The towering rock cliffs along the shore shelter the nests of peregrine falcons. Further inland, you can watch bald eagles nesting atop old white-pine trees. Indeed, Pictured Rocks is not all about Lake Superior: Explore its interior labyrinth of white cedar swamps, where red maple flourishes at the edges of Michigan wetlands. Hikers can follow old logging roads that penetrate deep into a forest of northern hardwoods, pine, hemlock, spruce, and fir. Fishermen will find nirvana at the many inland lakes and streams teeming with steelhead and coho salmon.

Commercial airports are located at Marquette and Escanaba, Michigan. If you own a Cessna, you can land on one of the grass airfields near Grand Marais and Munising. If not, take a bus or drive: Michigan State Highways M-28 and M-94 lead to Munising; State Highway M-77 leads to Grand Marais.

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