Au Sable Point Lighthouse, Michigan at Lighthousefriends.com

	Au Sable Point, MI

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Location: Located on Au Sable Point in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Latitude: 46.6731
Longitude: -86.13934

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Travel Instructions: An informative booklet and brochure on the Au Sable Lighthouse and a detailed map of the area are available from the National Park Service. To reach the lighthouse, take H58 to the lower Hurricane River Campground. At the east end of the campground, you will find a trail that leads 1.5 miles to the lighthouse. The lighthouse can also be reached via a somewhat more strenuous 1.9-mile hike from Log Slide Overlook. Tours of the lighthouse are offered in the summer. The Schedule of Events calendar on the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore provides exact dates and times for the tours.

The lighthouse is owned by the National Park Service and is part of Picture Rocks National Lakeshore. Grounds open, dwelling/tower open in season.

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Notes from a friend:

Kraig writes:
In a 2006 visit to the lighthouse, we chose to hike from the Log Slide Overlook as the direct road over to Hurricane River from Grand Marais was closed, and we did not want to take the lengthy detour. The hike was great, but since the trail starts atop a high bluff, just know that you are going to have to come back up to that level as the lighthouse is located much closer to the surface of the lake. While the hike from Hurricane River passes some shipwrecks, the journey from the Log Slide Overlook provides some spectacular vistas from the lofty sand dunes lining that portion of Lake Superior.
During our return hike to the car, a fellow just a ways into the hike stopped and asked me if I would do him a favor. I answered "Sure," thinking he wanted me to check on his vehicle in the parking lot or something. Instead, he extracted a PowerBar wrapper from his shirt pocket and asked if I could pack it out for him. Though a bit shocked, I accepted the wrapper - anything to lighten the load of a fellow hiker.
Marilyn writes:
Don't let those flat, straight roads of the upper peninsula tempt you into cutting down that inter-lighthouse travel time. While on our way to visit Au Sable, I passed an officer at a high rate of speed, prompting a personal roadside visit. The ensuing ticket was bad enough, but the officer also notified us that the license plate on our rental car belonged to an Oldsmobile and not the Chevrolet Blazer that we were driving. In addition, he said that he could not find our vehicle identification number in their database. Having apprised us of the situation, the officer returned to his car for some more investigation work, leaving us to ponder whether we would be spending the next several days in one of the numerous prisons found in the vicinity. While waiting, we at least were able to consume our lunch, and then were relieved when the officer permitted us to continue our lighthouse journey, although at a much reduced rate of speed.

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