And in the fall through mid-spring, our days are shorter and nights longer, which means there is more time to gaze up or out to our Great Lakes’ horizons, particularly to Lake Superior’s unimpeded northern views. The Upper Peninsula is close to the North Pole which provides some of the best star and Northern Lights viewing in the contiguous 48 United States. There are very few towns and most of them are small and emit very little light pollution. Most of the Upper Peninsula is wilderness and it is surrounded by vast bodies of water. What makes the Upper Peninsula one of the best stargazing and Northern Lights areas? Some of the darkest skies in the world are over the Upper Peninsula. So, one of the hottest tourism trends is to go where you can see a breathtaking view of our universe. Street and parking lot lights, billboards, stadiums, shopping malls and traffic blot out the stars and planets overhead and dim the northern lights dancing on our horizon. Most of us never see how amazingly bright and beautiful the night sky is.
Come see the Northern Lights in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
