Kayaking the Thumb
Kayaking the Thumb, Port Austin, Michigan: Photos & Trip Report (2009)
And thanks to Nila Repard here is a photo from the very same island, taken by her great grandmother in 1934.
And here is another photo, taken in the winter. (Source)
me-mo
Apr 12th, 2010The perfect place for my dream home
Dan S.
Apr 12th, 2010The beauty of Northern Michgan is like no other place.
MichaelG
Apr 13th, 2010It’s called Turnip Rock, at the northernmost tip of the thumb of Michigan.
E.M
Apr 13th, 2010i wanna take a nap there lol
De makelaar vertelt
Apr 13th, 2010How much would that rock kost me?
Kayode Ajayi
Apr 13th, 2010This is amazing. Love it
CYT
Apr 13th, 2010Is this real?
WILDHIGHLANDER
Apr 13th, 2010ITS LIKE A GALLEON FROZEN IN TIME SAILING THE SEVEN SEAS
MOUNTAIN
Apr 13th, 2010ALL I NEED IS A HAMMOCK AND A LADDER AND I’LL BE SET.
veloyogi
Apr 13th, 2010Dreamily beautiful…mystical, yet welcoming.
Chris
Apr 13th, 2010That is so cool. I though it was in some far away place and not in the states.
rfizzle54
Apr 13th, 2010It is sooooo beautiful its like a separate island where you can get away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jazzman
Apr 13th, 2010beautiful but wouldnt want to build a house on it or own it, napping on it sounds good. but ill let earth keep its creation
Danny
Apr 14th, 2010It’s awesome I have a cottage near by. They added cement at the base to try and fight nature. I wonder how long it will stand.
Chris
Apr 14th, 2010Thought that was a photoshopped image :-)
reneetha
Apr 14th, 2010unbelievable… really like it….
Magnus
Apr 14th, 2010i want to buy it =)
Wildeone
Apr 14th, 2010looks like it’s just a few storms from toppling
Alan Mcfadyen
Apr 14th, 2010There are still places on this planet where you can get away from all the stupidity of modern life. This is must be one of them.
tarek
Apr 14th, 2010i wish to life beside this view and with beauty women
Geethamuthu
Apr 15th, 2010Wow awesome …..!
alvarvas
Apr 15th, 2010It is very beautiful to visit there
calliope8muse
Apr 15th, 2010have you a geo location for it ?
ms-sunshine
Apr 15th, 2010love it!:-)
Piotr
Apr 15th, 2010Nature is absolutely amazing.
leo
Apr 15th, 2010very nice pic
Tammy
Apr 15th, 2010Ahhhh, my perfect place to sit under a tree with my favorite book… nice!
Lankun
Apr 15th, 2010how beautiful it is!
Kristin
Apr 15th, 2010Hey! I live there! Crazy. I go out here every summer. It beautiful.
landie
Apr 15th, 2010I lived in Port Austin Michigan 5th – 8th grade. I loved it. Actually crawled out and touched the tip of the thumb…they probably don’t let people do that anymore…but I was a local!
alokin
Apr 16th, 2010a small tent, a small fire, and a fishing rod.
Nila Repard
Apr 16th, 2010How cool is this, When I saw your image I remembered a picture I scanned months ago.
http://www.mamaloca.net/minion/michigan1934-01.jpg
It was taken by my Great Grandmother while she was on vacation in 1934.
jedii
Apr 16th, 2010problem is its upside down
devon
Apr 16th, 2010i need to camp there
bwolper
Apr 16th, 2010I would love to see a hammock. Ahhhh.
Aujung
Apr 16th, 2010Wonderful wold
Owen
Apr 16th, 2010First thing that came to mind AVITAR.
Alberto
Apr 16th, 2010Water if freezing to the bone, even in August, so there it goes the hammock nap.
chenxi
Apr 17th, 2010amazeing!!!!!!!!!1
Stefan
Apr 17th, 2010@Nila Repard wow, that’s awesome, thanks a lot for sharing your grandmothers photo!
Design
Apr 17th, 2010a place of tranquility…
Don Coker
Apr 17th, 2010An island with personality! Cool.
jesusoswaldo
Apr 17th, 2010Una maravilla de la naturaleza, me ha impresionado mucho, es una belleza natural sinduda alguna…
Tom
Apr 17th, 2010Looks like someplace a Zelda game would start.
