Copper Peak’s Adventure Ride Is Back! Be Awed by Sky-High Views

Help Return Copper Peak to the World Stage The Copper Peak Adventure Ride returns Memorial Day weekend through peak fall color. Experience the soaring views — and learn about the comeback taking shape. Ride to the Top of the Midwest’s Most Spectacular View Step by step, ascend eight more stories…

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Big Adventure, Small Price Tag

Getaways to the Upper Peninsula are refreshing for a lot of reasons: the slower pace, the cool, clean air, the miles and miles of shoreline. And to sweeten the deal, a trip to the U.P. is also refreshingly easy on the wallet. Days here are built around simple pleasures: hiking to waterfalls…

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Meet Aaron Thill: The Steward Behind Fayette Historic State Park

Along the sheltered waters of Big Bay de Noc, where limestone cliffs rise above a quiet harbor, Fayette Historic State Park feels a little removed from time. For Aaron Thill, that sense of place isn’t just something he helps preserve—it’s something he’s lived his entire life. Thill didn’t set out…

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How to Plan Your Summer Vacation in the U.P.

Summer may seem far off, but now is the best time to plan your vacation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Making lodging or campground reservations for the summer dates you want is more important than ever. That’s because people across America are discovering how beautiful and full of adventure this…

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Ultimate Summer Bucket List for Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula isn’t just a destination — it’s an experience that stretches far beyond what first-time visitors often imagine. With its sprawling wilderness, historic towns and rugged shoreline shaped by the Great Lakes, the U.P. rewards travelers for breaking their routines. It’s a…

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Last-Minute Summer Vacation Ideas for the U.P.

As soon as the big box stores start advertising back-to-school sales, you know it’s time to take the kids on one more long weekend or week vacation. No place in Michigan creates more happy summer memories for pre-schoolers to teens — and their parents and grandparents — than the Upper Peninsula…

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16 of the Top Picnic Spots in the Upper Peninsula

Picnicking and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula go together like peanut butter and thimbleberry jam. Our state and community parks, Great Lakes beaches and roadside lookouts offer easy places to throw a cloth over a table or a blanket on the ground. We picked our 16 favorite picnic places across the U.P.…

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Plan Your Vacation Around These U.P. Summer Events

Summer is a beautiful time to visit Michigan’s Upper Peninsula! While you’re planning your trip around which popular destinations you want to visit, check out our unique, popular events and traditions, too. Enhance your visit with a rodeo, fragrant flowers, car shows, music festivals and much more…

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Whitewater rafting in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

We’ve all seen the suspenseful climax of an action-packed movie when the protagonist is paddling down a river and suddenly sees the ferocious whitewater churning ahead of them. Just when you are rooting for them to escape the fall, they tumble over the edge and down the cliff — and survive. Watching…

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