BIG SPRING NATIONAL PARK BIG SPRING NATIONAL PARK is home to the largest spring in Missouri and one of the largest in the world. BIG SPRING has an average flow of 286 million gallons daily. The water boils from the base of a dolomite bluff and travels nearly 1,000 feet before feeding into the Current […]
FORREST L. WOOD CROWLEY’S RIDGE NATURE CENTER
FORREST L. WOOD CROWLEY’S RIDGE NATURE CENTER PHOTOS The FORREST L. WOOD CROWLEY’S RIDGE NATURE CENTER located on the southern edge of Jonesboro, Arkansas is the second of four nature centers built by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. It features indoor and outdoor exhibits, trails and films that you can enjoy any time of […]
BRIMLEY STATE PARK
BRIMLEY STATE PARK PHOTOS Brimley State Park provides recreational opportunities along the beautiful shore of Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay. It is also one of the oldest state parks in the Upper Peninsula. The park was established in 1923 when the Village of Brimley gave the DNR the park’s initial 38 acres. The remaining acreage was […]
BURT LAKE STATE PARK
BURT LAKE STATE PARK PHOTOS Burt Lake State Park is located on the southeast corner of Burt Lake. Over 2,000 feet of sandy shoreline beach is available. Visitors are welcome to come and enjoy camping and boating, as well as, fishing, sight-seeing and many more activities in the beautiful area. In 1920, the first portion […]
CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION HISTORIC STATE PARK
CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION HISTORIC STATE PARK PHOTOS Cambridge Junction Historic State Park is the site of Walker Tavern, a major stopping place for stagecoaches traveling between Detroit and Chicago in the early nineteenth century. The visitor center and restored tavern with period furniture tell the story of taverns and stagecoach travel for early Michigan residents. This […]
CHEBOYGAN STATE PARK
CHEBOYGAN STATE PARK PHOTOS Cheboygan State Park is open all year for a variety of activities. A system of well-marked trails through the park provides access to scenic Lake Huron vistas, and glimpses of rare wildflowers and lake shore species. Modern camping, rustic cabins, and teepees are all available within the park. Elliot Creek flows […]
CLEAR LAKE STATE PARK
CLEAR LAKE STATE PARK PHOTOS Clear Lake State Park is located within the Mackinaw State Forest. This State Forest is composed of the northern eight counties of the Lower Peninsula. The Atlanta area of this forest contains over 258,000 acres of state-owned public land. Most of the virgin timber was removed from the forest by […]
COLDWATER LAKE STATE PARK
COLDWATER LAKE STATE PARK PHOTOS Coldwater Lake State Park is an undeveloped property with hunting access allowed. The park is 400 acres consisting of a mixture of swamp and farmland leading up to the lake. There is no boating access, but anglers are welcome to cast off the banks or carry in a non-motorized craft. […]
COLONIAL MICHILIMACKINAC HISTORIC STATE PARK
COLONIAL MICHILIMACKINAC HISTORIC STATE PARK PHOTOS Conlonial Michilimackinac Historic State Park is located on the shore of the Straits of Makinac. Visitors of all ages can enjoy the unique perspective from the palisade walls. Treasures from the past come to life at this 18th-century fort and fur trading village. Reconstructed based on maps and more […]
DUCK LAKE STATE PARK
DUCK LAKE STATE PARK PHOTOS Duck Lake State Park is a 728-acre day-use park, located in Muskegon County. Featuring a towering sand dune, the park stretches from the northern shore of Duck Lake to Lake Michigan. The terrain is a mixture of open brush land to mature hardwood forest, with some pockets of open meadows […]
FISHERMAN’S ISLAND STATE PARK
FISHERMAN’S ISLAND STATE PARK PHOTOS Fisherman’s Island State Park is not actually an island, but a 2,678-acre park. The interior terrain consists of rolling dunes covered with maple, birch and aspen broken up by bogs of cedar and black spruce. Fisherman’s Island State Park boasts over six miles of unspoiled Lake Michigan shoreline. The island […]
FORT WILKINS HISTORIC STATE PARK
FORT WILKINS HISTORIC STATE PARK PHOTOS Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, in the northern Keweenaw Peninsula, offers camping and day use facilities and features a restored 1844 army military outpost and one of the first lighthouses on Lake Superior built in 1866. Fort Wilkins became a State Park in 1923. Extensive restoration work and development […]
HARTWICK PINES STATE PARK
HARTWICK PINES STATE PARK PHOTOS With an area of 9,672 acres, Hartwick Pines is one of the largest state parks in the Lower Peninsula. The park’s rolling hills, which are built of ancient glacial deposit, overlook the valley of the East Branch of the AuSable River, four small lakes and unique timber lands. The principal […]
HISTORIC MILL CREEK DISCOVERY PARK
HISTORIC MILL CREEK DISCOVERY PARK PHOTOS Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park offers an example of life in the 1700s as the industrial age began to alter saw mills across northern Michigan. The Mackinac Island Historic Parks web site, includes more detailed information. Visitors can witness the power of the creek harnessed to cut timber into […]
HOFFMASTER STATE PARK
HOFFMASTER STATE PARK PHOTOS Hoffmaster State Park is an excellent location to see and learn about Great Lakes sand dunes and the plants and wildlife that live on them. Hoffmaster has some of the finest dune formations and wooded dune complexes along the Michigan western shore. The park features 3 miles of pristine beaches on […]
HOLLAND STATE PARK
HOLLAND STATE PARK PHOTOS Holland State Park offers an expansive, sandy beach along Lake Michigan, two large campgrounds and a beautiful view of sailboats and sunsets. The park is divided into two separate units; one along Lake Michigan and the other along Lake Macatawa. The park was acquired from the City of Holland in December […]
INDIAN LAKE STATE PARK
INDIAN LAKE STATE PARK PHOTOS Indian Lake State Park is located on Indian Lake, the fourth largest inland lake in the Upper Peninsula with an area of 8,400 acres. It is six miles long and three miles wide. The lake was once called M’O’Nistique Lake. According to 1850 surveyor records, Native Americans lived in log […]
LEELANAU STATE PARK
LEELANAU STATE PARK PHOTOS Leelanau State Park is located at the tip of the little finger on the beautiful Leelanau Peninsula, where over 1,300 acres are waiting for visitors to enjoy. The word “Leelanau” is the Native American word for “A Land of Delight” and could not better describe the area. The park has the […]
MACKINAC ISLAND STATE PARK
MACKINAC ISLAND STATE PARK PHOTOS Mackinac Island State Park was established in 1895. It is Michigan’s first state park. For twenty years before that, it had been Mackinac National Park, the United States’ second national park. Today, over eighty percent of Mackinac Island is State Park property. Most of the parks land remains in its […]
MAYBURY STATE PARK
MAYBURY STATE PARK PHOTOS Maybury State Park invites you to visit and enjoy all the park has to offer. Almost 1,000 acres of gently rolling terrain and open meadow, as well as, mature forest, a variety of wildlife and abundant wildflowers can be enjoyed. The park gives people in the metropolitan area an opportunity to […]
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