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Stoll Trail to Scoville Point, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan

A narrated loop from Rock Harbor along the rocky shore to Scoville Point and back through the woods beside Tobin Harbor: billion-year-old lava, rock pools and lichens, moose and wolves, ancient copper miners, the newspaperman who helped save the island, the summer people of Tobin Harbor and an old copper mine.

13 min of audio · 4 miles · Read the transcript

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Rock Harbor and the old resort. Start at the trailhead; the first story plays when you arrive.
    2. Let's hear itUse headphones or the phone speaker at a comfortable volume. Download the tour while you still have signal.
    3. Stories meet you thereYour phone's location starts each story automatically. Music flows straight into the narration. Keep this page open; it keeps the screen awake for GPS.
    4. You're ready to exploreIsle Royale is open April 16 to October 31 and you can only get there by ferry, seaplane or private boat; this walk starts at Rock Harbor, on the island's east end. Download the tour before you leave the mainland. The park charges a daily entrance fee per person: pay online before you go or at the Rock Harbor Visitor Center (cards only, no cash). Press Start at the Stoll Trail trailhead, just past the lodge buildings by the Auditorium, then put your phone away. The full loop to Scoville Point and back along Tobin Harbor is about 4 miles on rocks and roots, slippery when wet. On a three-hour ferry day trip, allow about two hours. No pets on the island.

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    Facts from the National Park Service (Isle Royale things-to-do, Rock Harbor, history and culture, nature and science articles, Rock Harbor Area Guide), the 1961 Isle Royale Natural History Association trail guide (Wilderness Trails) and the plaque inscription recorded in OpenStreetMap. Trail geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Music: Grieg, The Death of Åse (Peer Gynt), Musopen Symphony, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.