Featured Content
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Overview
Page 1 of 4 |
 |
| Lake Superior and seascape at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan (Willard Clay/Photographer's Choice/Getty) |
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Contact Details
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
P.O. Box 40
Munising, Michigan 49862-0040
Visitor Information: 906-387-3700
advertisement
- The "pictured rocks" from which the park takes its name are actually vibrant mineral deposits in the sandstone cliffs that are visible from the water beginning at Sand Point and extending northeast for some 15 miles.
- Sea kayakers can put in at Grand Marais and paddle five miles west to watch (and listen to) the constant shifting of the Grand Sable Dunes.
- 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.
- Explore the area's interior, where 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.
Published: 6 Oct 2008 | Last Updated: 13 Sep 2011
Details mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication
Details mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication
advertisement
Photo Galleries
Where are you going?
What do you want to do?
+ More Activities
