Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Campgrounds
See also: Bay Mills/Brimley, Raco, Paradise, Barbeau, DeTour.
AUNE-OSBORN CAMPGROUND
(906) 632-3268
Right on the St. Mary's River just east of the Edison Sault Power Plant, this modern city-owned campground has 100 sites, mostly used by RVs, but tent campers are welcome. Rates are $27/night, waterfront, or $25/night, non-waterfront. Don't expect much in the way of shade. There's a playground, dump station, boat launch, fish cleaning station and new restroom/shower/laundry. Sites open up daily. Checkout time is noon. Come then and you'll most likely get a site. The park is named after Cliff Aune (pronounced ON-ee), the area engineer for the Corps of Engineers, and for ex-Governor Chase Osborn. His adopted daughter and widow (!) Stella Osborn lobbied hard to have her husband's name included in a public facility.
SHERMAN PARK CAMPGROUND
(906) 635-5075, (906) 635-5341
This 25-site rustic campground is on the Upper St. Mary's River west of town and I-75. The campground is next to a park with a nice sandy swimming beach that stays shallow way out, a boat launch, horseshoe pits, bocce, volleyball, playground, and much more. The campsites themselves are shady, without water views or shrubby buffers between sites. The campground normally doesn't fill. $20/night. $400/season. No reservations.
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Portage Avenue shops and beyond. Shops of note in the central part of town ... more
Soo Brewing Company. Serious ale brewer will fill you growler for $8 ... more
Soo Locks Boat Tour. This 2-hour excursion provides a dramatic look at the big locks, the quaint Canadian locks, and the Twin Soo's waterfronts. ... more
River of History Museum. Life-size dioramas bring to life scenes from Sault Ste. Marie's long history and prehistory. ... more
Riverfront walk along Water Street and Brady Park. See upbound boats waiting at the locks at beautiful Brady Park, site of the 19th c. fort. See interesting historic monuments from Sault Ste. Marie's aspiring years, including idiosyncratic Chase Osborn, the only U.P. governor. ... more
Bingham Avenue historic buildings. An avenue of grand 19th-century buildings, from a time when locals saw a grander future for the city than actually unfolded ... more
Tower of History. An oustanding view of the area from a 21-story tower. ... more
St. Mary's Pro-cathedral. This 1880s cathedral has a wonderful interior, with richly colored stained glass and striking wall accents ... more
Water Street Historic Block. Three of the earliest and most significant houses in Upper Peninsula history ... more
George Kemp Downtown Marina . A nice picnic area at a beautiful marina ... more
Museum Ship Valley Camp . A 1917 Great Lakes steamship is the vehicle for an interesting maritime museum ... more
St. Mary's River Lighthouse Cruise. A 4-hour journey past landmarks like the lighthouse at the entrance to the St. Marys River ... more
Edison Sault Power Plant & Alford Park. This 1902 quarter-mile-long landmark never attracted the industries it was built to serve, but still generates electricity ... more
Mission Point, Aune Osborn Park & Sugar Island Ferry. It's been called the #1 place anywhere to see Great Lakes freighters in motion ... more
Sugar Island. Once a favorite Chippewa sugaring spot, the island still has many maples and still is a popular stop for migrating birds ... more
New Fort Brady/Lake Superior State University. Begun in 1893 as an Army fort and barracks for 20,000 troops, this overlook now is the site of 3,300-student Lake Superior State University ... more
International Bridge. Connecting the 5,000-mile Trans-Canada Highway with 2,000-mile I-75 to Florida, this 1962 bridge does much more than connect the two Soos ... more
Sault Ste. Marie Wi-fi Hotspots. Bayliss Public Library has public computers. 541 Library Drive. Take last US exit on I-75, turn right on Easterday, turn left at traffic light onto Ashland St. to Library Drive. • Lake Superior State University campus is a wi-fi hotspot. 650 W. Easterday. ... more
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