Castle Rock

" Open main menu Places near me Random place All the United States Michigan Castle Rock AO Edited Castle Rock This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. St Ignace, Michigan Added By Ian Sanwald St Ignace MI UP Roadside Castle Rock Tourist Stop UpNorth Memories - Don Harrison Been Here? 14 Been Here Want to Visit? 13 Want to go Add to List 1 Added to list About Michigan's Upper Peninsula is far more than an outdoorsman's paradise - it's a kitschy roadside wonderland. Just north of the Mackinac Bridge is Castle Rock - a delightfully tacky and quintessential Yooper tourist trap. Large carved statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox greet visitors outside the gift shop, which is currently open from early May to mid October. If you get there early enough, you may even catch a glimpse of the plastic bag that is wrapped around Paul Bunyan's head at night to protect his aging wooden face. Now there's an offer you can't refuse! Originally opened in 1929, Castle Rock is an honest - and cheap - roadside attraction that has seen very few updates since a gift shop was added in the 1950s. While the gift shop itself is relatively run-of-the-mill, there is a taxidermied black bear in a cowboy hat inside that is perfectly representative of the local humor."