Grand Rapids: Saugatuck Dunes South Loop
Escape to a secluded strip of rippling dunes on this 5.2-miler, which rewards your efforts with panora- mas from high above Lake Michigan.
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Michigan featured hikes / reader trips
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Ontonagon, MI: North Country TrailDiscover mesmerizing views and solitude on the North Country Trail. Grand Rapids, MI: Hall Lake TrailInspire your inner thru-hiker on this easy 2-miler in Yankee Springs Recreation Area that samples the North Country Trail with a climb to a glacier-formed depression. Isle Royale National Park: Island TraverseCapture the renowned mystique of Lake Superior's solitary atoll on this 61.1-mi. traverse of Isle Royale, a pristine archipelago untouched by development and home to thriving wolf and moose populations.
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Pictured Rocks - May 200842-mile, 2.5-day thru-hike from Grand Marais, MI to Munising, MI via Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore along the Lakeshore trail, a certified part of the North Country Scenic Trail. Manistee River loop w/NCTThis is a scenic but suprisingly easy hike that skirts the river in the Manistee National Forest. A new footbridge across the river allows hikers to combine the trail with a segment of the North Country Trail to form a 20-mile loop and one of the best backpacking adventures in the Lower Peninsula. Windigo 4 Day LoopApprox. 40 mile hike consisting of a 1 day packless starter loop on the Hugginin Trail, then off for 3 days of backpacking to Feldtman Lake, Siskwit Bay and back to base down the Greenstone.
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Top 3 Literary HikesThoreau, Hemingway, and Kerouac all went into the backcountry to find the right words. 
Reindeer Games: Tracking Caribou in the Slate IslandsHappy 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. 
Where Solitude Rules - More Tips and TricksAlternative routes, where to find solitude in the Lower 48, and avoiding the crowds in America's most crowded park |
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