NWC Seven Mile Point
No lifeguard on duty: SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Don’t forget to take the Nature Trail! It starts on the back side of the parking lot. Lots of wetland and bog flowers. Blueberries too.
Please respect our neighbors and stay on NWC property.
The property lines are marked at the tree line on the beach, as well as with a rope strung from the tree line to a bucket at the shore.
Annual memberships (sustainers are members) include a car sticker for SMP entry; otherwise a user fee is required [$28 for annual car sticker or $7 per person per day]. All memberships and user fees are used to pay the mortgage for this beautiful property. Members may pick up their car stickers at the Visitor Center or at Seven Mile Point during open hours.
As previously stated, we need the equivalent of 400 $10/month monthly sustainer donations in order to hold on to this priceless property. Join Us today!
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Directions to SMP at bottom of page.
DIRECTIONS From US41 or M26, follow Five Mile Point Road (7.0 miles from Ahmeek, 4.8 miles from Eagle River) and turn west on Sunset Bay Road. After 0.8 miles (at the Sunset Bay Campground entrance), turn left on Seven Mile Point Road and proceed 1.2 miles to the NWC gate. The parking area is located about 300 yards beyond the gate. Please be aware that both Sunset Bay Road and SMP Road are private roads. Please drive to SMP only during open hours. Please drive slowly, and be especially cautious around and courteous to the 22 lot owners who have granted the NWC permission to use these roads. See also the large map on the Trailhead page.
HOURS AND RULES Open weekends and holidays noon to sunset, May 15 to October 15. Closed at all other times. User fee for entry (used to pay mortgage): $28 for annual car sticker or $7 per person per day. All NWC memberships (starting at $25) include SMP car sticker. Fishing permitted. Fires, camping, hunting, trapping, and motor vehicles (except on the entry road) are prohibited. Beach and trails are for foot traffic only. Friendly dogs only! Please keep dogs on sand beach side (east of the point).
SAVE THIS BEACH! Be one of the 400!
Click one of the picture buttons below to donate online:
$10/month
Other Options
To print out a membership form and mail it in with your check, click here
Seven Mile Point Beach: a magical place on the north shore of the Keweenaw comprised of 32 acres and nearly 2,000’ of gorgeous sand and cobble beach, and the 1.1 billion year old bedrock point itself.
Local inhabitants include eagles, wolves, loons, snowshoe hares, and a beaver named Stephanie. It’s the perfect place for swimming, agate picking, fishing, sunbathing, and sunsets, and watching wildlife.
In 2001, SMP was about to be sold, developed and forever put off limits to the public. In response, the NWC managed to raise a big down payment, convince several people to co-sign the loan, and purchase SMP. A big mortgage remains; however, all that is needed to protect SMP in perpetuity is for 400 people to pitch in $10/month. YOU can help in this effort by BECOMING ONE OF THE 400 MONTHLY SUSTAINERS NEEDED TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS!
Ten bucks a month. Thirty-three cents a day. If we all do a little, together we can accomplish a lot. It’s fast and easy to donate - just click on any of the three buttons pictured above or follow this link to print out a membership form and mail it in.
Help us achieve Mortgage Independence Day by July 4, 2013.
And visit www.savethisbeach.org to donate $5 towards principal!
$120 lump sum
