Located on the Portage Lake part of the Keweenaw Waterway
This 85 room motel has everything you need for your stay in the Houghton area. The Super 8 has an indoor pool, whirlpool and sauna. Continental breakfast is served each morning and every room has remote cable TV with HBO, Disney and Encore, a hair dryer, & a coffee maker. There is a guest laundry, copy machine and a meeting room. If you need to plug in your vehicle during the winter, outside outlets are available. Free local phone calls.
The Super 8 also has large patios on the lakeside for sitting and relaxing, plus fishing piers complete with picnic tables and barbeque grills. Lake Superior Trout and Whitefish, caught daily, may be purchased at Petersons Fish Market across from the Quincy Mine. If you are traveling the Keweenaw Waterway (Map) by boat, you can tie up at the boat docks, have a good nights sleep at the Super 8 and enjoy the sights and recreational attractions of the area. The Super 8 of Houghton is 2 blocks from Michigan Technological University and just across the bridge from Finlandia University. Be sure to Visit the Quincy Mine with the deepest shaft in the Copper Country and the world's largest steam driven mine hoist. The motel is 2 miles from Mt. Ripley which has outstanding downhill skiing. Mt Ripley is directly across the waterway from the motel. During the winter it is possible to see skiers coming down the steep hills.
The Super 8 is located on the snowmobile trail that connects to the main trails so you can ride right from the motel. Snowmobile rental available in Houghton and Hancock. There is a very large parking area for trailers. Snowmobile to any part of the Upper Peninsula from here. You might want to go north to the deep snows of the Keweenaw Peninsula, south on the Bill Nicholls trail to Ontonagon, or east to Sault Ste. Marie or St. Ignace. Cross country skiers will enjoy the Maasto Hiihto Ski Trail, with trails from easy to expert.
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