The Jackson Mine is an open pit iron mine in Negaunee, Michigan, extracting resources from the Marquette Iron Range. The first iron mine in the Lake Superior region, Jackson Mine was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site in 1956 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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This park was a complete surprise! We came here because I'd heard you could see a mine if you walk to the back of the park. In actuality, if you take the trails back, you can see tons of old pit mines, foundations, waste rock piles, and other remnants of the old mining operations and the part of Negaunee that were razed in the 70s. If you take the Old Towne trail (one the of the first spurs you come to off the main trail), you can wander on abandoned streets and sidewalks, walk up steps that no longer lead to homes and businesses, and see foundations from the same. The mines on this trail and others are fenced off, but you can look through the fences and see the old pits. At the Jackson Mine part of the park, there's old equipment you can look at, a gazebo and picnic table, and then a short walk in a spiral up the pit to a short cave (fenced off) that might have been dug to sample what was...
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Awesome state park and trails.
The trails are well marked and have all sorts of skill levels from paved trails to straight up the rocks.
There is also a disc golf course.
Lots of old buildings and the mines are clearly marked.
Don't be afraid to...
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Fantastic area, everything from paved walking paths which tell the history of the area, along with a disc golf course, and steps leading to nowhere, after the houses were removed due to sink holes , lots of history and exploring , highly...
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