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==Attractions== [[File:Old Town Disc Golf.jpg|thumb|left|Sign and map for the Old Town Disc Golf Course]] <!---- There is a redirect to this section from Upper Peninsula Luge Club ---> The [[Michigan Iron Industry Museum]] is located near the [[Carp River (Marquette County)|Carp River]] on the outskirts of Negaunee. Negaunee is home to Pioneer Days, a festival held every year the week following July 4. Negaunee is the home of the only full-length natural-track [[luge]] course in the United States,<ref>{{cite news |first = Zlati |last = Meyer |title = You Haven't Lived Here Until... You Slide Down the Naturbahn Luge Track in Negaunee |url = http://archive.freep.com/article/20140223/NEWS06/302230020/Luge-nauturban-track-Negaunee |access-date = March 3, 2015 |work = [[Detroit Free Press]] |date = February 23, 2014 }}</ref> maintained by the Upper Peninsula Luge Club.<ref>{{cite book |first = Paul |last = Vachon |title = Moon Michigan's Upper Peninsula |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3g-CBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT367 |year = 2015 |publisher = Avalon Travel Publishing |isbn = 978-1-61238-987-5 |page = 367 }}</ref> A section near the finish line is open to public sliding in the wintertime, using club equipment.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.upluge.org/ |title = Upper Peninsula Luge Club |publisher = Upper Peninsula Luge Club |access-date = October 14, 2021 }}</ref> The original track layout was over {{convert|800|m|mi|sp=us}} in length,<ref>{{cite news |first = Lisa |last = Bowers |url = http://www.miningjournal.net/news/front-page-news/2016/05/world-cup-luge-event-at-negaunee-s-lucy-hill-canceled/ |title = World Cup Luge Event at Negaunee's Lucy Hill Canceled |work = [[The Mining Journal]] |location = Marquette, MI |date = May 24, 2016 |access-date = December 30, 2016 }}</ref> featuring 29 curves along its {{convert|88|m|ft|sp=us|adj=on}} vertical drop.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.upluge.org/the-luge-course.html |title = The Luge Course |publisher = Upper Peninsula Luge Club |access-date = December 30, 2016 }}</ref> Negaunee is also the home of [[Suicide Hill Ski Jump]], a ski jump training facility where the Ishpeming Ski Club prepares skiers for classic cross country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping competitions. The county's Heritage Trails pass through Negaunee where visitors can stroll, hike, bike, and snowmobile through Old Town Negaunee and around various collapsed underground mines from last century. The Negaunee portion of the trail also includes a new disc golf course.
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