Rainy Lake Visitor Center - Voyageurs National Park

The Rainy Lake Visitor Center is the only visitor center open year-round in Voyageurs National Park. As such, it has a much larger museum and exhibit area than the other two visitor centers. In addition, it has an information desk, patio with picnic tables, theater, bookstore, and restrooms. The excellent 12-minute park orientation movie, Voyageurs National Park, was produced in 2005 and is shown at all three visitor centers. A public boat ramp and dock are also located at the visitor center.

To reach the visitor center from International Falls, drive east on MN-11 for 10.0 miles then turn right onto Park Road. Drive 1.4 miles to the parking area. Paved parking is available for nearly 40 passenger vehicles and 10 recreational vehicles. Boat trailer parking for 18 trailers is available at the public boat ramp. We visited in early August 2017.

Part of the large parking area

Exhibits and brochures outside the visitor center

Visitor Center

Main hall

Information desk

Bookstore and giftshop

Wood stove

Moose

Theater

Exhibit area

Birch bark canoe

Winter transportation

Summer transportation

Logging and mining

Great Blue Heron

Bobcat

Timber Wolf

Patio picnic area

Boat dock on Kabetogama Lake

Rear of visitor center

Entry to Voyageurs National Park is free.

The park website is https://www.nps.gov/voya.