State: Michigan
Link: https://www.nps.gov/piro/index.htm
Days: 2
Season: Summer
Hotel: Airbnb in Chatham, MI
Hikes: 8 = 7-10 miles
Ice Cream: Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream
Day 0
We took a tour of the Michigan UP so we were already traveling through this area. See Michigan UP Adventures for more hikes from this trip.
Day 1
In the afternoon, we went on several hikes:
- Sable Falls – 0.6 mile loop
- Chapel Falls – 3.0 mile loop
- Chapel Rock (Colleen only) – extra 3.0 miles
For dinner we went to Pictured Rocks Pizza. It took a very long time to order and get our food (close to an hour), but the pizza was very good.
Day 2
As we drove to our hikes in the morning, we were able to see Alger Falls from the side of the road. Several hikes were calling our names this day:
- Au Train Falls – 0.8 miles
- Sand Point Beach – didn’t walk much here
- Sand Point Marsh Trail – 0.5 mile loop
- Munising Falls (lower platform) – 0.3 miles
- Wagner Falls (state park) – 0.4 mile
We took a break for lunch and went to The Duck Pond Eatery & Beer Garden. After lunch, we continued hiking to Munising Falls (upper platform) – 0.3 miles
Our final hike of the day was the Miners Falls loop – 1.2 miles, which took us to Miners Castle along the way.
We stopped for Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream, which was good. Their signs and cups were awesome too. Then came Miners Falls Mini Golf. Unfortunately our sunset cruise was cancelled due to fog. After going out on the water for around 25 minutes, we had to head back. The company gave a full refund.