Shrikrishna Meena
Apr 18th, 2010Really an very interesting Photo… And that place also…!!!
Jen
Apr 18th, 2010Mother Nature’s version of a display case – “You may look, but you may not touch”
Ronald Mason
Apr 18th, 2010Amazing, fantastic place.
michael
Apr 18th, 2010luckily it’s hard to reach otherwise it would sport beer cans and used pampers.
Sumaya
Apr 18th, 2010I was already planning on going to Michigan, but now I must see this.
Joey Dispo
Apr 19th, 2010Both an awesome picture and place!
The first man on top of it without any help has really earned it! ;)
Alquiler de yates en Ibiza
Apr 19th, 2010It looks amazing. Wow.
bill
Apr 19th, 2010great place to be stranded with MISS. AMERICA …or ”tammy ” lol
Earl
Apr 19th, 2010That Island could be in B.C. There are some Islands here like it. Never the less it’s the best i’ve seen in a long time.
Vivian
Apr 20th, 2010Oh how I love Michigan. Best place on Earth!
axhath
Apr 20th, 2010nice place
RnBram
Apr 21st, 2010Notice how the water level has gone down and down and down. It would be interesting to see a chart of dates for the water levels, along with geological explanations of why the levels dropped.
Nila Repard
Apr 21st, 2010@Stefan Wow, thanks for posting the picture. The more things change the more they stay the same.
Pinky finguurr
Apr 23rd, 2010WOAH!!! i would like to nap there and possibly live there! <3333
Perfessor
Apr 23rd, 2010Neat to see how the sea level has risen!
Coastal Cottages
Apr 24th, 2010Unique!
John Papas
Apr 24th, 2010One of the New Wonders on our planet!24-4-2010
bob
Apr 24th, 2010That place looks wonderfully zombie proof.
Raghavarao a
Apr 27th, 2010Natures beauty cannot be matched
ts9999
Apr 27th, 2010Beautiful photos. Can’t believe it’s real.
that dude
May 2nd, 2010that is awesome. now that i know where it is i can go there anytime.
Shelley
May 4th, 2010Something out of Pandora.. Great picture and relatively close to home
kat
May 7th, 2010i dont know where you people are from, but michigan fucking sucks to live in…
Kevin
May 8th, 2010It looks like the water is a little bit lower in the new photo
Millenion
May 9th, 2010i would live there if i could. just put a little house and a step latter and im good
hilding
May 9th, 2010i thought so to but i want to go camping there :)or just go swimming Kat i agree
Brian Leverton
May 19th, 2010realy great photo.Brian
wetwe
May 21st, 2010You build anything on it and it will loose its beauty!
Ike
May 24th, 2010Looks like a perfect location for a McDonalds! All it needs is a bridge, sewage, water & elec and mow down all that nasty vegitation for a nice smooth asphalt parking lot. Huge attraction!
sir jorge
May 30th, 2010that’s such a cool location
GATTOPARDO
Jun 5th, 2010Now I know where I want to go for my summer vacation.
Steve McKenney
Jun 11th, 2010The water is cool, but not cold. At least, in the summer, but this is Lake Huron and around the corner from Saginaw Bay, not Lake Superior and the tip of the Keweenaw. Now, there it IS cold!
Grover
Jun 17th, 2010Sure beats concrete and rebar
algdfa
Jun 23rd, 2010realy great photo.Brian
terry
Jul 28th, 2010when i wa
terry
Jul 28th, 2010when i was a young kid we would play at the base of that rick
Amit
Jul 30th, 2010I will spend 7 days and nights on my Honeymoon here!
Brian
Sep 3rd, 2010I could swear this was the setting for a “Bugs Life” by Pixar.
donovan Pettit
Sep 29th, 2010i just found this from StumbleUpon… and have the exact same pic hangin on the wall of my house that my dad had taken 30 something years ago :-)
carole
Oct 15th, 2010Have stayed at the cottage that is right in front of this amazing rock many times since the mid 80′s. Two summers ago, my brother in law and my nephew and I climbed up a 40 foot ladder to get on top.
Wrote our names and date on a golf ball and left it there with others that were already there! Great place!!!!
Sophie
Nov 17th, 2010Gorgeous… you gotta wonder how long it is before the erosion causes the base to thin to the point of breaking
Earl
Oct 16th, 2011Everytime I look at the photo I’m dreaming again.
It is just like on the B.C. Coast.
antechno
Jan 8th, 2012nice… island,,