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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- Location & Contact Information
- Address: N8391 Sand Point Road Munising MI USA 49862-0040
- Telephone Number: +1-906-387-3700
- Official Website: [1]
- Overview
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is a US National Lakeshore on the shore of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States. It extends for 42 miles (67 km) along the shore and covers 73236 acresqmi km20 lk=on. The park offers spectacular scenery of the hilly shoreline between castle turrets , and human profiles, among others. Near Munising visitors also can view Grand Island , most of which is included in the Grand Island National Recreation Area and is preserved separately. The US Congress made Pictured Rocks the first officially-designated National Lakeshore in the United States in 1966. It is governed by the National Park Service (NPS), had 22 year-round NPS employees as of May 2006, and received 476,888 visitors in 2005.[1]
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