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30 Reasons to visit Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

5/29/23

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When I spend time in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.) I fall in love all over again.

It has been a few years since I had visited this region of the state and I loved going back.  The U.P. has an abundance of nature. Drive along Hwy 2 and you’ll follow the Lake Michigan shoreline for a lot of miles.

Upper Peninsula

There are a number of places to pull off the side of the road so you can dip your toes in the lake.

Go to the northern part of the U.P. and drive along Lake Superior to hunt for agates and other pretty rocks.

Upper Peninsula

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is a unique character all on its own.

Locals are called Yoopers and pasties and whitefish are the traditional foods.

Of all the places I have visited around the U.S. I’ve never found any place that compares to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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There are so many reasons to visit the Upper Peninsula, but here are my favorite 30 reasons to pack your bags, gas up the car and hit the road.

The Ultimate List Of Things To Do In Michigan

30 Reasons To Visit Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

1. Pasties–a handheld culinary delight.

2. Pictured Rocks

3. Haunted lighthouses<<—-LOVE!!

4. Dog Sledding

5. Northern Lights

6. Cudighi

Presque Isle

7. Presque Isle

8. Isle Royale

9. Agate hunting

10. Spot a Moose

soo locks (c)https://www.flickr.com/photos/usacehq/6170149360

11. Soo Locks

Grand Hotel Mackinac Island

12. Mackinac Island

castle rock

13. Castle Rock

14. Whitefish

15. Tallest ski jump

16. Pond hockey

surfing lake superior

17. Surfing

Michigans Upper Peninsula

18. Swim in 3 of the 5 Great Lakes

19. Waterfalls

Sunrise over Mackinac Island

20. Gorgeous sunrises and sunsets.

Palms Brook State Park

21. Kitch-iti-kipi–Palms Brook State Park

Seney National Wildlife Refuge

22. Seney National Wildlife Refuge

Murdick's Fudge

23. Fudge

Lakenland

24.  Lakenenland Sculpture Park

Stargaze (c)https://www.flickr.com/photos/12940050@N02/9592701649

25. Stargaze

porcupine mountains(c)https://www.flickr.com/photos/dharder9475/5460857450

26. Hike the Porkies/Lake in the Clouds

27. Portage Lake Lift Bridge

28. Shipwrecks

U.P. Fall ColorPhoto from @TravelingCoachKim on Instagram. Follow her for more fabulous images.

29. Fall color

30. Ice climbing

What is your favorite reason to visit the Upper Peninsula?

Have I convinced you to visit?

To learn more about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula check out Secret Upper Peninsula

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  1. Sommer @greenmom says

    October 15, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    We love the U.P. and pasties, beef jerky and wild life. The views are amazing. Great list!

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Deb is a travel writer/influencer from Michigan whose work takes her across the country in search of unique (think haunted & strange) and interesting attractions, landmarks, cities and towns.

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She suffers from an incurable case of wanderlust, is a self-proclaimed wimp when it comes to extreme adventures, but is the first in line for ghost hunts.
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