• Lake Superior in a stormy mood. Photo copyright Craig Blacklock

    Pictured Rocks

    National Lakeshore Michigan

NPS Focus

Magnificent fall color and mountains at this National Park invite you to Experience Your America.

Experience Your America

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NPS Focus is an on-line digital library and research station.

It offers a growing collection including thousands of images, documents, drawings, and maps about the cultural and natural resources maintained by the National Park Service.

Please visit http://npsfocus.nps.gov/ to find digital and other information resources by and about the National Park Service.

  • National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places

    significant in U.S. history Read More

  • National Park Service History & Culture website National Park Service History & Culture website

    History is everywhere! Read More

  • Great Lakes Network Great Lakes Network

    Inventory and Monitoring Program Read More

Did You Know?

Dune grass thrives on the Grand Sable Dunes near Grand Marais, Michigan, in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

On October 6, 1972, ceremonies in Munising marked the establishment of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, America's first national lakeshore. To symbolically link the park's two gateway communities of Munising and Grand Marais, water was poured from two glass containers into a third. More...