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Below you'll find dozens of places many kids enjoy, grouped by region. Click on a name and you'll go to the page where we describe what that attraction has to offer. 1. Keweenaw Peninsula A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum in Houghton Baraga State Park in or near Baraga Brockway Mountain Drive in or near Copper Harbor Canyon Falls Roadside Park & Canyon Falls in or near Alberta Chassell Centennial Park in or near Chassell Chassell Heritage Center in or near Chassell Copper Harbor Lighthouse in or near Copper Harbor Copper Harbor shops in or near Copper Harbor (especially agates at Seventh Street Station, Grandpa's Barn, Keweenaw Agate Shop) Copper Range Historical Museum in or near South Range Coppertown Mining Museum and Gift Shop in or near Calumet Delaware Copper Mine in or near Delaware Downtown Calumet in or near Calumet Downtown Hancock in or near Hancock Eagle Harbor Lighthouse and Museums in or near Eagle Harbor Einerlei in or near Chassell Etc. Etc. in or near South Range Falls River, Lower and Middle Falls in or near L'Anse Fort Wilkins State Park and Historic Complex in or near Copper Harbor Front Street Park in or near L'Anse Hanka Homestead in or near Keweenaw Bay Hunter's Point, Agate Beach & Copper Harbor marina in or near Copper Harbor In the Mind's Eye in or near L'Anse Indian Country Sports in or near L'Anse Keweenaw Berry Farm Minigolf, Ice Cream & Animal Farm in or near Chassell L'Anse Township Park in or near L'Anse ke Manganese and Manganese Falls# in or near Copper Harbor Lindell Chocolate Shoppe in or near Lake Linden M-26 from Eagle Harbor to Copper Harbor in or near Eagle Harbor M-26 from Eagle River to Eagle Harbor in or near Eagle River McLain State Park in or near Hancock Quincy Mine Hoist, Underground Mine and Tram in or near Hancock Rathbone School House in or near Eagle Harbor Scenic South Shore drive in or near Lac la Belle Seventh Street Station and A Superior Diver's Center in or near Copper Harbor Shrine of the Snowshoe Priest in or near L'Anse Silver Falls in or near Skanee Slate River waterfalls in or near Skanee Snow Gauge in or near Mohawk St. Paul the Apostle Church in or near Calumet Sturgeon River Gorge, Sturgeon Falls & Silver Mountain in or near Sidnaw Sturgeon River Sloughs Natural Area in or near Chassell Twin Lakes State Park in or near Twin Lakes
2. Isle Royale Edisen Fishery and Rock Harbor lighthouse in or near Rock Harbor Five Fingers Area in or near Rock Harbor Hiking and Paddling Isle Royale in or near Rock Harbor Lookout Louise in or near Rock Harbor Raspberry Island in or near Rock Harbor
3. Porcupine Mountains Adventure Copper Mine near Greenland (don't miss!) Bonanza or Greenwood Falls in or near Silver City Hike to Trap Falls in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park Lake of the Clouds Overlook in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park Long trek deep into the Porkies in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park Mass City Knob in or near Mass City Mineral collecting at the Caledonia Mine in or near Mass City North Country Trail segment: Victoria to Norwich in or near Victoria Old Victoria Restoration in or near Victoria Ontonagon County Historical Society Museum in or near Ontonagon Ontonagon Lighthouse in or near Ontonagon Ontonagon Township Park in or near Ontonagon Overlooked and Greenstone Falls in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park Park Visitor's Center in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park Porcupine Air Tours in or near Ontonagon Rockland Museum in or near Rockland Summit Peak Observation Tower in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park Trap Hills/Ottawa National Forest in or near Victoria Union Bay in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park
4. Gogebic Range Bald Mountain and Lake Superior Overlooks/Gogebic County Forest in or near Ironwood Black River Harbor in or near Black River Harbor Black River waterfalls & Black River Scenic Byway in or near Bessemer Copper Peak Ski Flying Hill in or near Bessemer Depot Antiques & Gifts in or near Ironwood Iron County (Wisconsin) Historical Museum in or near Hurley Area Ironwood Memorial Building in or near Ironwood Little Finland in or near Hurley Area Little Girl's Point and vicinity in or near Ironwood Little Girl's Point Honey in or near Ironwood Mountain biking in Gogebic and Iron counties in or near Ironwood Nature's Picks Rock Shop in or near Ironwood Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center/Ashland, Wisconsin in or near Hurley Area Ottawa National Forest Supervisor's Office and Book Shop in or near Ironwood Presque Isle River Waterfalls in or near Porcupine Mountains State Park Scenic back road to Ramsay in or near Ironwood Superior Falls in or near Ironwood Wolf Mountain/Ottawa National Forest in or near Marenisco World's Tallest Indian in or near Ironwood Yondota Falls/Ottawa National Forest in or near Marenisco
