Snowmobile Trails
Over 110 miles of snowmobile trails cross the frozen surfaces of the four large lakes. These groomed and marked trails have portages around areas of thin ice and connect with the regional trail system outside the park. In addition to these trails, the one-way, ungroomed, Chain of Lakes Snowmobile Trail twists and turns through the backcountry of the Kabetogama Peninsula. Cross-country Ski Trails
Black Bay Ski Trail: Ten miles of groomed cross-country ski trails are accessible from the ice road from Rainy Lake Visitor Center. The Echo Bay Ski Trail: 7 miles of groomed cross-country ski trails. The trailhead is on Northern Lights road in the Kabetogama community.
Snowshoe trails - Marked and Tracked
Blind Ash Bay - Trailhead is at Kabetogama Lake Overlook, Ash River Visitor Center Road
Sullivan Bay - Trailhead is on the east side of the Ash River Visitor Center Road .25 miles north of the Beaver Pond Overlook.
Oberholtzer Trail - Trailhead is at Rainy Lake Visitor Center
Fishing and Boating
Boating and fishing are the most common recreational uses of the park. Known as some of the best walleye and bass water in the nation, the lakes attracted sport anglers long before the park was established. A Minnesota fishing license is required and Minnesota boating regulations apply.
Canoeing and kayaking
Even though waters are shared with powerboats, the lakes of Voyageurs National Park are large enough to provide for some solitude. Ranges of canoe and kayak trips are available, from day-trips to journeys lasting over a week; the Kabetogama Peninsula can be circumnavigated in approximately one week.
Boats on Interior Lakes
Voyageurs provides, free of charge, canoes and/or rowboats on the following interior lakes of the Kabetogama Peninsula: Locator, Quill, Ek, Cruiser, Brown, Perry, Little Shoepack and Shoepack. Boats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations to use these boats can be made one week in advance at the visitor centers. The trails leading to these interior lake boats are accessible only by water; water taxi service can be arranged for visitors without transportation to these trailheads.
Watercraft Rental
Most of the resorts in the four gateway communities offer boat, canoe, kayak and other watercraft rental. Water taxi service and guide services. Resorts in the Crane Lake community offer concession boat rentals on Mukooda Lake. Houseboat rental is available at Ash River, Crane Lake and Rainy Lake.
