Iron Mountain hosts a few points of interest such as the Millie Hill bat cave[6] and the Chapin Mine Steam Pump Engine, and is located adjacent to the Pine Mountain Jump, one of the largest artificial ski jumps in the world.

In addition, Iron Mountain is known for its pasties,[8] bocce ball tournaments, and World Cup ski jumps.

34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

20.6% were of Italian, 14.0% German, 9.0% Swedish, 8.8% English, 8.8% French, 5.8% Finnish and 5.5% Irish ancestry.

33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[13] Iron Mountain is included in the Marquette television market, NBC affiliate WLUC operates a local news bureau covering the city and neighboring areas.

Due to distance from the transmitters and topography in the region terrestrial television signals are very limited in the area with the strongest signal coming from Wisconsin Public Television translator station W30DZ originating from Fence, WI.

Historically Iron Mountain was served by full power station WDHS which intermittently carried a religious format between long periods of silence, translators of various stations originating from Green Bay, and a handful of encrypted cable channels broadcast over the air.

Radio stations that are located within listening range of Iron Mountain include: Iron Mountain's abandoned Millie Hill mine is home to one of the largest bat hibernacula in the Midwest.

[19] Indian Trails provides daily intercity bus service between St. Ignace and Ironwood, Michigan.

Located three miles west of the city, the airport handles approximately 7,600 operations per year, with roughly 27% commercial service, 57% air taxi and 16% general aviation.

[21] Soon after this area was settled the news of mineral riches brought the railroads.

[23][24][25] With few riders remaining, the Copper Country Limited made its last runs on March 7, 1968.

At the start of the film the main character, Rudy Duncan, is shown serving time in a prison near the city.