My husband, my twelve-year-old son Ryan, and myself spent part of a day with Captain Jim and his…read moredog Heuver fishing. We had a great time! It was gorgeous on Lake Lac La Belle and Lake Fanny Hoe. Captain Jim definitely has a passion for fishing. He was also fun to hang out with. And Heuver is adorable. Captain Jim was particularly good with Ryan. Ryan loved the fact that he let him drive the speedboat. It was also nice that Captain Jim cleaned the fish for us, as we have no idea how to do that. When we come back to Copper Harbor next July we will definitely be hiring him again!

From the owner: Are you ready for the fishing adventure of a lifetime? Hook & Heuver Guide Services, LLC provides…read morethe Northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan area's premier fishing charter service, letting expert and amateur anglers alike explore Lake Superior and several Inland Lakes on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan aboard our comfortable 21 ft Ranger boat. Join us today and have some fun with our fishing charters, fishing guide service, and day fishing trips. Other specialties include: Fishing Charters Charter Boats Fishing Trips Family Fishing Trips Whether you're planning a corporate outing or want to spend time with friends and family, Hook & Heuver Guide Services, LLC always provides an enjoyable and exciting trip. Schedule us today for a fishing guide, charter fishing, and charter boat fishing.

We stumbled upon Big Bay Outfitters and decided to go in because of its charming look and…read moreinteresting signage. It was definitely worth the visit. All of the fishing supplies you could need, boat rentals, and gear - though we really didn't need anything, we just wanted to hang around and explore. Bill was very helpful when we asked about waterfalls in the vicinity - it just so happens that he created a map of waterfalls! He also does tours, and although I'm not big on organized tours, he is just the kind of person that I would like as a guide - maybe next trip.

My sisters and I were exploring the UP and decided to camp near Lake Independence. We wanted to do…read moresome fishing and check out waterfalls in the surrounding area. We had been referred to Big Bay Outfitters to rent a fishing boat. We were welcomed by both Bill and Kristi with exceptional kindness and hospitality. We rented a fishing boat and Bill promptly delivered it to the dock at the arranged time and had it picked up expediently . They were both very knowledgeable about the area from the lakes, waterfalls, fishing tips and gear, roads and trails, etc. They offer a plethora of supplies in their shop in case you need anything. We highly recommend Big Bay Outfitters and plan to be back again!

Nice Beautiful place to stroll…read more The people in period costumes are acting, don't fall for it!!! Lovely walk around the woods and along the water We enjoyed our time here Park rangers were pleasant and helpful

It's a nice and beautiful place. The lake view was wonderful. The fort has a lot of interesting…read morefacts about the fort. The reenactors were great with our kids, had them doing laundry the old fashioned way.

5 stars!!!…read more Celebrated my dad's 91st birthday with a 4-hour charter. Sarah is great! Helped us get everything scheduled. Flexible and kind. Justin (captain) is awesome as well. So knowledgeable and patient! Caught lots of fish, and made great memories! Awesome experience! Thank you!

The BEST fishing charter we have ever been on. Wish we lived closer to go more often.read more

Capt. Nate and First Mate Luke are the best. We just got back from a 6 hour fishing trip. Brought…read morehome some beautiful Lake Trout and had the best time. When things were slow, the guys told us all about their techniques, where to look and when, gear, lures, etc. It was a fun time and they made it interesting and we learned a lot. Everyone in the party wants to book again with Relentless Charters. An amazing day and I can't recommend them highly enough. We're going to do it again soon.

From the owner: We are the #1 Great Lakes Charter Fishing Service! We fish for Lake Trout and Salmon on Lake…read moreSuperior out of Marquette Michigan. We also operate out of Fairport Michigan for Trophy King Salmon on Lake Michigan. Come join us to experience the fishing trip of a lifetime!

Great camping spot! Enjoyed a wooded spot. Campground was quiet - neighbors were not loud at…read morenight. Can buy ice & wood at the campground. They have recycling - and trash. Can walk from campground to a nice beach area. Great spot to use as a base to adventure up the keweenaw & Houghton. Will definitely camp there again - affordable sites.

Great place to camp. Been here twice and can't wait to come back! First place i stayed when i…read moregot to the UP. Was welcomed like i was family.

