UP Transit
Despite its rural character, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan does support a variety of transportation options. For travel, you'll find:
- By foot, hiking all over the UP in state parks and national forests, including:
- Hiawatha National Forest
- Ottawa National Forest
- Isle Royale National Park
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- Porkies (The Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park)
- North Country Trail in development
- Bus
- Indian Trails: check this site for bus service to and across the UP.
- AlTran (Alger County Transit Authority): Phone (906)387-4845. Serves Alger County, including Munising.
- DATA (Delta Area Transit Authority): Phone (906)786-1186. Serves Delta County, including Escanaba, Gladstone, Rapid River, Bark River, and Garden.
- Eastern UP Transportation Authority: Phone (906)632-2898. Serves Luce and Chippewa Counties with bus as well as ferry service.
- Gogebic County Public Transit: Phone (906)932-2523. Serves Gogebic County.
- Houghton Motor Transit Line: Phone (906) 482-6092. The City of Houghton provides low cost scheduled and on demand transportation throughout the city.
- MarqTran (Marquette County Transit Authority): Phone (906)225-1112. Serves Marquette County, including Marquette, Ishpeming, Negaunee, Sawyer, Gwinn.
- Sault Sainte Marie: Phone (906)632-3363. Serves the city of Sault Sainte Marie.
- Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan to Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada: International Bridge Bus, Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Human Resource Authority
- Schoolcraft County Public Transportation: Phone (906)341-2111. Serves Schoolcraft County.
- Ship and boat
- Great Lakes-St Lawrence Seaway System
- Great Lakes Vessels
- Harbors and marinas
- Various lake tour boats for passengers
- Pictured Rocks Cruises: Munising
- Keweenaw Excursions: Houghton
- Drummond Island: Ferry and other transit, DeTour
- Isle Royale
- Ranger III: Houghton to Isle Royale National Park
- Isle Royale Queen III: Copper Harbor to Rock Harbor, Isle Royale National Park
- Grand Portage Isle Royale Transportation Line: offers day trips to the island aboard the MV Wenonah from Grand Portage, Minnesota to Windigo, Isle Royale; and mail and passenger service to Isle Royale from Grand Portage, Minnesota to Rock Harbor, Isle Royale on the Voyageur II
- Mackinac Island Ferries
- Trains (freight, no passenger rail)
- Automobiles
- I-75: enters the UP at St Ignace from lower Michigan and goes north to Sault Ste Marie
- US 2: starts at St Ignace and goes west across UP through Manistique, Escanaba, Iron Mountain, Iron River, and Ironwood, continues into Wisconsin
- US 41: enters the UP at Menominee, goes north to Powers, Escanaba, Gladstone, Trenary, Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming, L'Anse, Houghton, Hancock, ends at Copper Harbor, northern tip of the UP on the Keweenaw Peninsula
- Planes
- Delta County Airport, Escanaba, code: ESC. Located right in the city of Escanaba.
- Houghton County Memorial Airport, code: CMX. Located 6.5 km northeast of Hancock.
- Ford Airport, code: IMT. Located 4.6 km west of Iron Mountain-Kingsfod.
- Chippewa County International Airport, code: CIU. Located 24 km south of Sault Ste. Marie ("The Soo"). Access to the eastern UP.
- Sawyer Airport, code: SAW, 7 km northeast of Gwinn.
