Aerial drone image of Hunters Point barrier island on Lake Superior that creates the harbor at Copper Harbor, Michigan. Photo by Aaron Peterson When you pull into Calumet, located on Michigan’s ...

The effort will pay off, Barnett said, even if it's hard to quantify how many people come to Copper Harbor because its view of the stars has been formally endorsed by a nonprofit in Arizona.

The Copper Harbor trail system, part of the Keweenaw Peninsula’s 90-plus miles of singletrack mountain bike trails, has garnered a reputation for its beautiful scenery and challenging terrain.