The weather finally broke in Minnesota and it is cool again. The popular campsites are now having more and more openings. I took this chance to get out to the High Landing backpack site at Jay Cooke State Park. This has been on my list for a few years now.
A buddy of mine wanted to get into Hammock camping so I figure what better than a short hike in at one of the best sites Jay Cooke has to offer. So we started off on a short drive from Mpls and began our hike in on a balmy Wednesday.
I was surprised at how wide and easy the trails were getting to this site. Once we arrived we were in the midst of a sea of picnic tables, an all wooden pit toilet, and a bear locker that overlooked the river.
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The High Landing site has plenty of trees to hang from for hammocks. There is one particular spot that is perfect. I did the honorable thing and gave my buddy the best spot.
High Landing 2.jpg His hammock is the one on the left.
I took the consolation prize and hung a few feet away. What surprised me about the site was how roomy it was. There wasn't a bad spot to hang at the site.
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We spent the evening by one of the two fire pits listening to the river. While we brought water from the creek we pasted earlier on the trail we did discover at the site you can walk down to the river on a smaller trail to get water if you needed.
Rain misted on us throughout the night and into the morning. It slowly turned in to actual rain as we were hiking out. For my buddy it was a successful first night in the hammock and he is hooked! He has since started to sleep in the hammock during the week to get more use to it. So a pretty successful trip overall. I was just excited to get back out camping. Thanks for reading.
I included pictures above for those that prefer to read than watch, but if you prefer to watch instead of reading here is a video of the trip.
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Originally Posted by alifeoutdoors
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