Bluebird Landing Beach
Duluth, MN
Bluebird Landing Beach is a small public access on the North Shore Scenic Drive (Old Highway 61) northeast of Duluth, where a local family ran a commercial fishing and charter boat business for about 15 years. Today only the old dock remains, easy to miss from the road. Anglers still stop here to cast for trout and coho from the pebble shore.
A quiet angler's stop with some local history, though there's not much beach to it.
How we score beachesBring a rod. It's one of the easiest places on the scenic drive to cast for trout and coho from shore.
A small lot at the landing.
A short walk from the lot to the pebbles.
The scenic drive is prettiest in fall color, usually late September to early October.
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