Beach · Lake Superior · Michigan
Twelve-Mile Beach
A public beach on Lake Superior in Alger County, Michigan, 12.0 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
- 12.0 miles
- Owner
- Public
- Access
- Public Access
- Water sampling
- Not monitored in 2025
- Swim season
- 150 days, as reported
- Monitoring tier
- Tier 3 (Tier 1 is highest)
- EPA beach ID
- MI972362
- Coordinates
- 46.6484° N, 86.1993° W to 46.5578° N, 86.4123° 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
- Hurricane Campground Beach2.1 mi · MI
- Sand Point (Alger County)25 mi · MI
- Public Shoreline Beach-County Rd 40727 mi · MI
- Public Shoreline Beach-Au Train to Five Mile Pts28 mi · MI
- Public Shoreline Beach-Au Train Bay32 mi · MI
- Unnamed Road End #133 mi · MI
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Burt Township10 mi · trailer ramp
On the horizon
Lighthouses nearby
On shore nearby
Worth the stop
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore9.9 mi · park
Off the beach
What to fish on Lake Superior
Source
Facts on this page are from the EPA BEACON profile for beach MI972362, 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.