I have written and posted extensively about the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness Area after returning from a three day hike last month. I have posted about the fall colors both at Lake in the Clouds and in the woods, I have posted about the wonderful backcountry camping, and I have written a post about an amazing [...]
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Porcupine Mountains Wilderness backcountry camping and cabins
The Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan offers some of the best backpacking and backcountry camping in the Midwest. Hiking and camping go hand in hand. For a place to be considered a great hiking destination it needs an impressive trail system with good camping. I have already covered [...]
Hiking the North Country National Scenic Trail in Michigan and Wisconsin
The most notable and famous national hiking trail is the Appalachian Trail, but it is not the longest. The longest trail is the North Country National Scenic Trail which begins at Crown Point, New York in the Adirondacks and ends at the Lake Sakakawea State Park in North Dakota. When completed, the trail will cover [...]
A superior sunset in the Porcupine Mountains State Park
I had a tough choice recently while on a hiking adventure in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I had just completed the Little Carp River Trail and followed the river to its mouth and confluence with Lake Superior. I could either loop back on the Big Carp River [...]
Porcupine Mountains in Upper Peninsula, Michigan fall color photo essay
The Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is one of the best subjects for a fall color photo essay in the Midwest, the United States, and the even the world. The most amazing overlook in the park is the Lake of the Clouds. The spector of the fall foliage is so intense [...]
Hiking loops in the Porcupine Mountains State Wilderness Area
A couple of days ago, I posted a short photo essay from Lake of the Clouds from the Porcupine Mountains State Wilderness Area in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This is where my hike and adventure began. The beautiful Lake of the Clouds was only 300 yards into my trip. I still had 30 miles to go. [...]
Fall foliage at Lake of the Clouds simply stunning
A quick google search for the most beautiful lakes in the world will not indicate Lake of the Clouds in the Porcupine Mountains State Wilderness Area in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as one of them. If you scan different lists, the most beautiful lakes in the world consist of Lake Bled, Crater Lake, Plitivice Lake, and [...]
A return to the scene of my first adventure: Porcupine Mountains
Thirty-two years ago to this very night a young man in Barrington, Illinois was not getting much sleep on the eve of his first adventure in the Porcupine Mountains State Park. I was nine years old, and I was going hiking with my dad and a friend in this Michigan State Park. We rolled out [...]
Escape the heat wave on a Sleeping Bear Dune beach
Earlier this year in late May, I enjoyed a couple of days hiking the trails of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The Platte Plains Trail ended up on this secluded beach. After a three mile walk through swampy lowlands walking fast to escape the mosquitoes, it was a pleasure to find this refreshing stop along [...]
Hike to view the Sleeping Bear Point Trail
The Sleeping Bear Point Trail, pointed out by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Superintendent Dusty Shultz in the park Visitor Guide, was named the best hike-to-view trail in the National Geographic book The 10 Best of Everything National Parks. I guess I was saving the best for last as this was to be my last [...]
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