This Is Hands Down The Best View of Fall Colors In Michigan

Every year when the leaves start to turn from green to orange, yellow, and red, we all look forward to enjoying some of the amazing sights of all the different shades of Fall colors. The unique thing about Michigan is where we are located on the globe, certain areas of the state will hit their peak Fall colors across different weeks.

Usually, the northern part of the state is the first to see their peak colors, while the southern part will normally peak later in October. But the question does come up about where the best place to view the fall colors is. One family who travels all over the place found a spot that is hands down, the perfect place.

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The place they discovered on their travels is a lookout point located in the Brockway Mountain region in Copper Harbor, which given the location, has to be the best place to watch the colors change, as they describe in an amazing video they put together here.

We found the most scenic road in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan! Brockway Mountain Drive in Copper Harbor, MI is a 9/12 mile drive with Lake Superior on one side and thousands of acres of Keweenaw on the other.

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It is the highest above-sea-level drive between the Rockies and the Alleghenies. It is designated as an official Michigan wildlife viewing area. It is designated as an official Michigan wildlife viewing area.

As you can see in the video, there’s a parking area where you can get out and walk around and take in all the beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Have you ever been to this part of the state to watch the changing of the colors, and if so, would you say it's the best place in the state to go for it?