Right in town, the sandy beach stretches about half a mile, starting at Shiras Park and ending in McCarty’s Cove. There is a paved bike and walking path that runs between the road and the lake.
For some amazing winter views of Marquette itself, you can’t do much better than walking along the Lower Harbor. Adjacent to the bustling downtown, but still right on Lake Superior, the park and bike path are a great place to visit and take a walk.
The Wright Street Falls are beautiful in and of themselves, but one of the things that draws people to the hiking trails there is the pipeline. The pipeline is exactly what it sounds like: a really big long pipe. It is a wooden pipe with a diameter of about 6 feet. This pipe is actually a section of the Dead River that runs water from the Forestville Dam, down to the Marquette Board of Light and Power.
A little further out of town than the other hikes in this list by about 5 miles, but it is well worth the slightly longer drive. You can walk or ski on the forest trails surrounded by towering pines, or walk on the frozen shore of Lake Superior.
Presque Isle was first set aside as a lighthouse reservation in 1852, and it was later opened to the public as a city park in 1887. Since then it has been visited by thousands of tourists and locals looking to enjoy the beauty of Lake Superior. While parts of the park are shut off to vehicular traffic in the winter, there are still plenty of views and trails to be enjoyed.