North Country Trail Association

Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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The State of Michigan will have the greatest number of miles of the North Country Trail, over a thousand, traversing both peninsulas.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park boasts the largest of the many waterfalls that will be encountered by trail users in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Berries often grow in areas recently logged, causing hikers to pause.
Cut stumps evoke images from the turn of the century, when Michigan rivers were clogged with white pines being floated to mills.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, with its multicolored cliffs rising straight from cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, is never forgotten by those who come.
From the trail along the lake, hikers can watch giant freighters as they glide noiselessly along the horizon.