Isle Royale National Park · Michigan

Feldtmann Lake Trail

9.6 mi of trail, end to end · Hike to Grace Creek Overlook: 3.6 mi round trip in the Service's write-up · about 500 ft of climbing · 615 ft–871 ft

CampgroundsVisitor centersBoat launches

Along the way Windigo Feldtmann Lake Windigo Visitor Center

Trailhead Trailhead 623 ft Drive there

Hike to Grace Creek Overlook 3.6 mi round trip · the Park Service's write-up

2-4 Hours · no dogs · Spring, Summer, Fall

Start Isle Royale National Park

About this Trail

Mileage: About 3.6 miles round trip (1.8 miles from Windigo to overlook)

Rocks and roots on trail

Trailheads

Windigo

Feldtmann Lake Campground

Hike to Grace Creek Overlook on the west end of Isle Royale National Park. Grace Creek Overlook offers scenic views of Grace Creek, Grace Harbor, and Lake Superior. A spur trail off of the Feldtmann Lake Trail leads to the rocky overlook. A 1.8 mile hike from Windigo over rock and root covered trails leads to the overlook. Return the way you came to complete a 3.6 mile round-trip hike.

Found Nearby

Windigo Area

Washington Creek Campground

Accessibility The trail is about 18 inches wide and is not paved. The trail is covered in rocks and roots. The beginning of the hike is along Washington Harbor. Once the hike turns inland, the trail begins to steepen.

This hike on nps.gov

On the parks map

About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.