RAINBOW LODGE is located at the mouth of the Big Two Hearted River in the Upper Peninsula. It overlooks Lake Superior - the "Big Sea" of the north country. The 34 mile drive from Newberry or 30 miles from Paradise will take you into the heart of the Lake Superior State Forest. The beauty and romance of Hemingway's Big Two Hearted is yours when you relax at RAINBOW LODGE, now celebrating its 40th year in business .

The Big Two Hearted River is rated among the top ten trout streams in the U.S.A. Many inland lakes are located nearby with walleye, northern pike, perch, bass, and panfish with public access and campgrounds. FISH WHERE THE FISH ARE!

RAINBOW LODGE is open year round and welcomes you for hunting, fishing, canoeing, rock-hounding, snowmobiling, cross country skiing or just plain relaxing.

MOTEL and CABINS: RAINBOW LODGE has 6 modern motel units, some with kitchenettes, that are equipped with private toilets, showers, comfortable beds, automatic gas heat. Our units are open all year. Limited electricity is supplied by our generators. Hot and cold running water is available day and night. All units have gas lights and automatic gas heat. Cooking units have gas fridge and counter top gas burners or stove. Towels, bedding, cooking, and eating utensils are provided.

Motel at Rainbow Lodge	Kitchenette Unit

In addition to our motel and kitchenette units, we also have 4 cabins and a large house-trailer. A rustic camping cabin is available May through November.

Our New Cabin

CAMP GROUNDS: In addition to a state forest campground on the river mouth with 48 sites, we have a private campground of 45 sites on the hill by RAINBOW LODGE. Our campground is located next to a small grass airstrip and an ORV trail.There are many other rustic campgrounds nearby on inland lakes (all primitive).

STORE: The store at RAINBOW LODGE is stocked with all vacation needs: fishing tackle, bait and DNR licenses, groceries, souvenirs, ice, beer, wine, package take-out liquor, along with unleaded regular and premium gasoline and oil and other supplies for your convenience. We also have bottle gas refill, motor home fill, and a public telephone. RAINBOW LODGE also offers Two Hearted Canoe Trips and canoe livery with pickup and delivery service on the Two Hearted River from late April through October.

In the winter, RAINBOW LODGE is ideally located for your snowmobiling pleasure with groomed trails starting from your door going to Paradise to the east and to the west to Pine Stump, Grand Marais and Munising. We are located in the Lake Superior snowbelt which gives us one of the longest seasons in the state. If we don't have snow, no one does. Cafe open for breakfast and lunch in winter.

A grass landing strip, about 2000 feet in length, located next to us. This will enable you to fly in and out of RAINBOW LODGE. Please phone for information about this.

TWO HEARTED CANOE TRIPS
All Two Hearted Canoe Trips start trom the RAINBOW LODGE located on Luce County Road 423 at the mouth of the Two Hearted River. The trips range from a few hours to three days or more. Canoe livery runs from late April through October. We are now celebrating our 30th year of offering canoe trips on the Two Hearted River.

The Two Hearted River, immortalized by Ernest Hemingway for its beauty and wilderness, is unmatched by most other rivers which you may have canoed before. Your trip will take you through the heart of the wilderness of northern Luce County where the wildlife and beauty are there to meet you around every bend. So bring your lunch and forget your troubles and come for fun and a wilderness-experienced afternoon filled with many unforgettable pleasures.

The One Day canoe trip starts at the RAINBOW LODGE where you are driven to the Reed & Green Bridge (20 minute drive). There you are launched. This trip can be handled by almost anyone, but from time to time there may be some small portages over or around fallen trees. The average time for this trip is 4-6 hours.

After a pleasurable trip which you will not soon forget, you end up at the river mouth campground boat launch. The Lodge is just a short walk up the hill on the road. So for fun in the sun that the whole family can enjoy, bring your lunch and canoe the Two Hearted River. See for yourself why so many of our customers come back again and again.

For a Two or Three Day canoe trip you are taken up to the High Bridge Campground (40 minute ride). There you are launched. You can stop at the Lone Pine campground and the Reed & Green campground. There are a dozen log jams with two or three portages around them up to a couple hundred feet. This stretch of the river is for more experienced canoeists and campers. This trip also ends at the rivermouth campground.

We feature Old Town canoes (15'8" & 16'9" Discoveries). We also have Pram and V-bottom boats for rent to fishermen. We have complete spotting service on all of the Big Two Hearted River at RAINBOW LODGE.

The summer scheduled trips start going out around 8:30 a.m. (when the store opens) with a mid-afternoon cut off time of departure from the Lodge. For late afternoon trips, please call ahead. For the most enjoyment, a morning or early afternoon departure time is recommended. Earlier departures or alternate link trips may be available but advance reservations are required. We also have a 1-1/2 hour trip of about 3 miles.

"While Nick walked through the little stretch of meadow alongside the stream, trout had jumped high out of water. Now as he looked down the river, the insects must be settling on the surface, for the trout were feeding steadily all down the stream. As far down the long stretch as he could see, the trout were rising, making circles all down the surface of the water, as though it were starting to rain."
from Big Two-Hearted River by Ernest Hemingway.

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