New route for popular trail gets final approval A 1.6-mile section of the Superior Hiking Trail south of Blueberry Hill Road is permanently closed. | Photo: Jon Ellis/WDIO-TV, file WDIO-TV Created: March 10, 2021 12:04 PM
Construction is expected to begin this year to reroute a section of the Superior Hiking Trail north of Gooseberry Falls State Park.
The 1.6-mile section of trail from the park s falls area to Blueberry Hill Road was permanentely closed several years ago after a private landowner revoked access for the trail. Since then, the trail has temporarily been routed along the paved Gitchi-Gami State Trail and then up Blueberry Hill Road.