Rockport State Park, Michigan, United States
4.5 (50 reviews) Spent More than 3 hours Ranking #6 in Alpena State Parks
Beautiful State Park
We went to Rockport for fossils and Petosky’s. We found them everywhere. We walked the trail to the quarry, then back to the limestone pile. That’s where we found Petosky’s everywhere. The water is crystal clear. Plenty of trail space for bikers and walkers. Thunder Bay is beautiful. There’s a large picnic area. A very large boat launch parking area. The Besser Natural Area was a beautiful 1.3 mile stroll with narrow walking trails. Online has directions and what to look for & they’re very accurate. We all enjoyed Rockport State Park.
Address
101750 Rockport Rd, Alpena, MI 49707
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 17:31
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4.5 based on (50 reviews)
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5Red 5:00 PM Jul 12, 2021
Beautiful State Park
We went to Rockport for fossils and Petosky’s. We found them everywhere. We walked the trail to the quarry, then back to the limestone pile. That’s where we found Petosky’s everywhere. The water is crystal clear. Plenty of trail space for bikers and walkers. Thunder Bay is beautiful. There’s a large picnic area. A very large boat launch parking area. The Besser Natural Area was a beautiful 1.3 mile stroll with narrow walking trails. Online has directions and what to look for & they’re very accurate. We all enjoyed Rockport State Park.
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4rdsm77 5:00 PM Sep 9, 2021
Not your average state park
Rockport State Park was probably the weirdest state park I've ever been to. A good weird though. It is the site of an old quarry with a giant pile of rocks to climb. The information boards are about bats which apparently live in a smaller rock pile behind the giant rock pile. If there are actual hiking trails, I didn't see any. If so they're not marked. Supposedly there are fossils. I picked up a few rocks but I don’t know if they have fossils. They looked like plain old rocks to me. The view of the lake is really nice from the top. There's a large old dock that people were enjoying and a number of picnic tables. I didn’t want to climb back up the rocks again to get back to the car and eventually found a dirt road to the west that led back to the picnic area.
