Cool places in the Keweenaw

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Shops

  • Suomi's is the go-to breakfast food (54 Huron St, Houghton, MI 49931)
  • Roy's is the go-to pasties (305 W Lakeshore Dr, Houghton, MI 49931)
  • Econo Foods > Walmart > Pat's Foods & Festival Foods.
    • Jim's is good for quick food if you don't have a car.
    • I don't see a reason to Erikson's Feed and Seed.
  • Bread Loafers Bakery has amazing breads (787 Market St, Hancock, MI 49930)
  • Towns to shop in:
    • Calumet, MI. A good shopping area for your mom. It's got a lot of history too. Good weekend visit.
    • Marquette, MI. It has all the good food.
  • Schmidt's sells wings on Thursday for cheap. Get there before 8pm or you'll wait an hour for your wings. (100 Canal Rd, Houghton, MI 49931)
  • Nutini's does trivia on Thursday at 8pm (or sometimes 9pm). The place hasn't been renovated since the 70s, but if you win a round you get a $10 waiver for food (tip: you won't win, people are good at trivia). (321 Quincy St, Hancock, MI)

Outdoors

I have to assume you have Adam's Adventure guide. And if you don't, you're probably not part of Outdoor 'Venture Crew, the superior camping club in Michigan Tech.

  • Porcupine mountains and cliff drive are top tier.
    • Drive past walmart and keep going until the road ends.
  • Breaker's is a nice place and there will be a lot of people there on O-week.
    • Drive past Schmidt's and keep going until the roads ends.
  • Gay beach is a place, but it's pretty shitty outside of the novelty saying you've been to Gay beach.
    • The locals there don't like university students because they made too many jokes about Gay.
  • Ask around for the following waterfalls
    • Douglass-Houghton falls
    • Hungarian falls
    • Tire swing
    • (outside Keweenaw) Canyon falls
    • (outside Keweenaw) O-Kun-De-Kun falls
    • (outside Keweenaw) Paul's falls (bring boots)

Activities

  • Jampot is near Eagle River and sells really good jam. It's a must visit. They close once the harvest is done.
  • Quincy Mine tour is actually worth the money to do it.
  • In the winter, there is an outdoor hockey rink in South Range (this is the most well-kept). There are 2 outdoor rinks in Houghton. There is 1 in Chassell.
  • There's a Houghton farmer's market (currently Tues. 4pm-6pm), Hancock farmer's market (currently Sat. [I don't know the hours]), and Calumet farmer's market ([I don't know the times]).
  • Copper Harbor is a beautiful place to go. Drive up Brockway for the best position to see the Northern lights.
  • The Rosza hosts a lot of good festivals. I recommend the Nutcracker.
  • Film board movies are always a good weekend's activity if you don't want to go anywhere.