Chapel Loop
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 […]
Miners Castle Trail
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 […]
Sand Point Marsh Trail
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 […]
Munising Falls Trail
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 […]
Round Island Point Nature Preserve Trail
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 […]
Mission Hill Trail
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 […]
Upper and Lower Tahquamenon Falls Trail
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. […]
North Country Trail - Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Difficulty: Moderate North Country Trail: Lower Falls to Old Stove is located near Paradise in Michigan’s Chippewa County within Tahquamenon Falls State Park. The trail is a 5.2 mile (8.4 km) point to point section of the North Country trail that begins at the Lower Tahquamenon Falls and leads to the Old Stove backcountry site. […]
Shiras Planetarium
Shiras Planetarium is located in Marquette in Michigan’s Marquette County. It is attached to The Marquette Senior Highschool and planetarium showings are open to the public. This domed planetarium offers incredible indoor star gazing and laser shows. Tour the night sky and explore planets and constellations from their Minolta MS-8 star projector. Shows last for […]
Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium
Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium is located in Duluth in Minnesota’s St. Louis County. The planetarium is on the University of Minnesota Duluth’s campus and is open for public showings. They offer live interactive shows and full dome theater presentations. Be whisked through the depths of outer space, and learn the importance of astronomy. With a […]
Gunflint Trails End
Gunflint Trails End is located 55.6 miles (89.4km) up the Gunflint Trail northwest from Grand Marais in Minnesota’s Cook County. Gunflint Trail is a paved scenic byway up Country Road 12. starting in Grand Marais and ending before Saganaga Lake . The Gunflint trails end has night skies that are among the darkest on earth, […]
David Thompson Astronomical Observatory
The David Thompson Astronomical Observatory is located at Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. This observatory is home to one of the largest state of the art telescopes in Central Canada. The fleet of powerful telescopes allow for observing galaxies, nebulas, star clusters and planets with incredible detail and clarity. […]
