Hiking Michigan, 2nd Edition Book

	Introduction	1
	Using This Guidebook	1
	Camping on State and Federal Lands	3
	Clothing and Equipment	5
	Water: Is It Safe?	5
	Wildlife	5
	Zero Impact	9
	Michigan's Rails-to-Trails Program	11
	Map Legend	14
	Extended Hikes
	North Country Trail	16
1.	North Country Trail	17
	Lower Peninsula	18
	Upper Peninsula	21
	Isle Royale National Park	25
2.	Greenstone Ridge Trail	29
3.	Minong Ridge Trail	32
4.	Feldmann Ridge-Island Mine Loop	34
5.	Rock Harbor Trail	35
6.	Indian Portage Trail	37
7.	Huginnin Cove Loop	38
8.	Ishpeming Trail	39
	Honorable Mentions	41
	Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park	43
9.	Lake Superior Trail	46
10.	Little and Big Carp River Trails	49
11.	Government Peak Trail	52
12.	Lost Lake Trail	53
13.	Correction Line Trail	54
14.	Mirror Lake Trails	55
15.	Pinkerton Creek Trail	57
16.	Cross Trail	58
17.	Escarpment Trail	59
	Honorable Mentions	60
	Sylvania Wilderness and Recreation Area	64
18.	Sylvania Wilderness and Recreation Trails	67
	Bay de Noc-Grand Island Trail	70
19.	Bay de Noc-Grand Island Trail	72
	High Country Pathway	75
20.	High Country Pathway	76
	Shore-to-Shore Trail	88
21.	Shore-to-Shore Trail	89
	Waterloo and Pinckney State Recreation Areas	96
22.	Waterloo-Pinckney Recreation Hiking Trail	97
	Weekend Hikes
	Cedar River Country	104
23.	Cedar River Pathway	105
	Seney National Wildlife Refuge	109
24.	Seney National Wildlife Refuge Trails	110
	Fox River Pathway	113
25.	Fox River Pathway	115
	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	118
26.	Good Harbor Bay Loop	119
27.	Pyramid Point Loop	121
28.	Bay View Hiking Trails	124
29.	Alligator Hill Trails	127
30.	Dunes Hiking Trails	131
31.	Shauger Hill Hiking Trail	133
32.	Windy Moraine Loop	135
33.	Old Indian Trails	137
34.	Empire Bluff Trail	139
35.	Platte Plains Trails	141
36.	Ocqueoc Falls Bicentennial Pathway	144
37.	Hoist Lakes Foot Travel Area	149
38.	Rifle River Recreation Area	153
39.	Proud Lake Recreation Area	157
40.	Island Lake Recreation Area	159
	Nature Hikes
	Upper Peninsula Nature Hikes	164
41.	Lake Gogebic State Park	165
42.	Days River Pathway	167
	Lower Peninsula Nature Hikes	171
43.	Herman Vogler Conservation Area	172
44.	Grass River Natural Area	175
45.	Pintail Pond Nature Trail	179
46.	Old Nursery Trail	181
47.	Tobico Marsh Trail	184
48.	Sleeper State Park	187
49.	Price Nature Center	190
50.	For-Mar Nature Preserve	193
51.	Woldumar Nature Center	196
52.	Love Creek County Park and Nature Center	201
Appendix A	A Hiker's Checklist	203
Appendix B	Sources for More Information	205
	About the Author	209