They may be best known for summer cliff diving, but the Black Rocks at the tip of Marquette’s Presque Isle Park also offer ethereal views in fall and winter.
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After wending along Peter White Drive, photographer Sarah Goodwin hiked to catch this serene, snow-dusted sunrise over the rocks (composed of 1.7-billion-year-old magma formations). She recalls that the crisp winter air was thick with the aroma of pines and fallen leaves, and the quiet was broken only by the sounds of nature as she made her way to “the most breathtaking 360-degree views of rugged rock-lined Lake Superior shoreline.”
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Chasing Upper Peninsula Sunrises
Just like Black Rocks (pictured above), all of Northern Michigan is gorgeous to traverse year-round. Rain or shine, from fall to summer there is always a town, peninsula or park to explore. One of the greatest examples is local resident Bugsy Sailor who made a New Year’s resolution in 2019 to watch every sunrise for the next 365 days. Now, more than four years later he’s still catching gorgeous sunrises no matter the temperature or weather.
Learn more about Bugsy and how he celebrates Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: A Year of Gorgeous Sunrises from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Photo by Bugsy Sailor
Sunrise on January 26, 2022 by Bugsy Sailor at Black Rocks.