5. Watersmeet Area Bond Falls in or near Paulding Clark Lake/Ottawa National Forest in or near Watersmeet Cliffs Shaft Mining Museum in or near Ishpeming Imp Lake Interpretive Trail/Ottawa National Forest in or near Watersmeet Mex-I-Min-E Falls & Campground in or near Watersmeet Ontonagon River Middle Branch in or near Watersmeet Ottawa Visitor Center in or near Watersmeet Paulding Mystery Light in or near Paulding Sylvania Wilderness Area/Ottawa National Forest in or near Watersmeet Wisconsin River Headwaters in or near Land O'Lakes Wolf Track Nature Trail in or near Iron River World's Largest Tiger Muskie in or near Land O'Lakes
6. Iron Mountain-Iron River area Amasa Historical Society Museum in or near Amasa (free) Bewabic State Park in or near Crystal Falls Downtown Crystal Falls in or near Crystal Falls Downtown Iron River in or near Iron River Falls at the paper mill in Niagara, Wisconsin in or near Norway Gene's Pond in or near Felch George Young Recreational Complex in or near Iron River Glidden Lake & Lake Mary Plains Pathway/Copper Country State Forest in or near Crystal Falls Harbour House Museum in or near Crystal Falls Hiking path to "Treaty Tree" & Mile Post Zero/Ottawa National Forest in or near Iron River Horserace Rapids in or near Crystal Falls Iron County Courthouse in or near Crystal Falls Iron County Museum in or near Iron River Iron Mountain City Park in or near Iron Mountain Iron Mountain Iron Mine in or near Norway Iron River Chrysler in or near Iron River Lake Antoine County Park in or near Iron Mountain Lake Ottawa Park/Ge Chi Ski Trail/Ottawa National Forest in or near Iron River Menominee Range Historical Foundation Museum in or near Iron Mountain Peavy Pond & Michigamme Reservoir /Wisconsin Electric Power in or near Crystal Falls Pentoga Park in or near Iron River Piers Gorge in or near Norway Pine Mountain Ski Jump in or near Iron Mountain Scenic Bypass and Alternate Route around sprawl on U.S. 2 in or near Iron Mountain Ski Brule winter and summer in or near Iron River Strawberry Lake & Kids' Kingdom Playground in or near Norway
7. Escanaba & Menominee Cedar River Pathway/ Escanaba River State Forest in or near Cedar River Delta County Historical Museum in or near Escanaba DeYoung Family Zoo in or near Wallace Downtown Menominee on Green Bay in or near Menominee and Marinette Fox Park in or near M-35 along the Green Bay shore Fuller Park in or near M-35 along the Green Bay shore Haymeadow Falls/Hiawatha National Forest in or near Rapid River Henes Park in or near Menominee and Marinette Hoegh Pet Casket Company in or near Gladstone Interpretive Center & Rapid River district office, Hiawatha National Forest in or near Rapid River Kleinke Park in or near Cedar River Lighthouse pier in or near Menominee and Marinette Ludington Park in or near Escanaba Maywood History Trail & Little Bay de Noc Recreation Area/Hiawatha National Forest in or near Stonington Peninsula Menominee County Historical Museum in or near Menominee and Marinette Noc Bay Trading Company in or near Escanaba Peninsula Point Lighthouse & Picnic Area in or near Stonington Peninsula Peshtigo Fire Museum and Fire Cemetery in or near Peshtigo, WI Rapid River Falls in or near Rapid River Red Arrow Park in or near Menominee and Marinette Sand Point Lighthouse in or near Escanaba Shoreline drive to the Peninsula Point lighthouse in or near Stonington Peninsula Walking tour of downtown Marinette in or near Menominee and Marinette Wells State Park in or near Cedar River
8. Manistique & Garden Peninsula Big Spring (Kitch-iti-kipi) in or near Thompson Fayette Historic Townsite/ Fayette State Park in or near Garden Peninsula Fayette State Historic Park in or near Garden Peninsula Flowing Well Picnic Area & Sturgeon River fishing in or near Nahma Peninsula Indian Lake State Park in or near Thompson Portage Bay Beach and Ninga Aki Pathway/Lake Superior State Forest in or near Garden Peninsula Roger's Beach in or near Manistique Thompson State Hatchery in or near Thompson
