Keweenaw National Historical Park
Protected park · MI, USA
Keweenaw National Historical Park in MI, USA. Operated by National Park Service.
About
Entrance / day-use fee applies.
This park's official page lists: Store / concessions.
This park's official page lists: Visitor center.
At the park
- Exhibits
- Visitor center
Shows and experiences
- Historic sites & museum
Events
- How does Geology Affect Your Life?
- Striking Copper: A Divided Community
- Calumet Industrial Core Volunteer Workday
- Locomotion Locality Illustrated Talk
Before you go
- Limits
- Yes, service dogs are legally permitted anywhere in a park that visitors can go
- Getting there
- Keweenaw National Historical Park is located is located on the Keweenaw Peninsula, the northernmost part of Upper Michigan.
- Weather & when to go
- Summer: Keweenaw summers are usually mild, with average highs in the 70s, but can reach into the 80s and 90s. Nighttime temperatures are typically cool, but can also dip into the 40s or stay in the 70s. Summer months are dry, with occasional rain or severe thunderstorms. Winter: Again influenced by Lake Superior, winter temperatures are mild with highs in the 20s. Cold spells can occur with subzero temperatures. Lake effect snow is common, and 300 inches of snow can fall in a season.
- Visitor center
- A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
- Visitor center
- Calumet Visitor Center — The Calumet Visitor Center is open daily 10:00 am to 5:00 pm from after Memorial Day through Labor Day. — Follow U.S. Highway 41 to Houghton and then north across the lift bridge into Hancock. The Calumet Unit is located approximately 12 miles north along U.S. Highway 41 in Calumet, Michigan. As you come into Calumet, travel to the third light and turn left on Red Jacket Road. You will pass Park Headquarters on the right. Drive two blocks until Red Jacket Road curves and turns into 5th St. You will…
- Visitor center
- Copper Country Firefighters History Museum
- Visitor center
- Coppertown Mining Museum
- Visitor center
- Delaware Mine
- Visitor center
- Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
- Visitor center
- Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
- Visitor center
- Keweenaw Convention & Visitor's Bureau
- Visitor center
- Keweenaw Convention & Visitor's Bureau
- Visitor center
- Keweenaw Convention & Visitor's Bureau
- Visitor center
- Keweenaw History Center
- Visitor center
- Keweenaw History Center
Facilities on the park map
18 bench, 1 changing table, 3 defibrillator, 2 first aid kit, 8 picnic area, 26 restroom, 30 visitor information.
History
- Opened
- 1992
- Heritage status
- Listed heritage / protected status
- Park opened