Pebble Beach is located in Split Rock Lighthouse State Park in Minnesota’s Lake County. This is a pebbly/stony beach on the shore of Lake Superior’s Little Two Harbors Bay. The beach is covered in the most perfect skipping stones. Offering majestic views of Lake Superior and the Historic Split Rock Lighthouse. There is ample parking […]
Two-Fish House Beach is located 5.6 miles (9kms) south of Grand Portage in Minnesota’s Cook County. This is a pebbly/rocky beach on the shore of Lake Superior’s Deronda Bay. When the roadside view opens up to this bay it almost beckons you to this interesting beach. There is a narrow dirt road off the 61 […]
Black Beach is located within a mile (1.6 kms) of Silver Bay city limits in Minnesota’s Cook County. This is a sandy beach on the shore of Lake Superior. As the name suggests this beach is blanketed with soft black sand. There is a small gravel parking area with footpaths that lead you to the […]
Sugarloaf Cove Beach is located Schroeder in Sugarloaf Cove Nature Preserve Minnesota’s Cook County. This is a pebble beach on the shore of Lake Superior. The beach is a great place to relax, skip some stones and enjoy Lake Superior sheltered from the often wind gusts that the Lake provide. There are walking paths to […]
Meyers Beach is located in Cornucopia in Wisconsin’s Bayfield County. This is a sandy beach on the shore of Lake Superior in Mawikwe Bay on the Apostle Island National Lakeshore . It’s a great spot for swimming, beachcombing, or enjoying a lovely picnic. The beach is 2 miles (3.2kms) from the Apostle Island Sea Caves […]
Chapel Rock and Beach is located about 15 miles (24kms) east of Munising in Michigan’s Alger County in Pictured Rock National Lakeshore. It is about a 3 mile (4.8kms) hike from the trail head at the end of Chapel Road to get to. The hike to the beach offers amazing views of Chapel Lake and/or […]
The Spirit Tree is located in Grand Portage, 35 miles (56.3km) northeast of Grand Marais in Minnesota’s Cook County. Also known as Little Cedar Spirit Tree or Manidoo-giizhikens, this tree grows twisted and gnarled from bare rock on the shore of Lake Superior. There are records of this tree presence dating back over 300 years. […]
The Sleeping Giant is viewable from many places in Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. It is located at the southern tip of the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. This natural wonder is a land formation that resembles a giant man laying in slumber in Lake Superior. Ojibway legend identifies the giant as Nanabijou, the spirit […]
The Sea Lion is found in Sleeping Giant Provincial Park 52.5 miles (84.5km) from Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. It is a sedimentary rock formation that projects 49 feet (15m) into Lake Superior. The waves of the lake have cut out an arched tunnel through it. Originally this formation resembled a sea lion looking […]
Bathtub Island is located near Katherine Cove in Lake Superior Provincial Park in Ontario’s Algoma Country. The island is suitably named due to the basin like impression that fills with water when Lake Superior’s waves become high enough to reach it creating a natural “bathtub”. To reach the island, follow the coastal trail from Katherine […]
Agawa Canyon is 114 miles (183km) north of Sault Ste Marie in Ontario’s Algoma Country. The canyon is 575 feet (175.2m) deep and was formed over a billion years ago and widened by the Agawa River. The canyon can only be reached by hiking trail or train tour departing from Sault Ste. Marie. The best […]
The Apostle Islands Sea Caves sculpt much of the shoreline of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin’s Bayfield County. These naturally occurring caves are made up of sandstone cliffs that have been carved out by centuries of waves and the freezing and thawing of ice. The best way to see these caves during the […]