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the Great Lakes.' The grounds also include a lighthouse that President Lincoln commis-
sioned and a bird observatory that 300 species fly by. To have the foggy place to your-
self, spend the night at
Whitefish Point Light Station B&B
( 888-492-3747; r $150;
May-Oct)
, which offers five rooms in the old Coast Guard crew quarters on site.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Stretching along prime Lake Superior real estate,
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
(
www.nps.gov/piro
)
is a series of wild cliffs and caves where blue and green minerals have
streaked the red and yellow sandstone into a kaleidoscope of color. Rte 58 (Alger County
Rd) spans the park for 52 slow miles from
Grand Marais
in the east to
Munising
in the
west. Top sights (from east to west) include
Au Sable Point Lighthouse
(reached via a
3-mile round-trip walk beside shipwreck skeletons), agate-strewn
Twelvemile Beach
,
hike-rich
Chapel Falls
and view-worthy
Miners Castle Overlook
.
Several boat tours launch from Munising.
Pictured Rock Cruises
( 906-387-2379;
www.picturedrocks.com
;
100 W City Park Dr; 2½hr tours adult/child $36/10; mid-May-mid-Oct)
departs from the city pier downtown and glides along the shore to Miners Castle.
Ship-
wreck Tours
( 906-387-4477;
www.shipwrecktours.com
; 1204 Commercial St; 2hr tours adult/
child $32/12; late May-mid-Oct)
sails in glass-bottom boats to see sunken schooners.
quick jaunt from Munising. Hop aboard the
Grand Island Ferry
( 906-387-3503; round-
trip adult/child $15/10; late May-mid-Oct)
to get there and rent a mountain bike (per day
$30) to zip around. There's also a ferry/bus tour package ($22). The ferry dock is on
Hwy 28, which is about 4 miles west of Munising.
Munising has lots of motels, such as tidy
Alger Falls Motel
( 906-387-3536;
906-387-3008;
www.fallingrockcafe.com
;
104 E Munising Ave; mains $5-9;
7am-10pm;
)
provides sandwiches and live music.
Staying in wee Grand Marais, on the park's east side, is also recommended. Turn in at
Hilltop Cabins and Motel
( 906-494-2331;
www.hilltopcabins.net
;
N14176 Ellen St; r & cabins
$85-175; )
after a meal of whitefish sandwiches and brewskis at rustic
Lake Superior
Brewing Company
(
906-494-2337; N14283 Lake Ave; mains $7-13;
noon-11pm)
.
