Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
62 Trails
144 POIs
6 Peaks
12 Campsites
4 Viewpoints
Description
The Porcupine Mountains are home to the most extensive stand of old growth northern hardwood forest in North America west of the Adirondack Mountains, spanning at least 31,000 acres (13,000 ha). In these virgin forests, sugar maple, American basswood, eastern hemlock, and yellow birch are the most abundant tree species. Porcupine Mountains State Park was established in 1945 to protect this large stand of old-growth forest, much of "maple-hemlock" type. In 1972, Michigan passed the Wilderness and Natural Areas Act. This act gave the park the new designation of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The facilities provided by the park include an extensive network of backcountry trails for hiking and wilderness backpacking, rustic trailside cabins, modern campgrounds, swimming and boating areas, and various interpretive programs led by park rangers. The North Country Trail passes through the park, making up a portion of the 87 miles (140 km) of hiking trails. In the winter, a ski area also operates within the park. Because of the copper mining history of the park, it is a cooperating unit of Keweenaw National Historical Park.
Trails in the Hikepack map
- Beaver Creek Trail
- Big Carp River Bridge
- Big Carp River Trail
- Correction Line Trail
- Cross Trail
- Escarpment Trail
- Government Peak Trail
- Lake Superior Trail
- Lily Pond Trail
- Little Carp River Trail
- Lost Lake Trail
- North Mirror Lake Trail
- Old South Boundary Road
- Overlook Trail
- Pinkerton Creek Trail
- South Mirror Lake Trail
- Speaker's Trail
- Summit Peak Trail
- Union Spring Trail
Attractions in the Hikepack map
- Backcountry campsite
- Backcountry campsite BC2
- Backcountry campsite BC3
- Backcountry campsite BC4
- Beaver Creek Trail
- Big Carp 4 Cabin
- Big Carp 6 Cabin
- Big Carp River Bridge
- Big Iron River Mouth Boat Launch
- Buckshot Cabin
- Cloud Peak
- Cross Cut shelter
- Cuyahoga Peak
- Explorers Falls
- Gitche Gummee Cabin
- Government Peak
- Government Peak Trail
- Green Mountain Peak
- Greenstone Falls
- Greenstone Falls Cabin
- Group Use Area
- Iagoo Falls
- Konteka Black Bear Resort
- LaFayette Peak
- Lake Superior Cabin
- Lake Superior Trail
- Lake of the Clouds Scenic Overlook
- Lake of the clouds overlook
- Lepisto Falls
- Lily Pond Cabin
- Little Carp Cabin
- Little Carp River Trail
- Little Union River Yurt
- Lost Creek Outpost Campground
- Lost Creek Yurt
- Manabezho Falls
- Manido Falls
- Mirror Lake 2 Bunk Cabin
- Mirror Lake 4 Bunk Cabin
- Mirror Lake 8 Bunk Cabin
- Miscowawbic Peak
- Nawadaha Falls
- Nonesuch Falls
- Porcupine Mountain State Park Boat Launch
- Porcupine Mountains Visitor Center
- Porcupine Peak
- Preque Isle State Campground
- Raiseberry Plant
- Section 17 Cabin
- Shining Cloud Falls
- Silver City
- Speakers Cabin
- Summit Peak
- Summit Peak Observation Tower
- Trader's Falls
- Trap Falls
- Trappers Falls
- Union Bay East Yurt
- Union Bay West Yurt
- Union Bay campground
- Union River Cabin
- Union Spring
- White Pine
- White Pine Extension Outpost
- White Pine Post Office
- White Tail Cabin
Copyright
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Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Aerial imagery available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Troy A. Heck https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FullLakeOfTheClouds.JPG Public Domain.
