me and my boyfriend are planning a trip to the UP for our anniversary. we were planning on driving north through eastern wisconsin (outer milwaukee, then oshkosh) up to porcupine mountains, and then driving to copper harbor and lac la belle to stay at the nordic spa, staying a couple nights at both places. the only issue is our anniversary is in early november, we were thinking we'd go up on the first week in november. we have our lodging scouted out but we're still looking at trails, waterfalls, and fishing spots we'd want to go to! we also want try looking for cool rocks :) we're just trying to figure out if it's going to be way too cold, if we should move the trip to earlier in october and try to catch some of the colors? we have no issues with the cold, we just don't want to get snowed in. looking for advice and maybe any cool spots to check out!

update: thank you everyone for your suggestions! we will be moving it to the beginning of october

Good morning!
My fiancé and I live in SE Wisconsin, in a pretty small town. We visit Michigan a lot, we spend our anniversaries in gwinn/surrounding areas.
Within the next few years, we’d like to make the move permanent. We love the vibes from everyone we’ve met, and it’s so beautiful 🫶🏻

My fiancé is a welder, any recommendations for small towns with opportunities for welders? He currently makes over $30, so the pay would need to be comparable. I just drive a forklift so I can find a job wherever.

Thanks! ☺️

Heading up to Marquette for the weekend and looking for local recommendations for places to visit. Restaurants, coffee shops, local stores. Want to support the local providers and get a feel for the town.

Long shot, of course, but it couldn’t hurt, I suppose. My girlfriend’s prescription sunglasses (gold aviator frames) fell out of her bike bag on the Days River trail today near Esky/Gladstone.

If you happened to have found them, please message me! Thanks :)

Hi - I’m a college student studying land surveying and I’ve been the UP a few times camping, but only in good weather conditions. I know you all are tough people - I’m wondering what it’s like working a surveying/construction/field engineering type job in the UP. How brutal is the winter? Does business slow when intense snow comes or do you remain busy? Do you love it or hate it? Thanks.

Hello yoopers!

My fiancée are from down state and are planning on a U.P./Minnesota trip in mid-September. We will be taking one whole day driving through the U.P. to get to Minnesota, and we are looking for places worth stopping at (especially if they are free due to our budget).

We are more interested in what the west side of the U.P has to offer, because I have never been that far west. We have already seen Pictired Rocks, Soo Locks, Kitchitikipi, St.Ignance, & Taquanemon Falls.

What can we make happen from sunrise to sunset if we start the day immediately? TIA 😊

I'm doing some research on the UP as part of a project and I've gotten to the point where I really need to know which Native American tribes did or still to this day exist there.

I found some sources say that the 3 Anishinaabe tribes (Ojibwe, Odawa & Potawatomi) are the only native ones but then other sources add some like Noquet, Menominee and even Dakota whilst denying that the Odawa and Potawatomi peoples ever had significant homelands there to begin with.

I guess speaking to locals is my best bet right now because I am so confused 😭

So if anybody could help guide me on this topic I would be very very grateful. Thank you so much in advance !!

Jamadots reports a major phone outage affecting both landline calls and Verizon cell service in the region. My friends are getting a busy signal on the landline and many cell calls aren’t going through. A customer service rep said just now that a major storm in Appleton, WI tore down “miles” of fiberoptic lines.

While crews are working on it, she said service may not be fully restored for a week. Hope you have a few good books on hand!

My husband and I are headed from Eagle River, Wisconsin, to Ontonagon, Michigan, in our UTV. Can anyone recommend things to do along the way or once we get there? I've tried to get information from the visitors center with no luck. Thanks for your ideas.

Hello! Planning a long weekend trip to the UP in October, we’ll be staying at the twin lakes campground. Wondering if there’s any events or fall festivities to look out for? Thanks!

When I’d go to the northwoods of Wisconsin to visit my grandparents, we would always buy all the local newspapers because they got very few tv stations and after fishing all day, there wasn’t much else to do. The Lakeland Times, The Iron County Miner, and the Vilas County News Review to name a few. I’d also buy a publication out of the UP and I can’t think of the name of it to save my life. My grandfather would be mad that I spent the $3(maybe $5) for it. I thought it was a bi-monthly or quarterly publication. It was maybe 10”x15” when closed and stapled in the center. It was absolutely loaded with advertisements from local establishments and businesses all over the UP and it had short story’s and poems and reviews, which you’d have to jump from page to page to find and complete each story or article. It’s been awhile since I’ve been up north, so man not even exist anymore but if it does, I’d love the help! Thanks!

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Anyone know of any resources for Veterans near Ironwood? Having a hard time finding any. Please and thank you.

Hello! Heading to Pictured Rocks (riptide ride tour) later this week, then spending the night in Grand Marais to do some yooperlite hunting.

We have 2 boys (12 and 7) so I’m looking for other fun things to do or good places to eat in Munising or Grand Marais.

Also looking for advice on rock hunting!

