Brockway Mountain Drive

Brockway Mountain Drive
Brockway Mountain Drive highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KCRC
Length	8.883 mi[2] (14.296 km)
Existed	October 14, 1933 (1933-10-14)[1]–present
Restrictions	Closed to vehicular traffic in winter
Major junctions
West end	M-26 near Eagle Harbor
East end	M-26 in Copper Harbor
Location
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Keweenaw
Highway system
Keweenaw County Roads
Brockway Mountain Drive
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	100001345[3]
Added to NRHP	July 24, 2017

Brockway Mountain Drive is an 8.8-mile-long (14.2 km) scenic roadway just west of Copper Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. Drivers can access the road from State Highway M-26 on either end near Eagle Harbor to the west or Copper Harbor to the east in the Keweenaw Peninsula. The drive runs along the ridge of Brockway Mountain on the Keweenaw Fault and climbs to 1,320 feet (402 m) above sea level, 720 feet (219 m) above the surface of Lake Superior. Several viewpoints along the route allow for panoramas of Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, and undeveloped woodland. On a clear day, Isle Royale is visible approximately 50 miles (80 km) in distance from the top of the mountain.

Brockway Mountain was named for Daniel D. Brockway, one of the pioneer residents of the area. The road was constructed by the county road commission with funding through Depression-era work programs in 1933. It was briefly used as a connection for the parallel state highway after it opened. Since it opened, Brockway Mountain Drive has been recognized nationally and locally in several media outlets for its picturesque qualities, usually in profiles of Keweenaw County, the Upper Peninsula or other scenic drives.