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Sturgeon River Gorge & Sturgeon Falls. View Michigan's deepest, wildest gorge from rim overlooks or a steep trail 3/4 mile down to Sturgeon River Falls, sheared sandstone walls, and crushed trees. Spectacular fall color. Prime trout fishing by campground south of the gorge. Silver Mountain offers a long forest panorama. ... more

North Country Trail Hike. This 4-mile hike on the NCT is a cornucopia of natural delights ... more

Silver Mountain. One of the finer vistas just south of the Keweenaw Bay awaits those who climb this steep mountain. ... more

 

 
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Silver Mountain

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Silver Mountain top west
Don Hunt
Even on a cloudy day like this, the vistas from the rocky top of Silver Mountain are splendid. This is the view toward the west.

This splendid mountain-top lookout has been preserved from erosion by a cap of resistant granite. It's reached by a trail that's mostly stairs, enough to leave visitors huffing and pufing as they near the top. The vista looks across old-growth hardwood forests.

Some more adventurous souls choose to descend along the steep cliff on the mountain's west side.

The mountain's name comes from a mid-19th century unsucessful silver mine bored horizontally from its base. You can see the mine's entrance to the left of the stairway.

A fire tower used to stand on the summit. The land is managed in cooperation with the USDA with wilderness ethics in mind.

Silver Mountain—Prickett Lake
Don Hunt
From a separate rocky peak of the mountain is a view northeast of Prickett Lake 2.5 miles away. Prickett is actually an artificial reservoir of the Sutrgeon River created by a dam to generate electricity.


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The parking area is off FR 2270, four miles northwest of the Sturgeon Falls trailhead. Once at the parking lot, you can either take the stairway path up or a natural path to the left.



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