Outdoor Activities

Explore Outdoors

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  Wander the Depot

  Take a walk back in time to a historic fur trade depot and meet the people who made it possible.

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  Backcountry Camping at Fort Charlotte

  Camping is not available at the historic site and is limited to two remote backcountry campsites at Fort Charlotte for hikers or canoeists.

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  Hike a Trail

  Hike the eight-and-a-half-mile path made famous by the voyageurs or climb Mount Rose for a view of Grand Portage Bay and the Depot.

 

Mount Rose Trail and Grand Portage National Monument area. Click on the image to download a copy of the map.

NPS graphic

Campfires

Fires are prohibited on all trails except in desigated fire rings at Fort Charlotte.
Trails can be accessed across Mile Creek Road across from the depot. Mount Rose has an additional trailhead from the Heritage Center parking lot, near the picnic area.
Download a copy of the map.

 

Additional Map Alternative Text

Map of a section of Grand Portage National Monument adjacent to Lake Superior. An arrow pointing toward the top of the map indicates north. Grand Portage Bay of Lake Superior is on the right: a gray shape bordered by a wavy diagonal line near the middle of the map. The following descriptions begin in the upper right corner and move clockwise around the map.

• A construction area around the Stone Bridge is labeled with a box in the upper right corner. An arrow points east to the Hat Point Marina (Isle Royale Ferry).
• One picnic area is between the construction area and the lake. Another is in the bottom left corner of the map near the parking lot.
• A footbridge crosses a creek to the west of the picnic area.
• West of the creek is the Historic Depot. Within the Depot are the Great Hall, Kitchen, and Gardens.
• Southeast of the Depot is a Dock jutting out into the bay.
• West of the Depot are wheelchair accessible restrooms, the Canoe Warehouse, and Ojibwe Village.
• The Mount Rose Trail begins in the northeast corner of the Depot and continues across County Road 17 to a summit of 906 feet (276 meters). The trail continues from the summit to the parking lot/picnic area in the lower left corner of the map.

 

The Mount Rose Trail offers stunning views of Grand Portage Bay. Several staircases protect the trail from erosion.

NPS photo / G.M. Spoto

Pets and Wildlife

• Pets must be restrained on a leash no longer than 6 feet (1.8 m). Pets are not allowed inside buildings or the stockade of the historic depot. There are trails around the perimeter of the stockade allowing a bypass.
• Please do not feed or disturb wildlife
• Wear protective clothing for ticks and biting insects, consider bug spray