Superior Shores Resort

I can’t say enough about this place. The owner was lovely, the view was spectacular and the price was right. As soon as we got there, we knew we were extending our stay another night!

Sara D review is SPOT-​ON from her 9÷18÷14 stay!!! Wife and I were here visiting my witness protection brother (sorry someone does not move up to god’s country from Chicago just to retire, joking) and family, did a bunch of hiking, seven waterfalls and leaf-​peepin during third week in September. Have been visiting them for five yrs now «always» stayed at SS with Don as a most knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating host. This includes a few middle of winter jaunts. Please see my pics of sunsets w/​fire pits (free wood!) blazing, one pic w/​a canoe smack-​dab in middle of sun w/​Pokies framing the backdrop. As well as a sunrise pic… I love this place!

We stayed here for a week over Labor Day and had a most wonderful visit. The owner is very nice and also extremely knowledgeable in regards to the surrounding area — at check in he let us borrow several books about the Porcupine Mountains, Ontonagon County, waterfalls, etc, which was helpful since it was our first visit to the UP.
We stayed in the motel portion (there are 7 rooms together on one side of the property as the ‘motel’ and several cabins on the property are also available. Room 7 faces the lake and is the room to get! The resort is located on the lake and there are firepits, grills, wood, and kayaks that guests can use (for free.) The rooms are basic but clean, which in my opinion is the most important thing. The motel rooms have a refrigerator, microwave, cable, and free wi-​fi access. The mini fridge was large enough that we were able to store most of our food, comfortably, that we had planned on grilling and cooking for the week. The fridge also has a small but functional freezer. The rooms and cabins are next to each other, so if you’re looking to be miles away from other people this wouldn’t be the place for you. But having said that, sharing the beach front, grills, firepits, we felt that we had adequate privacy, and over the course of the stay we met some really nice guests. The beach front was gorgeous and guests can walk the lakefront in both directions for miles (although a few spots you’ll need to wade across spots where the Big and Little Cranberry rivers run thru) so bring your beach shoes.
Oh, did I mention that it’s pet friendly! Yeah, what more can you ask? Superior Shores, while not being luxurious, is clean with many amenities (lakefront, grills, firepits, kayaks, close to Porkies/​waterfalls/​Lake Gogebic). Superior Shores is a great place to stay, and be sure to ask for Room 7 if you’re staying in the motel. Also, be sure to get some local pasties in Ontonagon.

this is a very small nice place on lake superior. its not the ritz but if your looking for a very relaxing, quite, simple place to stay for a couple of days its nice.

This place is adorable. The owner is one of the nicest men you will ever meet. The rooms are fairly plainly furnished and the bathrooms small, but always very clean. It is right on an amazingly beautiful beach and the owner has kayaks you can use. The rooms are very affordable. I would strongly suggest it to anyone visiting the area!

I love Superior Shores Resort! It’s the perfect place to stay for a visit to the Porcupine Mountains — a must for any Michigander. Don, the owner, is unbelievably friendly. He laments that the best guidebooks to the Porkies are hard to find, so he insists on lending you his personal copies. I’ve spent two vacations there now and each time I found truly amazing sunsets at the beach right behind the hotel. The creamy colors of the sky and water are simply indescribable. The price can’t be beat and the rooms are nice and clean.