Central

Michigan’s Central Upper Peninsula recreation destinations are extra special because they include the country’s first national lakeshore. Find all-season, premier biking in the urban city of Marquette. Anglers can wet a line in the Walleye capital of the Upper Peninsula — Escanaba, while kayakers can find paradise paddling along sandstone cliffs in Lake Superior. A journey through a national forest offers much to see, with over 894,000 acres that include six historic lighthouses and four distinctly different Great Lakes Islands. 

Here are just a few of the items you can cross off on your Upper Peninsula Bucket List while here in the Central region: 

• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
• Marquette — a premier biking destination
• Bays de Noc
• Grand Island 
• Hiawatha National Forest
• Fayette Historic State Park & Townsite
• Kitch-iti-Kipi
• Menominee River (Class III & IV rapids); Piers Gorge Trail
• Pine Mountain Ski Jump

Ready to Go Outside & Play? Plan a visit to the Central Upper Peninsula via Wisconsin or Michigan today.