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Pictured Rocks, a harbor city on Superior, and the Keweenaw copper towns at the far west end.
Photo: Mineral-streaked cliffs of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Victoria Stauffenberg, Public domain
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Upper Peninsula, Michigan · United States
Munising and Pictured Rocks
Painted sandstone cliffs over Lake Superior, and waterfalls everywhere.
Upper Peninsula, Michigan · United States
Marquette
Lake Superior's biggest city: a rocky island park, a red lighthouse and an ore dock.
Copper Country, Michigan · United States
Houghton and Copper Country
A canal-cut college town at the foot of the Keweenaw, with old-growth pines, a Superior shoreline and the remains of a copper empire.
Ready-made trips in this area
4 days · Munising and Pictured Rocks → Mackinac Island
Upper Peninsula cliffs and island
Pictured Rocks by boat and on foot, then across the straits to Mackinac Island.
3 days · Marquette → Munising and Pictured Rocks
Marquette and Pictured Rocks
Lake Superior's rocky shore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
2 days · Houghton and Copper Country
Houghton and Copper Country
A canal town, a copper mine, old-growth pines and a Superior lookout at the tip of the Keweenaw.