![]() There's a bunch to do on the Upper Peninsula, or within Lake Superior. The Delaware Mine charges $11 per adult and $7 for children 6-12. To visit Fort Wilkins as a state resident, you must have the State Recreation Passport, which costs $11 when registering your vehicle. There is no fee for the town of Copper Harbor. You can walk the streets of Copper Harbor, play miniature golf, and buy some fudge or a cone at somewhere cute. You can visit the Delaware Mine (a working mine from 1847 to 1887) on a self-guided tour and even bring your dog, the Astor House Museum located at Minnetonka Resort, or the Copper Harbor Lighthouse, to get your in the past fix. The town is open year round for summer or winter pastimes, however some of the attractions, such as Fort Wilkins, are a spring to fall thing. Copper Harbor is three hundred and twelve miles from Mackinaw City at the Interstate 75 bridge connecting the Lower and Upper Peninsula of the state. For a point of reference to how far north in Michigan you are. Below: Sign announcing the northern end of Route 41 in Copper Harbor, 2006, Nick Nolte> Courtesy Wikipedia Commons.Ĭopper Harbor is at the northernmost point of Route 41, which travels all the way from Miami, Florida to this Upper Michigan Peninsula point. Photo above: Copper Island with Hunter's Point Park in the foreground, 2017, Roman Kahler. You can kayak, fish, and enjoy winter activities if you come for cold weather pursuits. ![]() You can hike the Estivant Pines Nature Sanctuary, huge trees there, or head over to Hunter's Point. ![]() You can walk the streets and shop for art, or a good meal. ![]() Boat tours galore ply the waters to the lighthouse or just take you on Lake Superior excursions at sunset to points close or day trips to Isle Royale far. You can make a day of just traveling within several miles and standing on a viewing deck Hunters Point, 6th Street, Lighthouse, the Copper Harbor Overlook.įor those into history, there's the Astor House Museum with its collection of dolls and local history items, Fort Wilkins, the Copper Harbor Lighthouse, and an authentic copper mine, the Delaware Mine. There are viewing points throughout the town and area surrounding the small village that are just plain awesome. There's history here, of the copper mining, shipping, and fort kind, plus a whole lot of recreation opportunities on the water and off. ![]()
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