9. Marquette Range Big Bay Harbor and beach in or near Big Bay Big Bay Outfitters/Anatomy of a Canoe/Big Bass Cafe in or near Big Bay Big Bay Point lighthouse tour in or near Big Bay Blueberry Ridge Cross-Country Ski Trail/Escanaba River State Forest in or near Marquette Craig Lake State Park in or near Michigamme Da Yoopers Tourist Trap & Museum in or near Ishpeming DeVos Art Museum at Northern Michigan University in or near Marquette Downtown Ishpeming in or near Ishpeming Downtown Marquette in or near Marquette Downtown Negaunee in or near Negaunee Harlow Pathway/Cross-Country Ski Trail in or near On the Way to Big Bay Jilbert's Dairy in or near Marquette Lake independence and Perkins County Park in or near Big Bay Lake Superior & Ishpeming RR Ore Dock in or near Marquette Lakenenland in or near Marquette Lakeside bike path from the Inner Harbor to Presque Isle in or near Marquette Little Garlic Falls in or near On the Way to Big Bay Little Presque Isle, Wetmore Landing & North Country Trail Segment in or near On the Way to Big Bay Lower Harbor in or near Marquette Marquette County Courthouse in or near Marquette Marquette County History Museum in or near Marquette Marquette Harbor Light in or near Marquette Marquette Maritime Museum in or near Marquette Michigan Iron industry Museum in or near Negaunee Moosewood Nature Center in or near Marquette Peter White Library in or near Marquette Presque Isle Park in or near Marquette Republic Open Pit Iron Mine in or near Republic Sugarloaf Mountain in or near On the Way to Big Bay Superior Dome/Upper Peninsula Heritage Center in or near Marquette Tilden Mine Tour in or near Ishpeming U.S. 41 road cut with ancient algal stromatolites in or near Marquette U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame & Museum in or near Ishpeming U.S.S. Darter-Dace Silent Service Memorial in or near Marquette Upper Peninsula Children's Museum in or near Marquette Van Riper State Park in or near Champion Wetmore Pond/Mead Paper Co. in or near On the Way to Big Bay
10. Pictured Rocks, Munising & Au Train Alger County Heritage Center in or near Munising Au Train River Canoe Trail in or near Au Train Au Train Songbird Trail/ Hiawatha National Forest in or near Au Train Bay Furnace Picnic Area in or near Christmas Central Munising in or near Munising Cox Pond and Munising Township Park in or near Munising Glass Bottom Boat Shipwreck Tour in or near Munising Indian River Canoe Trail in or near Hiawatha Forest Lakes Iverson Snowshoes in or near Shingleton Mather Beach on Grand Island Munising-area Waterfalls in or near Munising Pictured Rocks Boat Cruises in or near Munising Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in or near Munising Rock River Falls & Rock River Canyon Wilderness Area in or near Chatham Scott Falls/ The Face in the Rock/M-DOT Harold Rathfoot Roadside Park in or near Au Train Trout Bay on Grand Island Valley Spur Cross-Country Ski and Mountain Bike Trails in or near Munising
11. Tahquamenon & Seney, Grand Marais & Whitefish Point Agate Beach in or near Grand Marais Au Sable Point Lighthouse in or near Grand Marais Blind Sucker Flooding canoeing & fishing in or near Deer Park Canoeing and fishing the Two Hearted River in or near Two Hearted River Mouth Area Canoeing the Manistique River in or near Germfask Canoeing the Tahquamenon in or near Newberry Crisp's Point Lighthouse in or near Two Hearted River Mouth Area Grand Sable Bank & Dunes in or near Grand Marais Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum & Whitefish Point Light Station in or near Whitefish Point Harbor entrance, range lights, pier & beach in or near Grand Marais Kingston Plains Burns in or near Grand Marais Lake Superior Campground beach in or near Deer Park Lake Superior Nature Sanctuary/Michigan Nature Association in or near Whitefish Point Light Keeper's House Museum in or near Grand Marais Log Slide Overlook in or near Grand Marais Lower Falls in or near Tahquamenon Falls State Park Luce County Historical Museum in or near Newberry Mouth of the Two Hearted River in or near Two Hearted River Mouth Area Muskallonge Lake State Park in or near Deer Park North Country Trail/Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in or near Grand Marais North Country Trail: Grand Marais to Mouth of the Two Hearted River in or near Deer Park Pendills Creek National Fish Hatchery in or near Bay Mills Pretty Lakes Quiet Area path and canoeing in or near Deer Park Rivermouth Picnic Area and Beach/Tahquamenon Falls State Park in or near Paradise Sable Falls in or near Grand Marais Tahquamenon Logging Museum and Nature Study Area in or near Newberry Teenie Weenie Pickle Barrel Cottage in or near Grand Marais Toonerville Trolley and Riverboat Trip in or near Soo Junction Upper Falls in or near Tahquamenon Falls State Park Whitefish Point Bird Observatory in or near Whitefish Point
