Superior National Forest and Kabetogama State Forest are at your doorstep, as are large plots of lumber company land. See Melgeorge’s Elephant Lake Lodge & Resort for mountain bike rentals.

• Bug Creek Walking Trails
  Located 4 miles from your cabin on FR 203.
  
  
• Beaver Pond Trail
  Located across the street from Melgeorges’s Elephant Lake Lodge & Resort.
  
  
• Arrowhead Trail and Many Adjoining Trails
  
  
• Orr Bog Walk
  The Orr Bog Walk is one of the region's nicest interpretive trails. It is located directly behind the Voyageur Country Visitor Center, on Highway 53, in Orr, MN.
  
  
• Vermilion Falls
  A 10-minute hike on a well-maintained interpretive trail puts the visitor at Vermilion Falls, a cascading torrent of water forced through a 10 foot wide opening in the granite. Located about 15 miles from your cabin.
  
  
• Vermilion Gorge
  At a leisurely pace, this 3-mile round-trip trail can be easily hiked in 2 hours. The trail passes over rugged landscape of sheer granite cliffs and rock outcrops while paralleling the Vermilion Gorge. Interpretive signs along the trail describe the history of this area.
  
  
• Echo Lake Trails
  Located northeast of Orr, MN, near Echo Lake and the beginning of the Echo Trail (116).
  
  
• Herriman Lake Trail
  Trailhead is located about 20 miles NE of your cabin on Nelson Road in the community of Crane Lake, MN.
  
  
• Gheen Hiking & Biking Trail
  Located south of Orr, MN on Highway 53.
  
  
• Rainy Lake Bike Trail
  Located near International Falls. Call 1-877-RAINY-LK for bike rentals.
  
  
• The Laurentian Divide Recreation Area and Trailhead
  Located four miles north of Virginia, MN along the northbound lane of Highway 53/169.
  
  
• Echo Bay Trail in Voyageurs NP
  Echo Bay Trail is located about 39 miles from your cabin. Go north on Highway 53 and turn right on 122 at the giant walleye. Turn left on Gamma/122 at the Pine Ridge Gift Shop. Turn right on Northern Lights Road/332.
  
  
• Kab-Ash Trail in Voyagers NP (also see “Down Ash River Trail” below)
  Located on the way and close to Echo Bay Trail (see these directions).
  
  
• Down Ash River Trail
  Visitor Center Entrance Road, Voyagers NP
  
  
  • Voyageurs Forest Overlook (.5 mile loop)
    
    
  • Beaver Pond Overlook (.2 mile one way) and Kab-Ash Trail (24 miles – one way & loops)
    
    
  • Kabetogama Lake Overlook (.2 mile one way) and Blind Ash Bay Trail (2.5 mile loop)