A new campground, Kona Hills, opened Friday just outside Marquette

The campground will bring legal access to a popular local landmark known as “The Rock Cut” when an observation deck is built

The campground was founded by three local friends

It was raining as Jeremy Johnson and his wife walked to the edge of a 200-foot cliff overlooking Lake Superior in Chocalay Township, just outside Marquette.

To locals like Johnson, who grew up in the area, the spot is known as “The Rock Cut.”

“If you’re seeing a Pure Michigan ad for Marquette, you’re seeing people jumping off Black Rocks, you’re seeing people hiking up Sugar Loaf. This is just as iconic as those moments and those natural features, but the access has been blocked off,” Johnson said.

For decades, the former quarry was privately own

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