Beach · Lake Superior · Michigan
Fort Wilkins State Park-West
A public beach on Lake Superior in Keweenaw County, Michigan, 0.93 miles of shore. It is on the federal list of BEACH Act beaches but was not on the state’s sampling schedule in the latest report.
The beach
On the record
- Water
- Lake Superior
- Location
- Keweenaw County, Michigan
- Length
- 0.93 miles
- Owner
- Public
- Access
- Public Access
- Water sampling
- Not monitored in 2025
- Swim season
- 105 days, as reported
- Monitoring tier
- Tier 3 (Tier 1 is highest)
- Water quality standard
- E. coli, geometric mean: 300 per 100 mL
- EPA beach ID
- MI148296
- Coordinates
- 47.4689° N, 87.8662° W to 47.4700° N, 87.8836° W
As the state reported it to EPA for the 2025 season. Sampling schedules change year to year. How beach monitoring works →
Down the shore
Nearest Superior beaches
- Lighthouse Overlook0.0 mi · MI
- Fort Wilkins State Park0.1 mi · MI
- Fort Wilkins State Park-East0.5 mi · MI
- Cooper Harbor Lighthouse Complex0.5 mi · MI
- Copper Harbor- West Lagoon0.6 mi · MI
- Bete Gris Beach7.5 mi · sampled · MI
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Copper Harbor1.7 mi · trailer ramp
- Lac La Belle Dock9.2 mi · trailer ramp
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Copper Harbor Light0.5 mi
- Copper Harbor Front Range Light0.8 mi
- Mendota Light8.1 mi · deactivated
Ashore
State parks nearby
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Superior
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MI148296, the record Michigan files under the federal BEACH Act, retrieved 2026-10-10. The county is placed from the beach’s own coordinates. A blank field means the record is silent. Parking, fees, lifeguards and dog rules are set by whoever runs the beach; check with them before you go.
Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.