12. Sault Ste. Marie Agawa Canyon Tour Train and Snow Train in or near Sault Ste. Marie Canada Bay View Beach and Campground in or near Bay Mills Big Pine Picnic Area in or near Bay Mills Brimley State Park in or near Brimley Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in or near Sault Ste. Marie Canada Ermatinger/Clergue Heritage Site in or near Sault Ste. Marie Canada Gitche Gumee Agate & History Museum in or near Grand Marais Lock Tours Canada in or near Sault Ste. Marie Canada Monocle Lake in or near Bay Mills Museum Ship Valley Camp in or near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan New Fort Brady/Lake Superior State University in or near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan North Country Trail Segment in or near Bay Mills Point Iroquois Light Station & Museum in or near Bay Mills River of History Museum in or near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site in or near Sault Ste. Marie Canada Soo Locks Boat Tour in or near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Soo Locks Park & Visitor Center in or near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Soo Locks Train Tours in or near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Tower of History in or near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Wheels of History Museum in or near Brimley
13. Les Cheneaux, Drummond I. & St. Marys River Back country adventures in or near Drummond Island Bailey County Park in or near Cedar River Bailey Roadside Park in or near De Tour Village Big Shoal Township Beach in or near Drummond Island Birge Nature Preserve in or near Hessel Creekside Herbs in or near Cedarville DeTour beach, picnic and cross-country ski area in or near De Tour Village Downtown Hessel in or near Hessel (especially the "Fun Things to Do" shop) Government Island in or near Les Cheneaux Islands Les Cheneaux Historical Museum in or near Cedarville Les Cheneaux Maritime Museum in or near Cedarville Search Bay and St. Martin Hiking & Ski Trail in or near Hessel
14. St. Ignace & U.S. 2 American Legion Veterans Memorial Park in or near St. Ignace Big Knob and Crow Lake Pathways in or near Naubinway Boulevard Drive/Bridgeview Park/Point Labarbe Road in or near U.S. 2 from the Bridge Brevoort Lake in or near Brevort Carp River Canoe Trail in or near St. Ignace Castle Rock in or near St. Ignace CCC Camp Round Lake Interpretive Site /Sand Dunes Cross-Country Ski Trail in or near U.S. 2 from the Bridge Colonial Michilimackinac in or near Mackinaw City Curio Fair in or near U.S. 2 from the Bridge Cut River Bridge & picnic area in or near Epoufette Deer Ranch in or near U.S. 2 from the Bridge First Edition Books in or near Brevort GarLyn Zoo in or near Naubinway Historic Mill Creek in or near Mackinaw City Horseshoe Bay Wilderness Trail/Foley Creek Campground in or near St. Ignace John Herbon Pottery Studio in or near St. Ignace Lake Michigan beach & picnic area in or near Brevort Lake Michigan beach from Pointe aux Chenes to Brevort/ Hiawatha National Forest. in or near Brevort Mackinac Bridge in or near St. Ignace Mackinac Bridge Museum in or near Mackinaw City Manley's Fish Market in or near St. Ignace Marquette Mission Park in or near St. Ignace Marsh Lake Pathway & Big Knob beach in or near Naubinway Museum of Ojibwa Culture in or near St. Ignace Mystery Spot in or near U.S. 2 from the Bridge Scott Point in or near Naubinway Seul Choix Point Lighthouse in or near Gulliver Souvenir Barn in or near U.S. 2 from the Bridge St. Ignace Public Library in or near St. Ignace Sunset on the Straits Cruise: St. Ignace to Lake Michigan in or near St. Ignace
15. Mackinac Island An East Bluff Walk to Robinson's Folly in or near City of Mackinac Island An eastside walk to Mission Point in or near City of Mackinac Island Doc Crain's history tours by foot and bike in or near City of Mackinac Island Fort Mackinac in or near City of Mackinac Island Mackinac Island Carriage Tours in or near City of Mackinac Island Market Street, 1820s fur trade center in or near City of Mackinac Island Shops and amusements on Main St. in or near City of Mackinac Island Ste. Anne's Catholic Church in or near City of Mackinac Island
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