Upper Peninsula and Pictured Rocks road trip
11 places · by Peyman
Three days across Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Tahquamenon Falls, Whitefish Point, Pictured Rocks cliffs, and Marquette on Lake Superior.
3 days11 stops3h 10m drivingeach day starts 9:00am
The whole trip
Every stop on one map, colored by day. The line follows the route in order; each day is mapped on its own below.
Day 1Day 2Day 3
Day 19:00am – 2:35pm · 4 stops · 1h 45m driving
Stops in order
9:00am
Stop 1 · 20m
Bridge View Park
W69 Boulevard Dr, St Ignace, MI 49781, USA
Lookout over the Mackinac Bridge at the start of the U.P.
1h 5mdrive to the next stop
10:25am
Stop 2 · 1h
Tahquamenon Falls Lower Falls
39956 M-123, Paradise, MI 49768, USA
A series of smaller cascades split around an island.
10mdrive to the next stop
11:35am
Stop 3 · 1h
Tahquamenon Upper Falls
Tahquamenon River, Michigan, Paradise, MI 49768, USA
Wide amber-colored waterfall, one of the largest east of the Mississippi.
30mdrive to the next stop
1:05pm
Stop 4 · 1h 30m
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
18335 N Whitefish Point Rd, Paradise, MI 49768, USA
Displays the Edmund Fitzgerald's bell beside the Whitefish Point Light.
Day 29:00am – 2:35pm · 4 stops · 1h 5m driving
Stops in order
9:00am
Stop 1 · 45m
Log Slide Overlook
Highway 58, Grand Marais, MI 49839, USA
Steep dune where loggers once slid timber down to Lake Superior.
40mdrive to the next stop
10:25am
Stop 2 · 45m
Miners Castle
FCWX+59, Munising, MI 49862, USA
Sandstone rock formation above the lake with short paved overlooks.
20mdrive to the next stop
11:30am
Stop 3 · 2h 30m
Pictured Rocks Island Tours & U.P. Tiki
209 W Munising Ave, Munising, MI 49862, USA
Boat tour along the colorful mineral-streaked sandstone cliffs.
5mdrive to the next stop
2:05pm
Stop 4 · 30m
Munising Falls
Munising Falls, Munising, MI 49862, USA
Short paved walk to a tall waterfall in a sandstone canyon.
Day 39:00am – 12:05pm · 3 stops · 20m driving
Stops in order
9:00am
Stop 1 · 1h 15m
Presque Isle Park
Peter White Dr, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
Wooded peninsula park with a loop road and Lake Superior rock shores.
10mdrive to the next stop
10:25am
Stop 2 · 1h
Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain, Marquette Township, MI 49855, USA
Short climb with stairs to a summit view over Lake Superior.
10mdrive to the next stop
11:35am
Stop 3 · 30m
Lawry's Pasty Shop
2164 US-41, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
Family pasty shop with roots going back to a 1946 miners' lunch stand.
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