Michigan Tech is located on the waterfront of Portage Lake and the Keweenaw Waterway that connects to east and west parts of Lake Superior. There is a 4.5 mile long walking and biking trail along the waterfront that leads to several nature trails outside of town.

This is a gallery of photos to take you on a stroll or skate or bike ride and see the surroundings. It presents only one facet of the area. These photos and video clips on this page were all just caught while bike riding in or near Houghton. Much more about Houghton can be found at the City of Houghton Michigan website. More about the region: Keweenaw Trails 0

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Videos are Quicktime Movies or WMV Windows Movies or Flash Movies as noted, so not all may work on all systems.

Mont Ripley Website Click to load Ski Mt Ripley Video	COE 2008 Winter Carnival Images & Video clips	Official Site Winter Carnival 2008
Houghton Michigan waterfront trail on the Keweenaw waterway, for biking, walking, skating	Houghton Lakeshore continues for several miles close to the water	Houghton Michigan waterfront trail on the Keweenaw waterway for walking
Rotary Club Picnic area with a place to dock boats and have dinner in town or a picnic QT Movie 1.8 Mb	1 Ranger III QT1 Mb WMV1 Mb 2 Ranger III Bridge QT 7Mb WMV 2 Mb 3 Ranger III Bridge & Docking WMV 4 Mb 4 Ranger III Dock WMV 2 Mb Link to Isle Royale Nat'l Park	Houghton Waterfront, many places to rest during a stroll QT Movie 1.7 Mb or WMV Movie 2 Mb
Houghton Lakeshore Trail Fall Colors QT Movie 50 Mb Short Ver QT 5 Mb (best) or Long Hi Res	Michigan Tech Campus Fall View from east	Nina
Trail in October, rollerblading in fall colors ( QT 4 Mb (best) -- WMV 1 Mb)	Trail view of Dow Building along the trail	Houghton Park with Huron Creek
Houghton Park and beach & shutes and ladders	Houghton "boardwalk", there are many picnic tables along trail	New Portage Lake District Library on the waterfront
Houghton boardwalk and docks Click for Quicktime Movie 500 Kb	Sailboat Racers take a break in Houghton	Houghton Waterfront, beach for launching canoes, kayaks
Houghton Lakeshore Trail--ski hill in distance: Quicktime Movie 1.7 Mb	Houghton View from Bridge	Schooner Denis Sullivan visits Houghton
Houghton Waterfront with RV Kiyi and MV Isle Royale Queen	Houghton Lakeshore Trail--Pilgrim R. bridge	Nara Nature Trail--one of two nature trails
Nature Trail along Pilgrim River	Nara Nature Trail along Pilgrim River	Boardwalk Nature Trail is on both sides of river
December View of first ice and the Houghton - Hancock Bridge	April View of MV Ranger III and Houghton Bridge	Canoers and Michigan Tech campus (Video Clip 1 Mb)
View of Keweenaw Waterway and Portage Lake Bridge	View of Keweenaw Waterway and Portage Lake Bridge	View of Keweenaw Waterway and Portage Lake Bridge
April View of MV Ranger III Michigan Tech	Isle Royale Queen III	MV Ranger III and Michigan Tech
Algoma Central Algolake freighter	Keweenaw Star Autumn Movie QT 1.4 Mb WMV 1 Mb Frostbite Blues Band on the Keweenaw Star Movie WMV 4 Mb	Isle Royale Queen IV Video clip QT 1.8 Mb WMV 1 Mb

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