The Shallows Parking Area includes a parking lot with wooden post parking barricades and a single prefabricated toilet building. The site is a North Country Trail (NCT) trailhead, and provides access to Lake Superior and the NCT. This is one of three locations along the Byway that access the NCT (a National Scenic Trail).  

Parking Lot parking is available.

Public restrooms are available (Pit Toilet).

Carry-In boat access.

Length of access is less than 50 yards.