Beach · Lake Superior · Michigan
Public Shoreline Beach-Au Train Bay
A public beach on Lake Superior in Alger County, Michigan, 1.6 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
- Alger County, Michigan
- Length
- 1.6 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
- MI154788
- Coordinates
- 46.4634° N, 86.8056° W to 46.4449° N, 86.8126° 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
- Public Shoreline Beach-Au Train to Five Mile Pts3.2 mi · MI
- Sand Point (Alger County)9.3 mi · MI
- McCarty's Cove28 mi · sampled · MI
- Shiras Park Beach28 mi · MI
- Marquette South Beach28 mi · sampled · MI
- North of Picnic Rocks28 mi · sampled · MI
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Munising Municipal7.4 mi · trailer ramp
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
- Grand Island Harbor Front Range Light5.7 mi
- Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light5.8 mi · deactivated
- Munising Rear Range Light7.6 mi
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore22 mi · park
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Superior
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MI154788, 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.