Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore was really fun and a hiker's paradise with 40 miles of trails. Pictured Rocks offers beautiful sandstone cliffs, beaches, sand dunes, waterfalls, lakes, forest, and the lakeshore hugs Lake Superior which is the largest, deepest, coldest, and most pristine of all the Great Lakes. Below are 8 fun adventures.
Check out the YouTube boat tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Sable Falls
Sable Falls flows down over 75 feet of sandstone formations on its way to Lake Superior.
The first viewing platform is down a staircase with 169 steps.
Au Sable Light Station
Au Sable Light is an active lighthouse in the Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore west of Grand Marais, Michigan off H-58.
Until 1910, this aid to navigation was called "Big Sable Light".
Grand Island East Channel Light
The Grand Island East Channel Light is a lighthouse located just north
of Munising, Michigan and was intended to lead boats from Lake Superior
through the channel east of Grand Island into the
Munising Falls
50-foot waterfall with a forested trail & stairs to a viewing platform
along a sandstone canyon.
Miners Falls
Miners Falls is a waterfall located on Miners River in the western
portion of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Alger County,
Michigan. The falls drops about 40 feet over a sandstone outcrop.
The Log Slide
The log slide itself was a chute that loggers used to move logs from the
top of the dunes down to lake superior to be loaded onto boats for transport.
Sand Point Beach
Sand Point was so beautiful and the water was so clear. It's clean, beautiful
and easily accessible, white sand beach on Lake Superior. We could see views of
Munising Bay and Grand Island.
Miners Castle
Miners Castle is probably the most recognizable of all formations within the Pictured Rocks National Park and Lakeshore.
Some of the facts that we found out about Lake Superior from our boat Captain.
Lake Superior is, by surface area, the world's largest freshwater lake. The surface area of Lake Superior is 31,700 square miles Lake Superior contains as much water as all the other Great Lakes combined, even throwing in two extra Lake Eries.
Its volume is second only to Russia's Lake Baikal. Lake Superior contains 10% of all the earth's fresh surface water. There is enough water in Lake Superior, 3 quadrillion-- gallons, to flood all of North and South America to a depth of one foot. The deepest point in Lake Superior is about 40 miles north of Munising, Michigan and is 1,300 feet Over 300 streams and rivers empty into Lake Superior. The average elevation of Lake Superior is about 602 feet above sea level. The average underwater visibility of Lake Superior is 27 feet, making it the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes.
Underwater visibility in places reaches 100 feet. The lake is about 350 miles in length and 160 miles in width. Lake Superior has over 400 islands, the largest of which is Isle Royale, with a size of 207 square miles. Waves of over 40 feet in height have been recorded on Lake Superior. Travel by car around Lake Superior covers a distance of about 1,300 miles. Sudden changes in winds or barometric pressure around Lake Superior can produce seiches, a phenomenon which results in water levels rising or falling as much as six feet along a coast in a short period of time.
Explore the quirky adventures and misadventures as I take you on a journey of the United States National Parks. These journeys inspired me to explore even more about the history of the United States, the good, the bad and the ugly. These journeys are encouragements to explore, or re-examine these beautiful lands. From mountain roads with hairpin turns to stunning seaside escapes to exploring good old American history, these areamazing journeys to take in this lifetime.
