• Voyageurs NP Locator Lake Scene

    Voyageurs

    National Park Minnesota

Directions

Traveling to the Park

Plane

Falls International Airport is located in International Falls, Minnesota. Taxi service and rental cars are available here. Most flights entering the area will pass through the larger Minneapolis-St. Paul airport located around 5 hours south of Voyageurs National Park.

Car

Voyageurs National Park is approximately 5 hours north of Minneapolis-St. Paul on I-35 and Hwy 53, 3 hours north of Duluth on Hwy 53, and 4 hours south from Winnipeg, Manitoba. See the maps below for a detailed view of the park visitor center locations.


Public Transportation

There is no public transportation to Voyageurs. No bus lines or passenger trains serve this area.


Boat

Many visitors enter the park by water. There are public launch ramps available at the three park visitor centers on Rainy Lake, Kabetogama Lake, and at the Ash River Visitor Center. Numerous resorts also offer boat access into the park.

  • For information on boating in the park, (regulations, GPS Coordinates, navigational aids, etc) check out the Lake Navigation page
 

Maps

To prepare you for you visit, Voyageurs provides maps of all types (park, area, trail, lake, etc)

 

GPS Waypoints

Click on GPS Waypoints to download GPS files regarding campsites, houseboat sites, and day use sites.

 

Visitor Center Locations

There are three visitor centers in the park. General map locations are provided below for reference.

  • Rainy Lake Visitor Center
  • Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center
  • Ash River Visitor Center
 
Rainy Lake Visitor Center map
The Rainy Lake Visitor Center is located approximately 12 miles east of International Falls, MN
 
Kabetogama Lake and Ash River Visitor Centers
The Kabetogama Lake and Ash River Visitor Centers are located approximately 25 miles south of International Falls, MN

Did You Know?

A small campsite on Rainy Lake has a food locker, picnic table, tent pad sites, fire ring and a privy.

There are food lockers, picnic tables, tent pad sites, fire rings and a privy at many of the sites.  Pick up a Campsite, Houseboat, and Day Use Site map at a visitor center.