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Frog Bay Tribal National Park – Wisconsin

Images of Frog Bay Tribal National Park – Wisconsin, taken in August 2024.

Like me, many people have either visited, or are working to visit, all sixty-three U.S. National Parks. Until my visit to the southern shore of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin, I believed that I had reached that pinnacle, if only momentarily, as parks can be added to the system at any time. It is here, while visiting Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, that I discovered that there is indeed one more national park in the land.

Frog Bay Tribal National Park is the first tribal national park in the United States and has been set aside by the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The park is 180 acres, with an additional 120 set aside and protected by the Frog Bay Conservation Management Area (CMA), and includes three-quarters of a mile of pristine Lake Superior beach surrounded by a boreal forest landscape.

I took one of the several short hiking trails through the forest and down to the beach area where I had views of the bay as well as five Apostle Islands National Lakeshore islands. I believe now, I may be one of the few that has visited sixty-four U.S. national parks.
Park sign at the junction of Blueberry and Frog Bay roads in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Park sign at the junction of Blueberry and Frog Bay roads in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Frog Bay Tribal National Park welcome sign in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Frog Bay Tribal National Park welcome sign in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Walking bridge to the Ravine Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Walking bridge to the Ravine Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Plants growing on a downed tree in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Plants growing on a downed tree in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Fern highlighted by sunlight in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Fern highlighted by sunlight in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Berries ripening on the plant in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Berries ripening on the plant in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Ripe berries along the trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Ripe berries along the trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Dried flower along the trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Dried flower along the trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Fungus on a dead tree in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Fungus on a dead tree in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Ojibwe language tree identification sign along the trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Ojibwe language tree identification sign along the trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Hiking along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Hiking along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Tree root system covered with moss along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Tree root system covered with moss along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Old growth trees along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Old growth trees along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Large tree root system along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Large tree root system along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Tree root in the sunlight along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Tree root in the sunlight along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Fungus on a dead tree along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Fungus on a dead tree along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 View of Lake Superior and Oak Island from along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP
View of Lake Superior and Oak Island from along the Beach Trail in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 The Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP
The Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Cluster of plants growing on the Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Cluster of plants growing on the Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Frog Bay beach grasses next to logs in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Frog Bay beach grasses next to logs in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Beach grass growing on Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Beach grass growing on Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 View to the north, with Bear Island in the distance, from Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP
View to the north, with Bear Island in the distance, from Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Oak Island as viewed from Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Oak Island as viewed from Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 View to the south, with Hermit Island in the distance, from Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP
View to the south, with Hermit Island in the distance, from Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP		 Old cabin just off of the Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Old cabin just off of the Frog Bay beach in Frog Bay Tribal NP
Frog Bay Tribal National Park - Wisconsin
Frog Bay Tribal National Park - Wisconsin

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