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Isle Royale National Park is a national park of the United States consisting of Isle Royale, along with more than 400 small adjacent islands and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior, in Michigan. Isle Royale is 45 mi (72 km) long and 9 mi (14 km) wide, with an area of 206.73 sq mi (535.4 km 2 ), making it the fourth-largest lake island in ...
Isle Royale (/ ˈ r ɔɪ əl /, ROY-əl) [1] is an island of the Great Lakes located in the northwest of Lake Superior and part of the U.S. state of Michigan. The island and the 450 surrounding smaller islands and waters make up Isle Royale National Park .
The name Rock Harbor is properly applied to the 11-mile-long (18 km) inlet from Moskey Basin to Scoville Point along the southern shore of the eastern part of Isle Royale. [2] This inlet is screened from the open waters of Lake Superior by several offshore islands, including Mott Island, which is the site of the park headquarters. [3]
How much does it cost to go to Isle Royale? Park entry costs $7 per person, per day for visitors 15 and over. Younger kids may enter the park for free.
Located in Lake Superior, Isle Royale is the second largest island in the Great Lakes system, after only Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron. At 206.7 square miles (535 km 2), the island of Isle Royale itself is the third largest island in the contiguous United States (after Long Island and Padre Island) and is the fourth largest lake island in the ...
Isle Royale: The Isle Royale Light (also called the Menagerie Island Light) is located on Managerie Island, at the opening of Siskiwit Bay near the southern shore of Isle Royale in Lake Superior. It was constructed in 1875. Part of the U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR. 12: Johns Hotel: Johns Hotel
Isle Royale National Park in Michigan: 28,965 visits. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Isle Royale ranks as one of least visited National Parks in America.
Brockway Mountain Drive is an 8.8-mile-long (14.2 km) scenic roadway just west of Copper Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Drivers can access the road from State Highway M-26 on either end near Eagle Harbor to the west or Copper Harbor to the east in the Keweenaw Peninsula.