Things To Do
The people who live in Escanaba will let you know where the best places to go so you can have a great visit and never run out of things to do.
If you are in the Escanaba area, be sure to visit the Sand Point Lighthouse. Starting June 1st and until September 1st the Lighthouse is open to the public for 9am to 5pm eastern time and for the whole month of September the Lighthouse is open for 1pm to 4pm eastern time. The Sand Point Lighthouse is located in Ludington Park, and served mariners continuously from 1868 until 1939. This lighthouse was built in 1867 at the water edge to warn the ships of Sand Point. One of the first women lighthouse keepers was Mary Terry. She was the keeper of the Sand Point Lighthouse for 18 years. There were nine keepers and their families who lived in the lighthouse and kept the light burning in its tower and shinning over the Bay until the year of 1939. This is when the United States Coast Guard took over all navigational lights in the country from the National Lighthouse Service. When the Coast Guard had the lighthouse they changed the appearance of it dramatically, to the point you would not have known it was an older lighthouse. After the Coast Guard had no more use for it and did not want it anymore, they signed a lease agreement with the Delta County Historical Society. The Delta County Historical Society began fund raising to restore the Sand Point Lighthouse to change it back to what it used to look like inside and out. When the Coast Guard had the use of the Sand Point Light House, they had also built the Escanaba Harbor Light. The Harbor Light marks the entrance to Escanaba Harbor from Lake Michigan. The Harbor Light sits a quarter mile off the shore. The Harbor Light is white and sits on a steel crib and has a green horizontal band. To this day the lighthouse is in use, and from the windows of the Sand Point Light House you are able to see it.
A whole day of family fun can be done at the Family Fun Amusement Park. This park is located on 3rd Ave. The main attraction at the park is the mini golf that is offered. Some other attractions that are offered at this part are go-carting, bumper boats, baseball batting cages and much more. The go-carting track is known as the ultimate driving experience. The hours of operation are noon till ten daily and Sundays from one to ten. The park is open in June until August.
If you like to play golf, make sure you visit the Escanaba Country Club. Up until 1991 the golf course was only nine holes, after the renovation water now comes into play with the eighteen hole golf course. The course only measures 6,300 yards so it is not a very long golf course. One thing to watch when teeing off is the out of bounce area. This can become a real factor. The last hole is a par four and may be the hardest finishing hole in the whole Upper Peninsula. If you would like lessons there is a PGA professional who is on staff.
Escanaba also offers the Delta County Historical Museum. There are many different items in the museum that bring the history back to the city, and show what it was like. Some of the items housed in the museum are vintage costumes, furniture, a blacksmith shop, bank and post office displays. There is an entire room in the museum devoted to the area’s railroad system. The dome for the railroad room is the original cupola for Escanaba’s main depot. There are also outdoor displays. These displays consist of a logging sleigh, antique school bell and a rudder from one of the area’s notable shipwrecks. The Delta County Archives includes many documents and photographs, which includes newspapers, city directories, yearbooks, family scrapbooks, and oral histories. The Delta County Historical Museum is open daily June 1st to September 1st with free admission and is located next to the Sand Point Lighthouse.