Backpacker Magazine: Boundary Waters: Backpacking and Camping Trips, Hikes, Adventures, Topo Maps, Aerial Photos.

Boundary Waters: Trails End to Hunter Island

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Sheltered camps with bugling moose. Coves with ancient rock art. A raging waterfall. You'll find even the portages delightful as you paddle this 38-mile, 3-day route through Minnesota's million-acre water park into Canada's Quetico Provincial Park.

Boundary Waters: Pow-Wow Trail

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Scramble around beaver dams, trek through timber wolf territory, and ford countless creeks on this 30.1-mile loop that skirts 15 backcountry lakes in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Boundary Waters: Eagle Mountain

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Tag the highest peak in Minnesota on this 6.6-mile hike, which courses under a coniferous forest and past a glacial lake with nice backcountry campsites.

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Swimming Hole Hikes

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Time to cool down. Hike to these refreshing swimming holes and settle right into summer.

Perfect Substitutes: Crowd-Free Destinations

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You know that the big-name parks draw big-time crowds. But each of those outdoor icons has a lesser-known replacement that offers some of the same classic features and epic scenery–and you get it all to yourself.

Where Can I Find the Quietest Campsite in America?

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Shhh! Find silent shores in this isolated Boundary Waters hideaway

May Close-to-Home Hikes

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Our map team has been hard at work plotting the coolest hikes. Check out May's selections here.

High Points: Eagle Mountain, Minnesota

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Find this high point in the largest national forest outside of Alaska.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

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A watery paradise, a hiker's secret.

Lake Superior Caribou

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Travel to Lake Superior's Slate Islands for an up-close-and personal look at caribou in the wild. (Layne Kennedy)

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