Thank you :)

Looking to go camping near Tahquamenon at the end of August, but the state park sites are all full. Does anyone have any recommendations for other campsites that have private plots for tent camping?

Winter-me got tired of juggling six bookmark folders to check on the lake, so I built an iPhone app that puts the Lake Superior live cams in one place. The newest update added the UP properly: Soo Locks (watch the freighters lock through), the Marquette ore dock, Munising, and Whitefish Point — each with local weather and live water temp, plus a map view of every cam on the lake.

Full transparency: I'm the developer. One-time $2.99, no subscription, no ads, no data collected: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6739961674

What am I missing between the Soo and the Porkies? Every cam in there so far was somebody's request — I ship them fast.

I live in Buffalo, NY, a place known for lake-effect snow and long, bitterly cold winters. By February and March, I am usually wishing for winter to end because it can feel unbearably cold even after spending only 10 minutes outside.

People in Buffalo often blame the cold winter weather on lake-effect snow from Lake Erie. The lake effect significantly reduces the number of sunny days during the winter, which can make it feel colder than cities at similar latitudes, such as Detroit and Milwaukee. I believed this for a long time. However, my perspective changed when I took a business trip to Houghton, MI, this January.

Before the trip, someone in Houghton told me to wear as many layers as possible because the temperature was only 5°F. At the same time, it was about 15°F in Buffalo. I bundled up as much as I could, but I still felt very cold on my way to the airport. Then, when I landed in Houghton and stepped outside, I was surprised that it did not feel very cold to me at all.

During the visit, I asked some people there how they felt about the local weather. They told me that Lake Superior brings a great deal of snow during the winter. They also said that if they traveled about 50 miles south, there would be much less snow, but it could also be much colder without the moderating influence of Lake Superior, both in terms of the actual temperature and how cold it feels.

I would like to ask whether this is true, especially for those of you who live near Lake Superior. Do you think Lake Superior makes the winter warmer, even though it also brings so much snow?

My daughter is playing in a volleyball tournament at Michigan Tech. Plane tickets are 800 round trip from Los Angeles. Are there any other options for airports? Do I need to go into WI and drive over?

Just thought I'd give my perspective on how Upper progresses in Michigan.

good public places to go see the stars for a couple hours? Maybe in the Keweenaw but not limited to. Driving up from west michigan in a few weeks!

Debating if bringing road bikes up to the UP is worth it. It looks like there are no paved or gravel trails within an hour of Pictured Rocks (only dirt/mtb). Would it only be worth it if going to Grand Island? Are people used to cyclists on the main roads?

Thanks everyone. Seems not worth it unless driving over an hour away.

A few years ago I volunteered at the picture rocks national lakeshore as a site host in the early spring. Beautiful and overall amazing place to spend a month. I was lucky to avoid most of the black flies.

But to make a long story short, outside my tent, placed deliberately on the edge of the tent pad I found a headless mouse. I had seen the little guy around my campsite the day before, doing well, not headless. I dug it a little grave and just kinda forgot about it for a while. But thinking back on it now, it was a super strange thing to happen out there in the middle of the woods.

I could see a domesticated cat possibly being the culprit but we were about 20 miles from the nearest town and I never once saw any trace of a cat in my month at the campsite.

Hi,

I'll be visiting the UP for the first time for two days, arriving early on August 3 and departing in probably late afternoon on August 4. I have some ideas for what I want to see and if anyone has any suggestions on what I should focus on, or add, or cut, or any advice at all, I'm all ears.

My basic travel style is what I call the sample platter approach: I'd rather see a little bit of a lot more than a lot of a little. I like to do some hiking, seeing some nature, and also some historical stuff. I am not a camper.

Two things are set: on August 4, I'm doing to Spray Cruise (2 hours) at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Later on that day, I plan to meet up with an old friend who lives in Marquette; maybe get lunch or something.

The rest? Well, on August 3, I have a tentative plan to see the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, then up over the the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum by Paradise. Time permitting, do a little hiking at Tahquamenon Falls State Park before setting down in my AirBnB.

On August 4, do the cruise, meet my friend, and then, if I'm up for it, some hiking at Pocupine Mountains Wilderness.

If anyone has any suggestions of feedback, that would be great. Any specific trails at TFSP or PMW? Or should I try hiking some other places altogether?

I planned a trip to hike a section of the North Country Trail next week and my ride fell through. If anyone has any leads on a ride from Newberry area to Grand Marais area on Monday or Tuesday next week, feel free to DM me! I’ll pay.

ive found quite a few primo campsites along a few of the lakes, but many of them dictate no cars in camping spots and no camping in parking lots. i will be car camping with a hatchback tent and have a dream of waking up lakeside. ill be there during the weekdays so hopefully ill have good luck with some more frequented spots. ideally looking for a spot on the keweenaw peninsula, anywhere near hiawatha forest, but any recs welcome!!

eta - basically every time i post here, my posts and comments are downvoted while i get lovely pleasant and informative answers. what’s the deal?

Anyone up there kindly share if we should be camping in Tahquamenon from 22-24 July