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Trembling Gardens

87%

· Rice Lake, St. Louis, Minnesota

10 acres hosted by Blake R.

1 tent site

PRIMITIVE - HIKE IN CAMPSITE Wilderness Experience Minutes from Duluth About the campsite: THIS PROPERTY IS RUGGED WITH MINIMAL DEVELOPMENT BEYOND HIKING TRAIL AND CAMP AMENITIES. Camp Palustria is on the edge of a beautiful marsh within 75 feet of a trout stream. It is about 1000ft off of the Superior Hiking Trail. The campsite is primitive which includes fire pit with grill, table, and composting outhouse. The site is about a 600ft hike from the road where you'll park. The first 400ft of the trail is a swamp with a simple elevated boardwalk through most of it. 95% of the time is it passable with hiking boats or street shoes, but there might be some muddy spots. Dispersed winter camping is also available. This campsite was featured on NPR Marketplace Campsite is closed during hunting season. About the property: Trembling Gardens is my 10 acre swamp camp paradise in the rural suburb of Rice Lake. The property is about 20 minutes away from downtown Duluth and Canal Park and has easy access to the North Shore.PRIMITIVE - HIKE IN CAMPSITE Weekends: $25 Weekdays: $15 About the campsite: A backwoods experience minutes from Duluth and just off of the Superior Hiking Trail, Camp Palustria sits on the edge of a beautiful marsh leading to a small trout stream. The campsite is primitive, which includes fire pit with grill, table, chairs, and composting outhouse. Parking is on the road, and you will need to hike about 600ft to get to the campsite. The first 400ft of the trail is a swamp with a simple elevated boardwalk through most of it. It is usually passable with hiking boats or street shoes, but there might be some muddy spots. Dispersed winter camping is also available. New for 2023: Wider shoulder pull off for safer parking. This campsite was featured on NPR Marketplace. Campsite is closed during hunting season. About the property: Trembling Gardens is my 10 acre swamp camp paradise in the rural suburb of Rice Lake. I am currently developing the land as a personal off-grid vacation home with a tent cabin under construction. The property is less than 20 minutes away from downtown Duluth and Canal Park. “Oh the swamp is a mystical place all right. It's sacred. You think you're any different from me or your friends or this tree? If you listen hard enough, you can hear every living thing breathing together. You can feel everything growing. We're all living together, even if most folks don't act like it. We all have the same roots and we are all branches of the same tree. In the swamp, we see visions of people we've lost, people we loved, folks we think are gone. But the swamp tells us they're not. We're still connected to them. Time is an illusion and so is death.” -Avatar, The Last Airbender, Book Two: Earth, Chapter 4: The Swamp

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Fishing

Hiking

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Forest

River, stream, or creek

Wetlands

87%

51 Ratings · 34 reviews

Gabi R.

September 25, 2024

Camp Palustria

The owner did warn us, but in late summer, the path was quite overgrown and difficult to find. The boardwalk did need some repairs. Overall, this is more private than a public campground, but we could hear a lot of road noise and people in the distance of neighboring properties. The toilet area wasn't well stocked as animals had torn up the toilet paper.

Jeremy W.recommends

May 15, 2024

Camp Palustria

We loved the primitive camp set up the hik into the campsite was easy and self explanatory although the PDF map the host provides is extremely helpful if you're struggling figuring it out ! Will definitely be back.

Nathan A.recommends

September 4, 2023

Camp Palustria

10/10 would recommend!!

Amazing campsite, very remote and private. Well kept neat and clean, everything taken care of that we could ever need! 10/10

Matthew B.recommends

August 20, 2023

Camp Palustria

Very quirky and remote site. Fun entering off side of road and walking on the boardwalks. Site super super private and well put together and maintained. Very unique way to stay in Duluth!

Henry F.

August 6, 2023

Camp Palustria

Poorly maintained

While the location of the campsite is fantastic, the site is in need of some maintenance. The foliage along the walk-in trail is very thick, the table at the campsite is missing a leg, the fire pit wasn't dug out, and the outhouse was in need of cleaning. I would not recommend this campsite given its current state.

Lauren P.recommends

August 4, 2023

Camp Palustria

Low key spot just outside of Duluth. We were in town for one night and decided to camp. If you have mobility concerns this is not the camp for you, the hike to the spot is not long but the boardwalk is unstable at points. Good spot if you don’t mind a little work to make camp.

Location

Rice Lake, St. Louis, Minnesota, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ First Nations according to To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking

Hosted by Blake R.

Joined in March 2016

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