Michigan Parks and Recreation Areas with Interpretive Programs

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore encompasses a 60 km stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou Islands. The park was established primarily for its outstanding natural features, including forests, beaches, dune formations, and ancient glacial phenomena. read more...

Phone: 231-326-5134   Price Range: $5 - $20   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Empire   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Park   Activities: Backpacking, Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Cross Country Skiing, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting and Shooting, Kayaking, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Snowshoeing, Star Gazing   Details Provided By: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

From over 7,000 years ago to the 1960s people have quarried or mined the rich copper deposits of the Keweenaw. First, it was Native peoples that fashioned the copper into tools and trade items. Much later came the eastern investors and immigrants in one of the nations first large mineral rushes. read more...

Phone: (906) 337-3168   Price Range: N/A   Open Season: N/A   Camping: No
Nearest Popular City: Calumet   Nearest Lake or River: N/A   Park Type: National Historic Park   Activities: Backpacking, Biking / Bicycling, Birding, Boating and Watercraft, Cross Country Skiing, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting and Shooting, Kayaking, Swimming, Wildlife Watching, Auto Touring, Nature Walks, Interpretive Programs, Snowshoeing, Star Gazing, Snowmobiling   Details Provided By: Keweenaw National Historical Park