Hiawatha national forest

Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula offers diverse outdoor experiences including hiking, camping, and beach

Hiawatha National Forest is also called "the Great Lakes National Forest" because it touches three of the lakes – Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and Lake Huron. The Colwell Lake Trail is a 2-mile universally accessible loop around the lake. #hiawathanationalforest #colwelllake #hiking

Revel in nature, set off on an active adventure and explore maritime heritage in the land north of the Mackinac Bridge—the UP. Popular destinations include Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park and Tahquamenon Falls State Park.

Driving Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes Distance: 81.6 miles In the Upper Peninsula, there’s never a bad time to visit and take a scenic drive. Every season has its own unique beauty and seems to tell a different part of the story about the land. In the wintertime, once-busy roadways and waterways turn frozen and […]

Photographs fail to capture the real beauty of these falls, which tumble down 75 feet (almost 23 meters), ledge after ledge, small pool after small pool. A flat i...

Kayak close enough to touch the mammoth cliffs & sea caves!

The greatest of the Great Lakes.

Visiting Kitch-iti-kipi, which means Big Cold Spring, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is like stepping into a technicolor fantasy world that exists on a movie screen. We set out for Kitch-iti-kipi on a day in early July. It was a stop on our trek from St. Ignace to Fayette Historic State Park on the Garden Peninsula....

Haymeadow Falls is a scenic Michigan waterfall in the Hiawatha National Forest that can be reached by a half-mile hike. A campground is also available.