Sand Point Beach, Lake Superior - Munising, MI.

(August 2015)

This will be our final post about Munising, and I saved the best for last! If you are visiting Munising, MI. be sure to stop at Sand Point Beach, even just for 30 minutes! To get here, take 58 to Washington St. (Washington St. only goes in one direction). Washington St. turns into Sand Point Rd. You will see parking on the left but you should pass these spots up and continue on the road all the way to the end. The beach was much less crowded at the dead end. 

The water here is beautiful, clean and clear. We all had so much fun hunting for cool rocks in the lake, we stayed for hours and the boys still didn't want to leave. The sand on this beach is nice and even has little patches of pink sand here & there! Along the beach you'll find lots of driftwood and driftwood sculptures created by fellow beach goers. We thought these were pretty neat. The water here was a little on the chilly side (and we visited in August!) but we still got in to about waist high.

Looking down into the lake, here's what you'll see!

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Tannery Falls - Munising, MI.

(August 2015)

This was the last waterfall we visited and it was for sure the best! Finding the falls was a little challenging as there is no signage on the road telling you where the falls actually are. On 58 there is a set of stairs that lead up to the trail, the stairs are at the 58 & Washington St. intersection. If you turn on to Washington St., immediately to your right will be a few parking spaces and then you will need to cross 58 by foot to get to the stairs. This site it posted as no dogs allowed and you definitely can not get a stroller or wheel chair on these trails. Our boys loved this trail, the scenery and cliff walls are just gorgeous and being able to get down by the waterfall and walk behind it was pretty cool too!

Below is a tree growing out of the top of the cliff wall!

Below is a short video I shot on the trail. 

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Munising Falls - Munising, MI.

(August 2015)

These 50' falls are located a short walk from the parking lot. You can view the falls from below or climb up the stairs and take a short stroll to view the falls. If you can climb the stairs, it's well worth it. The high cliff walls certainly are impressive! Before visiting I saw photos online of people standing under the falls, this is not permitted though and dangerous! 

Below is the view from above if you take the stairway that will be on your right, just a little ways after entering.

 The view from below is equally beautiful!

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Miners Castle - Munising, MI.

(August 2015)

The views of Lake Superior from Miners Castle are breathtaking and most definitely worth the stop. It's almost unbelievable that these photos were taken over a lake. Lake Superior is a very clean lake, the clearest lake I've ever been to in the midwest. The boys still talk about how nice the lake was in Munising, our oldest was actually ready to move to Michigan (he's an avid fisherman)! 

First we took in the views from above, absolutely beautiful. The only down side to this stop was the amount of people that were also visiting, it was very crowded and I felt a little rushed when I was trying to snap photos. I'm guessing that visiting early in the morning might have been better. 

You can also walk a trail down to view the Miners Castle rock formation, the view below of the cliffs is gorgeous. 

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Miners Falls - Munising, MI.

(August 2015)

Miners Falls was the 2nd waterfall we visited while in Munising, MI. The walk was nice and the trails were clean & wide. The scenery was very pretty, lush and green! At the end of the trail you'll find a set of stairs that lead down to a platform to view the falls. We saw many people jumping over the rail on the stairs to go down to the bottom of the waterfall but I'm unsure if this is actually permitted. Down below you would definitely get some amazing shots of the waterfall but we weren't about to climb down there with our four boys. These falls are 40' tall and worth the mile or so walk (round trip).

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