Snowshoe Trail at Pictured Rocks
in Michigan
The park has one marked snowshoe trail. View and download the snowshoe trail map (1.98 MB pdf). This 2.65 mile forested "lollipop"- shaped trail loops back on itself and starts at the end of E. City Limits Road off Alger County Road H-58 on the east side of Munising.
Park in the ski trail parking lot near the end of the road and walk a few hundred yards down the road to the end. The trail begins just past the wooden fence, and is marked with blue posts. The snowshoe trail also connects users to the G-Loop ungroomed ski trail.
Including the G-Loop in your snowshoe excursion will add 1.6 miles to the trek. The G-Loop isn’t tracked, so snowshoers and cross-country skiers share the trail. It also offers snowshoers and skiers great views of Lake Superior.
- States
- Michigan
- Trail type
- National Lakeshore trail
- Centroid coords
- 46.4317°, -86.6049°
About Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
This trail is inside Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, a national lakeshore managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Entrance fee: $25 per vehicle (verify current rate on the park page). An America the Beautiful annual pass ($80) covers entrance to all NPS units.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/snowshoe-trail-piro.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/piro/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Snowshoe Trail at Pictured Rocks and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
Other trails within 50 miles
Marsh Trail Exhibits Orientation
1 miles from this trail's centroid
Sand Point Marsh Trail Exhibit
1 miles from this trail's centroid
Sand Point Marsh Trail
1 miles from this trail's centroid
Sand Point Marsh Trail in Winter
1 miles from this trail's centroid
Bay de Noc – Grand Island National Recreation Trail
23 miles from this trail's centroid
Grand Sable Dunes Trail
32 miles from this trail's centroid
Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.