点评:Isle Royale is one of the more remote national parks, requiring a trip by boat or seaplane. The tourist season is limited to mid-April through October, and both sailings and air reservations sellout quickly--sometimes a year in advance.
I was able to get a last-minute day-trip ticket on the boat from Grand Portage, MN, which is probably the easiest and cheapest way to get to the park. The downside to the day trip is that you only get about four hours on the island.
Nevertheless, I was able to squeeze in two short hikes. I started with the 3.5-mile out-and-back trek to Grace Creek Overlook, which has nice views and a bucolic, shaded section next to the shore of Washington Harbor.
Next was the one-mile nature trail that featured an interesting moose "exclosure" (a small fenced-off patch of land used to help study the impact of moose). Both trails were quite overgrown in parts and in need of maintenance.
The only services in Windigo are a small visitor center along with a camp store, which sells light snacks. Overall, this remote and rugged park is probably best visited on a backpacking trip, but it also makes for a decent day trip.
翻译:皇家岛是国家公园中较为偏僻的一个,前往那里需要乘船或水上飞机。旅游季仅从四月中旬持续到十月,船票和机票通常很快就会售罄——有时甚至需要提前一年预订。
我得以在最后一刻买到从明尼苏达州格兰德波蒂奇出发的一日游船票,这大概是前往该公园最简便且最经济的方式。不过一日游的缺点是,你在岛上的停留时间仅约四个小时。
尽管如此,。我抽空进行了两次短途徒步。第一次是往返路程为3.5英里的行程,目的地是格雷斯溪观景台;那里景色宜人,华盛顿港岸边还有一片绿树成荫、宁静宜人的区域。
第二次则是一条1英里长的自然步道,沿途有一个有趣的驼鹿“隔离区”——即一片用围栏围起来的小区域,用于研究驼鹿的生态影响。这两条步道有些地方杂草丛生,亟需维护。在温迪戈国家公园内,仅设有一个小型游客中心以及一家出售简单零食的营地商店。总体而言,这个地处偏远且地形崎岖的公园最适合背包客前往游览,不过也适合作为一日游的目的地。