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Short answer: Four Minnesota trips with official hours, prices and permit rules, all read on November 3, 2026: Split Rock Lighthouse, a Boundary Waters trip from Ely, Mill City Museum in Minneapolis and Grand Portage National Monument. Where an official page would not load, the fact is marked Not confirmed.
- 4Trip guides
- $0Grand Portage entry, per NPS
- $16Boundary Waters adult fee, May-Sep
- $8Split Rock grounds pass
How we checked: each trip page lists the pages it read. Agencies and operators: the Minnesota Historical Society, the U.S. Forest Service, Recreation.gov and the National Park Service. All read on November 3, 2026. Hours, prices, rules and closures change, so check the named agency or business before you rely on them. Anything we could not read is marked Not confirmed where it appears. We carry no paid links, ads or booking widgets, and we sell nothing. General guidance on this page is labelled as general guidance. This is not safety, medical or legal advice; where a safety or legal rule appears, the quoted words are the official source’s own.
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Right Now, Per The Pages We Read
- Winter on the shoreSplit Rock is open Thursday to Monday; Grand Portage’s Historic Depot is closed until Memorial Day weekend 2027. See Weather By Month for layers and daylight.
- Wilderness tripsOctober 1 to April 30 the Boundary Waters permit is self-issued with no fee; May 1 to September 30 it is a quota permit with fees.
- In the cityMill City Museum sells tickets on site only. The indoor Mill City Farmers Market begins November 7.
What We Could Not Confirm
- Trips we did not build: a Mississippi River boat tour (the operator’s site did not load for our reader) and Mall of America (not an official-source trip we could verify). Not confirmed
- Prices and hours change; each trip page names what we could not read. Not confirmed
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Cite this page: It's Minnesota, “Minnesota Tours and Day Trips: Official Hours, Fees and Permits”, itsminnesota.com/visit/tours-and-day-trips/ (updated ). By the It's Minnesota editorial team. Free to quote with attribution and a link to this page; data and tables are licensed CC BY 4.0.