Miners Castle & Miners Beach
Miners Castle
The only landmark rock pillar in Pictured Rocks that you can drive to. From the viewing platform you look down on the green lake bay, with Miners Beach just below.
Miners Castle is the best-known sandstone pillar in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It looks like a castle with a tower and rises about 20 metres. You can drive along Miners Castle Road to a lookout, and a few minutes' walk from there gives views of the pillar and the clear lake bay. Nearby Miners Beach is a fine-sand lakeside beach. A trail from it leads to Miners Falls, about 1.9 kilometres return. A National Park pass is required. The road is closed in winter.
Opening hours
Open all day during road-opening season
Nearby sights
- Alger Underwater Preserve Shipwreck Tours
- Miners Falls
- Mosquito Beach & Mosquito Falls
- Munising Falls
- Chapel Falls
- Grand Island National Recreation Area
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Cliff Cruise)
- Chapel Rock