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Access Munising, on the western end of the lakeshore, is accessed by M-28 and M-94. Grand Marais, on the eastern end, is reached by M-77. Paved highways penetrate part way into the lakeshore from both ends. Travelers seeking to drive from one end of the lakeshore to the other must use County Road H-58. Roads only come close to the shoreline near Miners Castle, 12 Mile Beach, and the Grand Sable Dunes. The rest of the shoreline is only seen from land by hiking. A 42-mile (67-km) section of the North Country Trail spans the lakeshore. Pictured Rocks Cruises offers daily trips from Memorial Day weekend through October 10. Sea Kayaking is a popular method of exploring the park. While this may be the best way to see the natural formations, it is a serious trip in dangerous and cold water, which should not be undertaken lightly or without proper equipment (dress for the water temperature, not the air temperature). Guides are available. The most efficient port of entry to Pictured Rocks, for a sea kayak, is from the harbor at Munising. Camping must be done only in designated areas, and is strictly regulated by the National Park rangers. Winter sports activities include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and ice fishing. History Au Sable Light, built in 1874 after numerous shipwrecks Although the Pictured Rocks lie adjacent to sections of Lake Superior that are rich in fish, the sandstone cliffs are dangerous to canoes and other open boats skirting the coastline. Pierre Esprit Radisson, the fur trader, made this risky passage in 1658 and noted that his Native American companions offered some tobacco to the local spirit of the cliffs. During the Romantic Era of the 1800s, a series of American writers described their feelings upon sight of the Pictured Rocks. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft paid a tribute in 1820 to "some of the most sublime and commanding views in nature." As long ago as 1850 developers platted a tourist resort, Grand Island City, adjacent to the Pictured Rocks near the current site of Munising. After the lumbering era ended around 1910, many of the parcels of land making up the current Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore reverted to the state of Michigan for unpaid property taxes. Eager for federal help and recognition, the state cooperated with the federal government in the region's redevelopment. Congress enacted a law in 1966 to elevate the shoreline between Munising and Grand Marais to the status of a National Lakeshore. In October 1966, Congress passed a bill authorizing the establishment of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, ... in order to preserve for the benefit, inspiration, education, recreational use, and enjoyment of the public, a significant portion of the diminishing shoreline of the United States and its related geographic and scientific features. When President Lyndon Johnson signed the bill, Alger County became the home of America first National Lakeshore. On March 30, 2009, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act was signed into law, protecting 11,740 acres (47.5 km2) of Pictured Rocks as the Beaver Basin Wilderness. Points of interest From west (Munising) to east (Grand Marais): Rock arches and sea caves are popular with kayakers Munising Falls and Interpretive Center Sand Pointational Lakeshore Headquarters Miners Castleock formation, Miners Falls, paved road to overlook Significantly altered by a major rockfall on April 13, 2006 Miners Falls, interpretive trail Grand Portal Pointock formations Mosquito Falls Mosquito River Chapel Rock Chapel Falls Twelvemile Beach Shipwrecks White Birch Forest Au Sable Pointu Sable Light Log Slide Grand Sable Dunes Sable Falls and Interpretive Center Grand Sable Dunes The Grand Sable Dunes, at the eastern end of the Lakeshore, are a perched dune formation. Sand washed ashore by wave action was then blown upslope by northerly prevailing winds until it came to rest atop a glacial moraine. The Grand Sable Dunes today form a sand slope that rises from Lake Superior at a 35 angle. The summits of the tallest dunes are as high as 275 feet (85 m) above lake level. Climate and Weather Climate data for Grand Marais, Michigan Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average high F 25.3 27.4 36.4 49.2 62.1 70.4 75.9 74.8 67 55.8 41.5 29.7 51.3 Average low F 11.2 10.6 17.9 29.3 37.9 45.7 51.9 52.8 47.1 38 28.2 17 32.3 Rainfall inches 2.3 1.4 1.6 1.6 2.5 2.9 2.5 3.2 3.6 3 2.6 2.5 29.8 Snowfall inches 47.3 30.7 16 4.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 12.6 41.7 154.2 Average high C -3.7 -2.6 2.4 9.6 16.7 21.3 24.4 23.8 19.4 13.2 5.3 -1.3 10.7 Average low C -11.6 -11.9 -7.8 -1.5 3.3 7.6 11.1 11.6 8.4 3.3 -2.1 -8.3 0.2 Rainfall mm 58.4 35.6 40.6 40.6 63.5 73.7 63.5 81.3 91.4 76.2 66 63.5 756.9 Snowfall mm 1201.4 779.8 406.4 121.9 7.6 0 0 0 0 22.9 320 1059.2 3,916.7 Source: 2009-06-05 Photo gallery This section looks like an image gallery. Wikipedia policy discourages galleries of random images of the article subject; please edit or remove the section accordingly, moving freely licensed images to Wikimedia Commons if not already hosted there. Munising Falls Looking down at the Miners' Castle. November 2004. Miners' Castle. Pictured Rocks in the distance. Miners Falls Grand Sable Dunes Grand Sable Dunes Sable Falls References ^ Pictured Rocks Cruises Inc. Boat Tours ^ National Park Service on visiting Pictured Rocks ^ The Pictured Rocks: An Administrative History of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Table of Contents) ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Grand Marais, Michigan". http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=913302&refer==. Retrieved June 5, 2009. Further reading Stonehouse, Frederick Dangerous Coast: Shipwrecks of Pictured Rocks, Avery Color Studios, June 1997 ISBN 093221293X. 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