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Pictured Rocks / Twelvemile Beach

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Pictured Rocks / Twelvemile Beach

Munising, Upper Peninsula, MI · Lake Superior

About

Twelvemile Beach earns its name with a single golden sweep of sand running unbroken along Lake Superior, backed by a wall of white birch and pine instead of parking lots or condos. The water stays clear and cold enough to keep the crowds thin, so most days you share the shoreline with a handful of hikers off the North Country Trail and the occasional bald eagle. Sleep in the bluff-top campground, walk down the stairs at dawn, and the whole horizon is yours before the sun clears the trees.

Highlights

Twelve unbroken miles of Lake Superior sandBluff-top campground with lake-view sitesBirch and pine forest right to the dune lineOn the North Country Trail through Pictured RocksDark skies and dramatic Lake Superior sunsets

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