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Trembling Gardens

PRIMITIVE - HIKE IN CAMPSITE

About the campsite:

Camp Palustria is on the edge of a beautiful marsh within 75 feet of a trout stream. It is about 1000ft off of the Superior Hiking Trail. The campsite is primitive which includes fire pit with grill, table, and composting outhouse. 

The site is about a 600ft hike from the road where you'll park. The first 400ft of the trail is a swamp with a simple elevated boardwalk through most of it.  95% of the time is it passable with hiking boats or street shoes, but there might be some muddy spots. Dispersed winter camping is also available.

This campsite was featured on NPR Marketplace

Campsite is closed during hunting season. 

About the property:

Trembling Gardens is my 10 acre swamp camp paradise in the rural suburb of Rice Lake. I am currently developing the land as a personal off-grid vacation home with a tent cabin under construction. The property is about 20 minutes away from downtown Duluth and Canal Park and has easy access to the North Shore.

“Oh the swamp is a mystical place all right. It's sacred. You think you're any different from me or your friends or this tree? If you listen hard enough, you can hear every living thing breathing together. You can feel everything growing. We're all living together, even if most folks don't act like it. We all have the same roots and we are all branches of the same tree. In the swamp, we see visions of people we've lost, people we loved, folks we think are gone. But the swamp tells us they're not. We're still connected to them. Time is an illusion and so is death.” -Avatar, The Last Airbender, Book Two: Earth, Chapter 4: The Swamp

A water filter is provided by the awesome camp host.

A damp walk in, but nothing some good hiking boots won't solve.

An Amity Creek creek chub. Catch one and then fish for a brook trout.

The creek features a few pools perfect for brookies. 

Trash

Kids without technology in the outdoors!! OMG!

Not open 2023/24 Rustic country gem

The property was an original Finlander homestead, a logging camp and a working dairy farm.Learn more about this land:Forty-acre farm along the dead moose river groomed hay fields and pastured area for campers to enjoy a starlit night and wonderful days observing nature deer pheasant, hawks and cows mooing in nearby fields.  Property is close to the so line trail where you can ride for hours on groomed trails. RV and tent campers welcome.

Moose lake just 6 miles away in town shops and dining, gas and a full grocery store with chopped wood bundles available

Balsam Ridge Retreat

Many folks that have visited our place refer to it as 'country living in the city'.  We are so blessed to live in this little piece of serenity just inside the city limits of Duluth.  It was once an abandoned house that sat for years, until a friend mentioned to us that it might be going up for sale.  We loved the location and rolled up our sleeves. Twenty years later we still marvel at the beauty around us and can hardly believe that we LIVE here! Just down the road is a trout stream and just beyond that was a popular farm that attracted many folks to this neighborhood for hay rides and sleigh rides. The farm has since retired it's horses and closed it's doors to make room for new homes,  but memories live on in the beauty of the open fields. I often imagine the sound of horses and sleigh bells and people singing carols and then warming up around a toasty fire sipping hot cocoa. Some of those memories live on right here at Balsam Ridge (minus the horses). Over the years many groups of folks have enjoyed a sense of community in these back woods no matter the season. Campfires, kids catching frogs, neighborhood campouts, snow picnics, hair-raising toboggan runs, family campouts, spiritual silent retreats, a take-your-breath-away giant swing, and some tales too daring to mention are all part of the fun.  This is why we do what we do. We've been given much, and love to give back. It just wouldn't seem right to keep all this good to ourselves.   

Hidden Pines

Come get away in our grove of balsam pine trees in a rural area with lots of wildlife to see and hear.  We have 5 primitive campsites, one for large groups and three for smaller more private camping and one drive in site for camping out of vehicle or tent .   We offer un mapped hiking trails onsite and there is plenty of activities to do within 10 to 15  miles from camp. Activities include swimming at local beaches, Nemadji State Forest, General CC Andrews State Forest,  ATV riding, lots of great fishing lakes, several rivers for kayaking and canoeing, local restaurants, coffee houses, movie theater, general store, shopping, antiques/craft,  grocery, gas, local brewery, agate center, fire museum.  

The land was purchased by the Sway family in the late 70's from a farmer and has been in the family since. We are one of the 4 current land owners of this property and plan to keep the land in the family as long as we can.

Our home was built in 2011 on part of the property.   Since living here we have used the land for hiking, gardening,  wood harvesting, selling Christmas trees, and now we are excited for our new adventure of opening a small part of our land for camping.

 We are excited for you to enjoy our land as much as we do.

Campsite 1   
This campsite is smaller,  and is right off the main entrance trail.

Secluded Exclusive Forest

This private lake and natural forest has been in our family for 40 years. It remains exclusive, serene and private. This year we decided to share its pristine beauty allowing one RV to pull in and enjoy nature and wildlife viewing.Learn more about this land:Located in Northern Minnesota just minutes from Duluth.DON'T FORGET YOUR CAMERA!Dry camping for just one RV at a time. - Adults only - No children. An exclusive site which is secluded and very private. Lake view with wildlife watching.. If you want neighbors other than ducks, deer and birds this is not a spot for you. June 19Yesterday 2 Trumperter Swans stopped by. Today we had a moose meander through. Jane Doe and her buddy John (the) Deer are always making themselves known. Bald Eagles soar above daily. Listen to the calls of resident Loons.

Waiting for summer. This is a view looking across the lake to the private forest where you will park your RV. 

This sunrise view is looking across at the lake at the secluded forest where your RV can be parked. The rising sun marks your spot.

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