This is one of the least visited national parks, and it's not because it isn't worth visiting…read more Rather, it's so isolated that it needs a 3-6 hr ferry ride or a 45-60 min sea plane ride. Even then, there's only one hotel to stay in which is usually booked out pretty far in advance, unless you want to camp with potable water sources not the most reliable. Of course, this is by design in order to preserve the beautiful natural wilderness. I visited in the shoulder season in the first week of June, and there weren't that many people, emphasizing the wild solitude. It seems like all the visitors here are respectful of nature since there was not any litter nor any defacing at all. The trails here are primitive and not paved or lined with gravel. You can see so much wildlife here, from tiny amphibians the size of my fingernail to huge moose. The night sky is amazing with so many stars, and I saw the Milky Way due to the high quality of the night sky. It is very humbling. As a note, limited amounts of foraging is allowed. I didn't take anything, but I saw edible mushrooms and fiddleheads, and later in the season there's wild blueberries, strawberries, and thimbleberries. Even though it is early before the first hatch, the mosquitoes here are ferocious!

Isle Royale is a unique GEM in the National Park system. If…read moreyou want a beautiful, unique, and wild place with no tv and limited Wi-Fi Isle Royale is for you. I took the Sea Hunter 3 from Grand Portage, Minnesota. The Grace Point lookout trail from the Windigo Visitor's Center took me about two hours, I'm a 45 year old male in decent shape. The lodge is at the Rock Creek Visitor's Center, from the Windigo Visitor's Center this would be about a 40-50 mile hike, Isle Royale is HUDGE island. There are ferry's and sea planes to Rock Harbor. I would LOVE to come back and spend a couple of nights. Bring heavy duty bug spray and a bug cover for your head and hands. The rangers at the Windigo Visitor's Center are GREAT, the ranger in the picture gave an awesome presentation.

This Waterfront Park really embodies what the town of Houghton, Michigan is all about…read more Houghton, Michigan (in my opinion) is a pretty cozy/old fashioned/industrial city with this terrific Waterfront Park situated along the edge of Portage Lake within the Keweenaw Waterway. The main highlight is a pedestrian walking pathway, where all you have to do is stroll about and breathe in the fresh air of the UP - Upper Peninsula. Plus, another scenic aspect of the park is having the Portage Lake Lift Bridge as the centerpiece focal point, making for quality photo opportunities (especially when the sun is out, lol) for those visitors exploring around town. And...the Portage Lake Lift Bridge connects the cities of Houghton and Hancock, which the road eventually leads towards Copper Harbor, MI - "The Gateway to Isle Royale National Park". For me coming to Houghton on my eventual journey out to Isle Royale...I very much enjoyed becoming acquainted with the city. Btw, there is an Isle Royale Visitor Center right nearby here for those interested in purchasing souvenirs, watching a park film and having your NP Passport stamped. Overall, this Waterfront Park gave me a fresh perspective for appreciating what makes Houghton quite the charming town. I used about 1 hour just casually hanging out here, taking some time to sit down on one of the many benches to relax and people watch.

Parked by the water and went to dinner. After walked i bit around town and by the water. Peaceful…read moreand seems very safe. nice to be on vacation and not have to feel you need to be on alter and didn't see any homeless on the Upper P trip. Houghton is a college town ... several bar and restaurants. Water sports, fishing, hiking. This was our last stop on our Upper P trip. We actually went home a day early .. missed the dog. hope to return in the fall or spring ... especially the fall.

Miners Falls is another great, relatively easy hike that can be done by all skill levels and I…read morewould highly recommend it as well during your Pictured Rocks trip, either before or after you make a stop at Miners Castle as well. Clocking it at 1.2 miles, it takes about half an hour to complete out and back. Miners Falls is way bigger and grander than Munising Falls, so it's definitely impressive and worth the hike out. You aren't able to get as close to it as you do to Munising Falls, you view it from 2 different viewing platforms across a wide river, but it's still impressive just the same. The hike is more intensive. It's mostly shallow, sometimes steeper in areas decline through forest on the way there, but that just means that you know the way back is going to be a constant uphill, which is a bit killer. Total elevation gain here is about 150 feet. Great part about this hike is that the trail is so WIDE, tons of space to walk and be distant from other people, not that this trail was even all that heavily trafficked by any means. When you get to the falls, the first viewpoint you get to really doesn't give you a good view. For both viewpoints, you are already looking down at the falls, and the first viewpoint, which is much higher up, is blocked by trees and at too high of an angle for you to appreciate much of anything. So it's imperative that you head to viewpoint #2, which is down one final series of steep stairs. From this viewing platform, you get a great, impressive view of the falls, get a moment to take pictures, catch your breath, before you embark on the not-so-long-but-sort-of-feels-long-because-it's-all-uphill journey back up to the parking lot. I was definitely breathing hard by the time I got to the parking lot, but it was a great, short hike to do! It really didn't hurt either that there was gorgeous fall foliage all along the road leading into the Miners Falls parking lot and spots of color along the entire hike as well. Can't be anything but happy when looking at fall rolling in! :)

