The state park campgrounds still being closed due to the pandemic is actually a prime time to assess the quality of different campsites! This was also somehow my first visit to this state park ever, despite coming up to the North Shore generally at least twice a year for the last 8 years. I think I was dissuaded by the constant references to all of the stairs required to reach the falls. I did not find them to be terribly exhausting, but if you are not in shape you will definitely want to take advantage of the rest bench that is about halfway up the staircase. 

The highlight is definitely Devil’s Kettle falls- where some of the water from the falls disappears into the rock and doesn’t obviously resurface anywhere. Science says that this mystery water resurfaces shortly after the falls, but people like the story about how if you throw in a ping pong ball that you will not find where it resurfaces. 

The campground suffers from the same issue that a lot of North Shore parks suffer from- their close proximity to Hwy 61 and its 60 mph speed limit which means you get plenty of road noise. The facilities are on the older side, and I anticipate that they will stay this way for quite some time since this isn’t one of the most popular state parks in this area. A lot of the sites are quite small, especially the smaller numbers. Please see the videos and pics for site comments!