Grand Marais Lighthouse, MN

On Lake Superior at Grand Marais there are actually two lighthouses.  We walked out to one of them.  Viewing the marina is pretty cool with all of the boats and the view of the lake and the city.

To get to the lighthouse you park at the harbor and walk behind the U.S. Coastguard building and along a concrete barrier all the way out to the lighthouse.

The path is wide enough for two people to pass fairly comfortably.  I saw a group of younger children taking the path less traveled along the rocks past the barrier.  They looked like they were having fun.  One was pretending to climb one of the rocks.  It was pretty funny.

From this tree you can see both lighthouses at the same time.  The one we were walking to is in the middle and way in the back on the left you can barely see the second one.

As far as lighthouses go neither one of these lighthouses is very impressive.  They are pretty plan structures, but they get the job done.

Here is a picture of the one you can see from the one we walked to.  I assume you could walk to that one too, but the walk cannot be nearly as fun.

Here is the one that we walked to.  You can climb up the stairs, but I do not think you can go inside or anything.

Honestly the best part about the walk out to the lighthouse is the view of everything else.  The rocks along the walk are pretty cool and of course the boats.

If you find yourself in Grand Marais you owe it to yourself to take the walk out to the lighthouse and just take in the lake and the city.  While we were out there a fog rolled through the city.  It was pretty cool to watch.