Okay so here is another decent/worthwhile waterfall to visit within Pictured Rocks National…read moreLakeshore. This is Miners Falls. And...it's really easy to find and hike to. From the trailhead it's a 0.6 mile walk along a gravel path. And the 0.6-mile stroll to Miners Falls takes you throughout an incredibly pleasant and tranquil forest setting. Even before I arrived at the falls, I was grabbing pictures on the walk being immersed in lush green trees and vegetations of the woodsy outdoors. Miners Falls is about a 50-foot waterfall that's one of the more majestic flowing falls you'll find in the small town of Munising, Michigan...and Munising is sort of the host town of Pictured Rocks NL. In Munising, you'll discover a bunch of other scenic waterfalls like Alger Falls, Chapel Falls, Munising Falls, Mosquito Falls and Horseshoe Falls to name a few. You can plug all these waterfalls into Google Maps on your phone to specifically locate them. Cell phone reception in Munising works just fine. Now, one of my issues with this Miners Falls and I know I'm nitpicking...is that once walk the 0.6 mile...you can only view the falls from an observation deck. And...this overlook platform had guardrails installed as high up as your waste. So...when trying to take optimal photos of Miners Falls for yourself and or family...you're sort of held hostage to these guardrails. It's sort of like you're being photobombed by a stranger but instead it's really the tiny platform and guardrails that taint the experience. Most visitors here at the overlook were taking selfie pics, which for myself...isn't worth the time. So, I gladly took a picture or two of Miners Falls before returning back towards the trailhead. I guess just in the end I'm a narcissistic person and I want myself in every picture to officially claim that I've "been there, done that", lol. Oh well, this miniscule platform vista point and the guardrails were out of my control. Here was another frustrating aspect... I was visiting back at the end of May 2021 and the parking lot and hike to the falls were pretty busy. In fact, it was congested enough to the point that there was a crowded line of people just waiting to step onto the observation area. And because the platform barely allowed tourists to step foot on it together at one time, the wait was about 10 minutes to get that photographic memory. Wow I thought to myself...this is a popular part to the Pictured Rocks NL area. And just a side note...when I was here this past summer, it was free to explore and hike to all the waterfalls. But for the 2022 travel season, starting on March 1, there'll be a $10 fee for visitors which will eventually over time get raised to $25. So, yes...people are coming. National parks, monuments, lakeshores, state parks, hikes and trails are all getting busier each year. Be prepared for maybe eventually losing that true essence for being outside in the heart of nature. Tourists are coming in droves and it's not stopping anytime soon. Anyways...finally, I got my time at the overlook deck for a quick couple of photos before yielding to the people behind me. Miners Falls was pretty impressive when looking down upon it. I just wished that the hiking path continued down towards the base of the falls because in my opinion...there's nothing like looking up at a scenic waterfall as the prime attraction within a scenic backdrop. Welp...lol, sorry for all my venting. From here at Miners Falls, I continued onto Munising Falls, about a 9-mile drive away. And yeah...once again, Munising Falls was simply a 0.5 mile walk each way to and from an observation deck, but at least the platform there allowed more space to accommodate tourists. Lastly, although I never found true fulfillment from the viewing platform looking down at Miners Falls, I still enjoyed the hike through the forest and simply getting a chance to witness another waterfall here at Pictured Rocks Lakeshore in the UP - Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

We came here for the Nordic Spa and color chair lift. The view was truly spectacular. If you are in…read morethe Keweenaw and you have never been on top of Bohemia in the autumn, you must do it at least once. The colors were amazing. The spa was also nice, though they do not supply towels. Bring your own or spend an extra $6.

We loved the fall colors chair lift ride! Best views of the UP! We should have planned the whole…read moreday there-the Nordic Spa was hopping and the pizza/drinks combo was popular from the looks of it. Great spot!