Interstate has two entrances, and apparently prior to this weekend I’ve missed out on half of the park because I didn’t pay attention to this fact. And I’m kicking myself, because while the glacial potholes ARE cool they don’t offer the best hiking. It is also important to know that this park is extremely popular on the weekends with both locals and tourists, so if you aren’t camping and can’t find a spot in the parking lot then you can park in downtown Taylors Falls and just walk in.

There are a lot of ways to interact with the river in this park! You can take a scenic boat tour, fish if you enter by the campground, rent a kayak or canoe for a one way journey down the St. Croix(you will be picked up by the company further down river and driven back- I have never seen anyone paddle upriver on the St. Croix).

The campground had a variety of sites- the sites along the river were definitely the best and most spacious. The inner loop has the sites more on top of eachother, and with COVID only every other site was available so you had more space to distance yourself. Speaking of COVID, I did not see anyone wearing a mask that was on the canoe rental pick up shuttle. 

Great sites: 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 21,