Onyx Beach

This beach was so cool when we went in the evening- the fog was rolling in which have it an eerie feeling. The teens had fun climbing the big rocks. We looked up why the "sand" is black, and it's a biproduct of the mining there. Gives it uniqueness! That's for sure! We'd all highly recommend a stop at this beach! When you follow the gps, it will take you to black beach camp, but you have to drive down further to get to black beach/ onyx beach. The signs say black beach though. We had to come here twice- on our way to Grand Portage, and on the way back from there to see if we could actually find it when we left and realized that wasn't the right place! Lol

Beautiful small black rock beach with crystal clear water. I believe the black beach is a result of the iron ore processing plant up the road due to the rocks magnetic nature. Defiantly worth the trip to see. There is another small beach on the same road that is not made of the small black rock so make sure you keep going until the road ends to make it to the right spot. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!