The Great Lakes Circle Tour leads you around the largest freshwater system on the planet – but the main route often takes you far from the water's edge.  This site shows you where to pull off the highway for a quiet beach, a hidden lighthouse, or a secluded park.

Have a look around. More than two hundred  360º photo panoramas show you what things look like at many public places where you can drive or walk down to the water. The links below share the views from beaches, parks, and boat ramps – even lonely fire lanes where there’s nothing to do but admire the view. Accompanying maps show what direction you are looking as you "turn around."

Google Earth
Google Earth is a free program from Google that puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more.

Download Google Earth (for both Mac and PC)

Download the Google Earth Version of the Maps on this Website
After you've downloaded and installed Google Earth, you can take advantage of some of its advanced features to view the maps on this site.

OpenLayers
OpenLayers is an open-source web mapping software.  It is a project that includes the participation of software developers from around the world.

OpenLayers web mapping application including panoramas, parks, lighthouses, shipwrecks, beaches, parks, webcams, and NEXRAD radar.

Bayfield County – Lake Superior Shore Viewer
http://www.bayfieldcounty.org/landrecords/lakesuperior_shore.htm
 

Great Lakes Maritime History Project
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WI/subcollections/GreatLakesAbout.shtml
 

Visualizing the Great Lakes, EPA Great Lakes National Program Office
A Great Lakes photo gallery in the public domain
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/image/