Main Street

Main Street: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Main Street

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Main Street — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.47397, -90.00179. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Main Street

• Iron County Historical Museum · museum · Iron · ~18 km · Must-see
• Gile Dam · lake · Iron · ~23 km · Must-see
• Negro Lakes · lake · Vilas · ~26 km · Must-see
• Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive Park · lake · Iron · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lake Gogebic · lake · Wisconsin · ~40 km · Must-see
• Lake Gogebic · lake · Gogebic · ~41 km · Must-see
• Superior Falls · waterfall · Iron · ~41 km · Must-see
• Gogebic Lake State Park · lake · Gogebic · ~41 km · Must-see
• Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park · park · Ontonagon · ~42 km · Must-see
• Saxon Harbor County Park · park · Iron · ~43 km · Must-see
• Saxon Harbor · attraction · Iron · ~44 km · Must-see
• Border Lakes State Natural Area · sanctuary · Vilas · ~48 km · Must-see
• Frog Lake And Pines State Natural Area · lake · Iron · ~50 km · Must-see
• Little Presque Isle Lake · lake · Vilas · ~50 km · Must-see
• Lake of the Clouds · lake · Iron · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lake of the Clouds · lake · Ontonagon · ~52 km · Must-see
• Powell Marsh Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Vilas · ~55 km · Must-see
• Turtle-Flambeau Flowage · lake · Iron · ~58 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Main Street

Other forts & heritage near Main Street

• Michigan Island Lighthouse · fort · Ashland · ~73 km · Must-see
• Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light · fort · Ashland · ~86 km · Must-see
• Wreck of the Ottawa · fort · Bayfield · ~92 km · Must-see
• Herbster Community Center · fort · Bayfield · ~130 km · Must-see
• Planter Road · fort · Gogebic · ~6 km
• Plummer Mine Headframe · fort · Iron · ~29 km
• Fort La Pointe · fort · Iron · ~40 km
• Nonesuch · fort · Ontonagon · ~53 km
• Moonlight · fort · Ashland · ~61 km
• Marquette · fort · Ashland · ~64 km

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