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Activities » Hiking » Grinnell Memorial Nature Sanctuary

Grinnell Memorial Nature Sanctuary

Russell and Miriam Grinnell Memorial Nature Sanctuary at Bare Bluff is one of the most spectacular vistas in the Keweenaw.  This most difficult trail has been improved.  Take a three-mile hike along the base of this beautiful rhyolite formation then up a natural fault to the top, where the stunted forest opens to spectacular balds with a southeastern view down the Keweenaw to the point.  Allow three hours for this challenging adventure.

The trail is in a Michigan Nature Association Sanctuary and all sanctuary rules apply.  Collecting plants, seeds, or animals of any kind is strictly forbidden.  Stay on established trails. Only foot traffic is allowed - the use of all motorized vehicles or mountain bikes is prohibited. No hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, campfires, or pets are permitted.  Carry out all refuse.  Leave only footprints, take only pictures.

DIRECTIONS: From Hancock drive north on US-41 to Phoenix, then drive 10.4 miles to the Lac La Belle Road. Turn right and drive 4.7 miles to the bottom of the steep hill in Lac La Belle. Turn left and continue about 2 miles to Smith Fishery Road and turn left.  Travel 2.5 miles, bearing to the right, to the parking area marked with an MNA sanctuary sign. The first .05 miles of the hike is a logging road that takes you to the trailhead sign.  This is a loop trail which may be hiked in either direction.

West of Bete Grise off the Smith Fisheries Road.