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Travel Forum / Destinations / USA and Canada / June 2006Western Coast of Upper Peninsula Michigan
Our family is going to Ontonagon Michigan in July for a week. We will have 3 children age 12-14 with us. We plan on hiking in the Porcupine Mountain area and swimming. I've looked over the stuff we received in the mail from the tourism offices and there's an overwhelming number of things to do or see in that area of the U.P. but I was wondering if any of you could help with a few questions I had: - 1. Is Lake Superior too cold to swim in (in mid July)? - 2. Are there any "must see" places that you would recommend in that area of the U.P. - 3. Is a "day trip" up to Copper Harbor worth taking? We were considering visiting the State Park up there. - Thanks in advance for any feedback. >Our family is going to Ontonagon Michigan in July for a week. We will >have 3 children age 12-14 with us. We plan on hiking in the Porcupine [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >- >1. Is Lake Superior too cold to swim in (in mid July)? Edpends on what you consider "too cold"> As far as I'm concerned it's damn cold. >2. Are there any "must see" places that you would recommend in that >area of the U.P. nly Lake of the Clouds in Porcupine Park. >3. Is a "day trip" up to Copper Harbor worth taking? We were >considering visiting the State Park up there. If you go to Copper Harbor take the skyline drive or whatever it's called. The view of Copper Harbor from the drive is worth the drive all by itself. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * What restaurants are good in the Ontonagon and Porcupine Mountain area? >> Our family is going to Ontonagon Michigan in July for a week. We will >> have 3 children age 12-14 with us. We plan on hiking in the Porcupine [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * > * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * >What restaurants are good in the Ontonagon and Porcupine Mountain area? Not having ben there in forty-odd years, I really wouldn't know. My recolelction is that there were no restaurants of consequence, only cafes and the like. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * > - > 1. Is Lake Superior too cold to swim in (in mid July)? > - The water temp today was in the low 60's (http://www.landbigfish.com/watertemps/superior2.cfm?ID=7). I wouldn't expect it to get much warmer - maybe 65. I couldn't find any historical water temps online. If it's a warm sunny day, I'd jump in! > 2. Are there any "must see" places that you would recommend in that > area of the U.P. You are on the right track hiking in the Porkies. It's a nice park with lots of hiking trails. Beware, many of the trails are kind of long. There are several interesting waterfalls in the area; we enjoyed the ones in Presque Isle. > - > 3. Is a "day trip" up to Copper Harbor worth taking? We were > considering visiting the State Park up there. > - Sorry, never been there. Regarding restaurants, nothing special that I recall. We stuck with cooking in our cabin or McD's. Have fun! Dave |
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