• Isle Royale National Park
  Wolves and moose, the wild North Woods forest, everchanging weather and a cool climate, and the crystal clear waters and rugged shoreline of Lake Superior characterize Isle Royale National Park. This wilderness archipelago is 45 miles long and nine miles wide at it's widest point. The park encompasses a total area of 850 square miles including submerged lands which extends four and a half miles out into Lake Superior. Isle Royale is located in Lake Superior about 20 miles southeast of Grand Portage, Minnesota, and about 53 miles north of Copper Harbor, Michigan.
  
  
• Keweenaw National Historical Park
  Keweenaw National Historical Park, was established on October 27, 1992 to commemorate the many stories of copper mining and the copper mining life on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. Jutting into Lake Superior, the Keweenaw contains the only place in the world where commercially abundant quantities of pure, native copper occurred. It has the oldest metal mining heritage in the western hemisphere -- one which dates back 7,000 years. Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
  
  
• Mackinac State Historic Parks
  Colonial Michilimackinac (National Landmark) 1715, Fort Mackinac (National Landmark) 1780, Historic Mill Creek (Michigan State Register Site) 1790, and Mackinac Island State Park, located at the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan, the juncture of Lakes Michigan and Huron.
  
  
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
  Multicolored sandstone cliffs, beaches, sand dunes, waterfalls, inland lakes, wildlife and the forest of Lake Superior shoreline beckon visitors to explore the 73,000+ acre park, which at its widest point is only five miles and hugs the Superior shoreline for more than 40 miles. This was the first National Lakeshore and was authorized in 1966. The park is located between Munising and Grand Marais, Michigan, on 42 miles of Lake Superior shoreline.
  
  
• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore
  Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore encompasses a 60 km (35 mi.) stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou Islands. The park was established primarily for its outstanding natural features, including forests, beaches, dune formations, and ancient glacial phenomena.
  
  

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