The Lake Superior beach on a bright day: smooth empty sand with a line of footprints, big boulders along the shore on the right, flat blue water and a sky of white clouds — The beach across the road, on a clear day.

The big lake, across the road.

Lake Superior’s beach is across M-28, and the sand runs on and on: long walks, boulders to sit on, and a very large sky, directly across the street from Heritage Lodge.

Walk until you turn around.

A long, wide ribbon of sand with boulders along the top of it: room for a walk of any length and a rock to sit on when you want one. Paddle to the knees, and watch the weather come across the water.

Lake Superior's shore in summer from the air: surf on the long sand beach, the shore road beside it and the pines inland — The shore in summer from the air: the beach, the road and the pines.

The lodge's blue pond in summer from the air, the log lodge on its bank among green trees — The lodge’s pond in summer, from the air.

The water is about 65°F at its warmest, in August, so a swim is brisk and brief.

Then back across the road to the sauna, and the fire pit by the pond. See the lodge.

July and August, by the lake.

The longest days of the year, a beach a short walk away and 2 weekends that fill Marquette with people.

Heritage Lodge from straight above in summer: the roof among green pines on the point of its blue pond — The lodge from straight above, in summer.

July

The Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival fills Tourist Park in Marquette on the next-to-last full weekend of the month.

August

The Ore to Shore Mountain Bike Epic, a 48-mile ride, runs on August 14, 2027.

Au Train

More of the same lake shore, about 20 minutes’ drive away.

For Presque Isle Park and the cliffs of Pictured Rocks, see Marquette and the days out. The Iron Ore Heritage Trail and the North Country Trail cross our land: walk them from the door.

Green and red northern lights over the frozen lake, with the lights of Marquette along the horizon — Northern lights over the lake, with Marquette’s lights on the horizon. Photo: Mark Stacey, NOAA National Weather Service, public domain (also offered under CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

When the sky goes dark.

On a clear, dark night the northern lights can show over the lake. September and March give the best chances, and the waysides on the shore road in Chocolay Township are places people go to watch.

Green and violet northern lights glowing above a dark shoreline, with the lights of a town low on the horizon and the lake to the right — Northern lights over the shore, with a town’s glow on the horizon.

On the coldest mornings of winter, usually December and January, there can be sea smoke: when very cold air crosses the open, warmer lake, the water seems to steam. If you are up before sunrise, look for it.

Your summer dates.

Choose your dates and the calendar gives the price of your whole stay. The lodge takes 2 nights at least, and up to 2 dogs come too.

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