Access points provide a place to launch and land boats and park a vehicle. Although some of the access points listed here have camping, they are generally day use sites only. Included here are comments about the facilities you will find there. Some of these sites are remote and infrequently traveled. There are more access points than what we listed here. We sometimes drop one if another one is located nearby or felt the site did not serve a paddler well. If you come across a site you think should be listed here or this information needs updating, let us know by contacting us.

Access Point	Location	Bathrooms	Water	Phone	Distance by water following the coastline from access point	Notes
Big Bay Marina	046º 49’ 34.39” N 087º 43’ 40.75” W	X	X			Protected harbor, launch fee
Little Presque Isle	046º 38’ 11.40” N 087º 28’ 19.38” W	X			25 miles from Big Bay Marina.	Approximate 1/3 mile boat carry
Wetmore’s Landing	046º 36’ 53.62” N 087º 27’ 52.43” W	X			28 miles from Big Bay Marina.	1/3 mile boat carry
Presque Isle Park -Middle Bay Beach	046º 35’ 9.45” N 087º 23’ 9.33” W	X	X	X	33 miles from Big Bay Marina.	Park closes at night.
Presque Isle Park Marina	046º 32’ 36.80” N 087º 23’ 1.43” W	X	X	X	3 miles from Presque Isle Park – Middle Bay Beach.	Protected harbor, nearby phone, launch fee
McCarty’s Cove	046º 32’ 52.53” N 087º 22’ 42.62” W	X			6.5 miles from Presque Isle Park – Middle Bay Beach.	Swimming beach with lifeguards
Cinder Pond Marina	046º 32’ 36.87” N 087º 23’ 3.62” W	X	X	X	9 miles from Presque Isle Park – Middle Bay Beach.	Protected harbor, launch fee, concrete launch ramp
Chocolay Marina	046º 29’ 46.56” N 087º 20’ 55.23” W	X			14 miles from Presque Isle Park – Middle Bay Beach.	Protected harbor. Approximately 2/3 mile from river mouth.
M-28 Wayside	046º 29’ 21.24” N 087º 13’ 17.92” W	X	X		7 miles from Chocolay Marina.	Flight of steps to beach. Camping across highway.
M-28 Wayside	046º 29’ 38.18” N 087º 7’ 34.01” W	X	X		13 miles from Chocolay Marina.	Flight of steps to beach. Motel across highway.
Laughing Whitefish River Boat Ramp	046º 31’ 16.39” N 087º 01’ 40.00” W				19 miles from Chocolay Marina.	Approximately 2/3 mile from the river mouth.
Au-Train Beach	046º 26’ 3.88” N 086º 50’ 17.76” W	X			35 miles from Chocolay Marina.
Bay Furnace Recreation Area	046º 26’ 30.99” N 086º 42’ 20.30” W	X	X		46 miles from Chocolay Marina.	Camping available.
Grand Island Landing	046º 26’ 43.15” N 086º 39’ 55.56” W	X			48 miles from Chocolay Marina.	Ferry to/from island.
Munising City Boat Ramp	046º 25’ 24.05” N 086º 39’ 39.79” W	X	X		2 miles from Grand Island Landing.	Small sand beach by concrete boat ramp.
Sand Point	046º 26’ 53.03” N 086º 36’ 22.91” W	X			7.5 miles from Grand Island Landing.	Western end of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Miner’s Beach	046º 29’ 49.50” N 086º 32’ 34.32” W	X			6 miles from Sand Point.	1/4 mile carry to beach includes flight of stairs
Twelve Mile Beach	046º 38’ 59.70” N 086º 11’ 49.55” W	X	X		28 miles from Sand Point.	Camping available
Hurricane River	046º 39’ 57.48” N 086º 10’ 3.29” W	X	X		30 miles from Sand Point.	Camping available.
Grand Marais Boat Ramp	046º 40’ 23.28” N 085º 59’ 1.02” W	X			43 miles from Sand Point	Protected harbor. Launch fee. Concrete ramp.

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ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• All locations have parking and sand beaches unless otherwise noted.
• Unless noted, expect locations to be along shoreline that have no protection to the open waters of the lake.
• Currently, these locations have no signage. Please be aware that between Big Bay and Munising there is often private property that adjoins these lands that can be unmarked as well. Please respect private property. Please see Projects to see how we are working on this issue.
• Between Little Presque Isle and Big Bay there is no access and no public lands. If you plan to paddle here, plan carefully.

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