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Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreVisitors enjoy the Song of Lakes program at Twelvemile Beach Campground in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
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This section of Alger County Road H-58 near Grand Marais was paved in the 1990s.
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Alger County Road H-58 near Grand Marais
 
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is located on the south shore of Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, between the communities of Munising (west) and Grand Marais (east).

Car
Michigan state highways M-28 and M-94 lead to Munising. State highway M-77 leads to Grand Marais. Alger County Road H-58 and other spur roads (some unpaved) provide access throughout the lakeshore. Many roads are closed by snow during the winter.

Plane
Grass airfields are located near Grand Marais and Munising. Regularly scheduled commercial airline service arrives at Marquette, Escanaba, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

Bus
Regional bus lines stop in Marquette and Escanaba.

Public Transportation
The local bus service (Altran, 906-387-4845) offers backpacker shuttle service in summer; reservations are required.  Send an Email to Altran. 

Alger County Road Commission trucks grades a gravel road.
Construction on Alger County Road
H-58 in 2008 and 2009
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The Official Map and Guide for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Many site bulletins
are available on-line.
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The Interagency Visitor Center of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Hiawatha National Forest is located in Munising, Michigan.
Interagency Visitor Center
Please make the IVC your first stop.
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Clouds over Lake Superior (National Weather Service photo)
The latest NOAA weather forecast
for Grand Marais, Michigan.
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The purple flower of spotted knapweed, a non-native invasive species, is shown with Pitcher's thistle, an endangered species.  

Did You Know?
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is home to three arctic disjuncts, plants whose normal range is far to the north. Arctic crowberry, Pitcher's thistle, and thimbleberry thrive because of the cool and moist microclimates caused by Lake Superior.
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Last Updated: April 24, 2007 at 08:49 EST