MENOMINEE COUNTY, MI -- Along the shoreline of Green Bay sits Michigan’s largest Yooperlite, illuminating several feet and making for an excellent photo-op to mark your Upper Peninsula adventure.

Rock hounds who have been dreaming of seeing a Yooperlite can’t miss this supersized spectacle within J.W. Wells State Park in Cedar River.

You’ll have to make the trip to the Michigan-Wisconsin border, but it’s worth it.

Just take it from Yooperlite pioneer and leading expert Erik Rintamaki, who confirmed its the largest Yooperlite in the state.

“It’s probably half the size of a VW Beetle,” he said. “It’s massive.”

An earlier sunset means your night hikes can start earlier, especially since Cedar River is in the Central Time Zone. To see the glow of the Yooperlite you’ll need a longwave UV

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