Split Rock Lighthouse by Toughluck
Just north of Gooseberry Falls State Park is an overlook. The road reaches the top of a rise and begins to bend left and down again. Pull off at walk up to the stone wall. On a point of rocks, over looking Lake Superior is Split Rock Lighthouse. You'll be able to enter the park a mile further up the road, but this first impression will stay with you longer than the actual visit to the lighthouse will.Split Rock is a warning beacon to shipping traffic. Here, Lake Superior is narrowing and the cliffs rise suddenly from the water. In the early years, all traffic to the lighthouse came by boat. The landing still exist at the Lake level and a trolley system is visible for hauling supplies up to the lighthouse on the bluff. You can walk down the several hundred feet (maybe 100 m or less) to the landing or marvel at the climb from above.
Split Rock is about 50 miles from Duluth (one-way)
