Jay Cook State Park - July 6-9

Jay Cook State Park                  

     July 6-9

  

1e

21 electrical sites

50 miles of hiking trails
dump station in park

The first site on the left was the one we picked for this trip.  1e, which is 49 feet long.  Because of where it is your left side faces the woods.  The fire pit and table is mostly hidden.  This site also has a tent square space for each area.  Behind site 1e is a nice area to sit before the edge of the site, which is more woods.  Other than the main road which everyone walk, rides bikes, drives down and yells to family, it was a nice location.   

The dump station is down the main road to the very end.  This is were you can get clean water.  But after filling the tank you must exit the camp ground and go across the road and pass the ranger station to head back in the right direction to enter sites 1, 2 and 3.  

There are 50 miles of trails to hike, 8 miles of paved trails to bike, 13 miles of mountain bike trails and 6 miles for horse back riding.  We hiked part of the CCC trail and the Forbay trail along the Forbay Lake to see where the flood damaged the park back in 2015.  You could see where the dykes were repair by bring in lots of rock and a cement drainage area to control the spill over.  The Superior Hiking trail runs through the park.  We visited swinging bridge which was rebuilt four times in it's lifespan.  Pictures of the bridges can be found near the bridge.

The camp ground and range station is located on 210 which end at why 13 due to the flood in 2015.  They are still working the road when we were there.