Michigan
Alternative routes, where to find solitude in the Lower 48, and avoiding the crowds in America's most crowded park
A quick guide to the best acres, trails, and views.
Trek through a trio of wilderness playgrounds on shape-shifting mountains of sand.
See glowing plankton, mushrooms, and bugs on these brilliant adventures.
Being bordered by the Great Lakes, the Dakota Badlands, and the rivers of the Mississippi Valley gives Midwesterners plenty of land and water for hiking and camping adventure–even if the local high point is still lower than a Colorado knoll.
Happy coincidence for wildlife-loving paddlers: Canoes and woodland caribou converge like nowhere else on Earth in Ontario's Slate Islands. PLUS: See video of caribou on the move.
A wildlife researcher shares stalking tips.
Stay dry on spring treks in Minnesota, New Mexico, and more.
Adventurous types can still find magic in the rivers, lakes, and paths of Detroit.
Try this black diamond, three-day kayak trip that navigates Lake Superior's piney islands.
Thoreau, Hemingway, and Kerouac all went into the backcountry to find the right words.
Whether you are after fishing holes or skinny-dipping, Backpacker tracked down the best campsites in the country
16 wild ways to find backcountry solitude and big-time scenery. All this, and you can bring the ice chest, too.
Michigan's Upper Peninsula has way more than big lakes. Explore it all by foot, paddle, or pedal.
The view is nothing to write home about, but this newly crowned high point deserves a visit.
Lake effect snow and a vast virgin forest make this a spectacular winter getaway for skiing and snowshoeing
Michigan's Proud Lake has many flavors of wilderness to offer.
In Michigan's Trap Hills, you'll find space to wonder and wonder, and quiet rock outcrops with panoramas so wide you'll be blinking in disbelief.
Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Michigan.
What's good for elk is good for backpackers on Michigan's High Country Pathway.
A big Midwestern sandpile turned into an otherworldly escape by pounding surf and forests.
Sunny beaches, cool forests, and a birder's paradise along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Hike up and down oak- and hickory-covered ridgetops, or explore underground.
You'll emerge from a forested hallway into a wilderness playroom, and there before you will be skidmarks in the snow.
The blaze of fall color in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is unequaled.
Break the long Michigan winter with a lengthy hike on Michigan's Riding and Hiking Trail.
Two trails, same river, two different worlds.
At the edge of the world, Canada's Algonquin Provincial Park offers a window to the past.
