Log Slide Overlook
A roughly 100-meter steep sand slope down which loggers slid timber into Lake Superior more than a century ago. Overlook the lake and the Grand Sable Dunes, with the Au Sable Light in the distance.
Log Slide Overlook lies on the eastern stretch of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. In the late 19th century, loggers used timber chutes here to send logs from a dune top about 90 meters high down into Lake Superior. The overlook offers views of the deep blue lake, the sprawling Grand Sable Dunes and, in the distance, the Au Sable Light. The sand slope is very steep: going down is easy, but climbing back up is exhausting, and the round trip can take over an hour. The park does not recommend attempting it, and anyone who ends up in the lake bears their own rescue costs. The overlook is a few minutes' walk from the parking lot.
Opening hours
Open all day (winter roads not cleared of snow)
Nearby sights
- Au Sable Light Station
- Grand Sable Dunes & Sable Falls
- Twelvemile Beach
- Chapel Rock
- Chapel Falls
- Mosquito Beach & Mosquito Falls
- Miners Falls
- Miners Castle & Miners Beach