Munising (/ˈmjuːnəsɪŋ/ MEW-nə-sing) is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

[4] The city is partially surrounded by Munising Township, but the two are administered autonomously.

Located on the southern shore of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula, it serves as the western gateway to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

It was renamed as Gogarnville on October 23, 1889, when Julius Gogarn was appointed as postmaster.

He was a German-born American Civil War veteran and first Supervisor of Munising Township.

[7][8] Munising is located on the southern edge of Munising Bay at 46°24′40″N 86°38′52″W / 46.41111°N 86.64778°W / 46.41111; -86.64778, also known as the South Bay of Grand Island Harbor, across from Grand Island around the mouth of the Anna River.

Grand Island is located one half mile north in Munising Bay.

Munising has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with cool to warm summers coupled with cold winters with heavy lake-effect snowfall.

37.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.