UP Michigan Ice Fest, photo by ebaillies The annual Michigan Ice Fest takes place January 30 – February 2, 2014 in and around Munising. This annual festival takes place the 1st weekend of February every year and gives you a chance to look at and demo the latest and greatest equipment, meet some of the worlds best … Continue reading 2014 Michigan Ice Fest & Ice Climbing in Pictured Rocks
Wide view of Miners Falls, photo by ChiliFrei64 GoWaterfalling is the go-to place for Michigan waterfalls. About Miners Falls they write: Miners Falls is located in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. To reach the Falls, take H58 west from Munising. Take H13 north 3.5 miles towards Miners Castle. There is a dirt road on the right … Continue reading Miners Falls in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Along the Trail, photo by nasunto Michigan in Pictures regular Nina Asunto is posting trip reports about her trip at the end of June to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. In Day One: Chapel / Mosquito Trailhead to Chapel Beach she writes about a common June annoyance in the Upper Peninsula that this year proved more that … Continue reading Along the Trail at Pictured Rocks
Indian Head | Pictured Rocks, photo by Beth☮♥♬ Pictured Rocks Day is this Saturday, a day when the Pictured Rocks Boat Tour company offers free tours where you can see sights like Indianhead. Their tour highlights page explains: This gargantuan rock formation is named after what many say resembles an old ‘Indian Head’ carved into an impressive … Continue reading Indian Head at Pictured Rocks
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore – May 2013, photo by gbozik photography Battleship Row is one of the many unique formations you can see on the Pictured Rocks cruises. ABC 10 reports that this Saturday, June 15 is Yooper Day for Pictured Rocks Cruises: Around 1,000 U.P. residents cruised Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore free of charge … Continue reading See Battleship Row on Pictured Rocks Day – June 15, 2013
Pictured Rocks fleet at Miners Castle, photo by ExploreMunising.com The above photo was posted to the ExploreMunising.com Facebook last July. It shows four boats from the Pictured Rocks fleet passing Miner’s Castle in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The tour boats are a great way to see the many formations the Lakeshore offers. Visit their website … Continue reading Pictured Rocks fleet at Miners Castle
Chapel Beach – Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, photo by Michigan Nut Chapel Rock deservedly gets a lot of attention, but the beach that it’s on is one of Michigan’s coolest, with the rushing chapel river, a lot of great rock formations along a secluded, sandy beach and even a great backcountry camping area. As a bonus, … Continue reading Chapel Beach – Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Kayaking at Spray Falls, photo by Aaron Peterson In Wednesday Waterfall: Spray Falls on his blog Aaron writes: Remote Spray Creek bubbles up somewhere in the middle of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, meanders through miles of maple and beech forest—then flies foam-first over a 50-foot cliff into Lake Superior. Seeing the creek upstream, you’d never … Continue reading Kayaking at Spray Falls in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Grand Sable Lake, photo by Gary of the North The Michigan DNR says (in part from this PDF) that Grand Sable Lake: …is a scenic undeveloped lake located in Alger County, about 6 miles southwest of Grand Marais. The 630 acre lake lies within the boundaries of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PRNL). The shoreline … Continue reading Grand Sable Lake in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
DSC00824_tonemapped, photo by ansonredford. While Petit Portal – also called Petit Arch and Arch Rock by some – is often confused with the partially caved in Grand Portal, it’s a smaller and as yet intact formation. You can read about some of these from the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore website. The two arches (and many … Continue reading Petit Portal and the geology of Pictured Rocks
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