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Hunts' Guide to Michigan's UPPER PENINSULA
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JUST OUT!
A new edition of Hunts' Mapguide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Over 300 entries, all conveniently located on maps and chosen because we think they are the coolest things to do in the U.P. (No ad tie-ins!) Great choices for restaurants, hikes, shops, adventures, museums, boat trips, waterfalls, vistas, road trips, and much more!
To learn more click UP MAP GUIDE
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BLACK RIVER HARBOR
POINTS
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INTEREST
Black River Harbor. The site of an old fishing village, this harbor was transformed in the 1930s into a pleasant park, with stone changing house and pavilion, a beach, campground, and suspension bridge across the mouth of the Black River ...
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Great Conglomerate, Potawatomi, Gorge, and Rainbow Falls. Five memorable, very different waterfalls in one area testify to the power and varied character of water. A swinging footbridge reaches Rainbow Falls (via the North Country Trail) and a delightful Lake Superior swimming beach by a pretty CCC-era harbor. Four other waterfalls are accessed by individual trails from CR 513, or by a North Country Trail segment. ...
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Manakiki Falls & Maple Creek Falls. An exceptionally fine short walk along Maple Creek takes you to a string of four waterfalls ...
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Black River Harbor
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This popular park and campground at the end of CR 513 (the Black River Scenic Byway) was developed on the site of a fishing village as a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps project. In fact, the CCC improved the entire road from the vicinity of Copper Peak; it had been merely a wagon trail. By the parking area at the road's end is a marina and a pleasant, shady picnic area with a handsome stone and wood changing house and pavilion. A suspension footbridge (handicap-accessible) leads across the river mouth up to a popular, sandy Lake Superior beach. Kids love to jiggle and sway on the bridge. Crossing the bridge, turn left to reach the beach.
Warmer river water mixes with lake water, so this is one of the warmer places to swim in Superior. The granite breakwater, used by walkers and anglers, is another legacy from the CCC era, built to keep the harbor from silting up.
To get to Rainbow Falls (above), look for the North Country Trail's triple blue diamonds in about 50 feet and turn immediately right.
At the end of CR 513. For directions from U.S. 2, see Black River waterfalls, above. (906) 932-1330. No fee.
Return to Black River Harbor
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