirit Mountain25 min away

Spirit Mountain

Skiing and snowboarding over the St. Louis River in winter; alpine coaster, ziplines, and mountain biking all summer.

Mountain info →

Landmark photos via Wikimedia Commons: Jonathunder (CC BY-SA 3.0), Yinan Chen (public domain), Thomson200 (CC0), racermd5 (CC BY 2.0), Sharon Mollerus (CC BY 2.0), Elkman (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Eat & drink

With the kids

Exact address shared at booking. You are 15 minutes from downtown Duluth and 10 from the airport.

Summer

  • · Park Point beach — miles of freshwater sand on the world's largest freshwater sandbar
  • · Grandma's Marathon weekend (June) — book the lodge a year out
  • · Kayak the St. Louis River or bike the Munger Trail

Fall

  • · Peak color along Skyline Parkway and Hawk Ridge (late Sept–mid Oct)
  • · Hawk Ridge raptor migration — thousands of hawks daily
  • · Storm-watching season begins on the big lake

Winter

  • · Bentleyville + holiday lights season
  • · Snowmobile and cross-country trails out of Hermantown
  • · Then home: radiant heat, the stone fireplace, and the arcade

Spring

  • · Waterfall season — Gooseberry, Lester River, and Chester Creek at full melt
  • · The smelt run — a real Duluth tradition
  • · Shoulder-season rates at the lodge

Sixteen beds, one basecamp for all of it.

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