Difficulty: Moderate (due to stairs) Sable Falls Trail is located near Grand Marais in Michigan’s Alger County. This is a 1.2 mile (2 km) out and back trail on the eastern portion of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The trail has a set of stairs that take you down 200 steps to the base of […]
Difficulty: Easy Grand Sable Dunes Loop is located near Grand Marais in Michigan’s Alger County. It is a 0.7 mile (1.2 km) round trip trail in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This is the main access point into the Grand Sable Dunes. The trail starts at the west end of the Sable Falls parking area […]
Difficulty: Moderate Hurricane River to Log Slide is located near Grand Marais in Michigan’s Alger County. It is a 7.5 mile (12.2 km) out and back trail in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This trail leads you along through mature hardwoods to the western edge of the Grand Sable Dunes where logs once slid down […]
Difficulty: Easy Au Sable Light Station Trail is located near Grand Marais in Michigan’s Alger County. It is a 3 mile (4.8 km) out and back trail in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The trail begins at Hurricane River Campground and take you along the old access road and Lake Superior to the isolated Au […]
Difficulty: Moderate Beaver Lake Loop is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Grand Marais in Michigan’s in Michigan’s Alger County. It is a 5.5 mile (8.8 km) loop trail on the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This trail is very scenic and varied. Hike through wooded areas, around Beaver Lake, along Beaver Creek and Lake Superior. […]
Difficulty: Moderate Chapel Loop is located in Munising in Michigan’s Alger County. It is a 10 mile (16 km) loop trail on the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Hikers will be have access to views of cliffs, coves, arches, and rockfalls from atop the sandstone bluffs these features are made of. The hike begins by crossing […]
Difficulty: Easy Miners Castle Trail is located in Munising in Michigan’s Alger County. It is a 0.4 mile (0.8 km) out and back on the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This is a short trail that leads you from the Miners Beach parking lot to a platform that overlooks Miners Castle Rock, one of the most […]
Difficulty: Easy Sand Point Marsh Trail is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Munising in Michigan’s Alger County. It is a 1.2 mile (1.9 km) loop on the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Across from Sand Point Beach, this wheelchair accessible boardwalk trail takes you through beautiful wetlands. Old beach ridges, a cattail marsh, small […]
Difficulty: Easy Munising Falls Trail is located in Munising in Michigan’s Alger County. It is an easy 0.4 mile (0.6 km) out and back trail on the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. This trail is paved and leads you along Munising Creek to the central viewing platform to view the 50 foot (15.2 m) waterfall. There […]
Difficulty: Easy Round Island Point Nature Preserve Trail is located in Brimley in Michigan’s Chippewa County. This trail is a 1.6 mile (2.6 km) loop within this protected habitat in the Upper Peninsula. The preserve offers ample nature viewing opportunities for hikers. It is within a major flyway for migrating waterfowl as well as many […]
Difficulty: Moderate Mission Hill Trail is located near Brimley in Michigan’s Chippewa County within the Hiawatha National Forest. This is a 3.6 mile (5.8 km) scenic out and back trail that takes hikers along the spectacular Spectacle Lake and Monocle Lake. Travel directions: Take Hwy 221 north from M-28 west of Sault Ste Marie. Follow […]
Difficulty: Moderate Upper and Lower Tahquamenon Falls Trail is located in Paradise in Michigan’s Chippewa County within Tahquamenon Falls State Park. This is a 10.8 mile (17.3 km) out and back trail that leads from the upper falls and along the Tahquamenon River to the lower falls. The trail is paved with boardwalk viewing platforms. […]