According to the average weather data online, you may want something a little warmer than tent camping in September: Daily high temperatures of 59°F, rarely falling below 48°F or exceeding 80°F. Daily low temperatures of 42°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 62°F.

The two people that wrote before me said it all. If you're looking for a GREAT place to stay for a few days while you're up there, Gooseberry Lodge and motel is EXCELLENT!!! Also, we have found that the Rustic Inn, right across highway 61 from the cabins/motel, has better pies than Betty's Pies. It 's a good place to eat too.

No. All camping is primitive at Split Rock Lighthouse SP. All sites are either cart-in or backpack sites. This means no vehicles at campsites. You have to park in a lot and walk from 150 feet to 1/2 mile to the campsites. Tettegouche SP has similar camping but also camper sites with electricity. If you want a campsite with electricity on the North Shore there are several SPs that do have electrical plug-ins.

to me the best place to view it is from the beach area by the picnic grounds in the park south of the lighthouse and along the walking trail. that is where the majority of the pictures are taken. you still need to have the state park sticker on your vehicle. that is $7 for the vehicle for a day. so if you have 4 people in your vehicle, that is $1.75 per person. then you could skip the tour. or buy the sticker that is good for a year at all the state parks for $35. but there is a scenic overlook on 61 south of the park that you can see it from.

You would need a State Park permit to go hiking in the park. Daily permits are $5 per vehicle.

I know this is an old question, but none of the replies here answer it correctly. The lighthouse lighting ceremony is only done once per year. If it is lit any other time it would be a very special announced occasion. The annual lighting is on November 10, to commemorate the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald on that date in 1975, all 29 lives on that freighter were lost. When they do the lightning ceremony, they sound the warning horns 29 times and they also read the names of those that lost their lives on the fateful night. It is a somber occasion but also very thrilling to be there for it. I have been to the lighting ceremony 5 times. It is a beautiful commemoration. Hundreds of people gather here for it, but the crowd is always manageable.