Welcome! Chances are you are at your home or your
office. Wouldn't you rather be out boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, or sailing in a Michigan state park?
One thing
we have found is that not everyone knows about their state parks so we have
put together this site to help find the fun places to go. To the side we
have listed related information. Have fun and enjoy the relaxation and
excitement of the outdoors!
Albert E. Sleeper State Park
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Four miles of marked nature trails traverse thickly forested old dune ridges and wetlands. In the winter, the park offers cross-country skiing and can be used as a camp for those wishing to ice-fish or snowmobile nearby.
Algonac State Park
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Algonac State Park contains approximately 1,300 acres and has a half-mile of St. Clair River frontage. The park is open all year for a variety of activities. Both boating and fishing are available on the St. Clair River, which is well known for excellent walleye fishing in the summer. The park has a boat launch for access to the river.
Aloha State Park
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Aloha State Park is located on beautiful Mullett Lake. Known as the heart of the Inland Waterway, Mullett Lake is part of a 40-mile water route from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. It is best known for the 193 lb. sturgeon taken there in 1974. Summer anglers seek northern pike, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, walleye, and lake trout.
Bald Mountain Recreation Area
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The park offers 15 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails and eight miles of cross-country ski trails. Fishing opportunities abound, with 11 lakes and two trout streams.
Baraga State Park
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The park is centrally located to the many attractions in the western Upper Peninsula. The bay offers anglers good action on salmon, steelhead, lake and brown trout.
Bass River Recreation Area
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Bass River Recreation Area is an 1100 acre site in central Ottawa County. It consists of open meadows, open brush land, mature hardwoods, small ponds and a 300 acre lake. It has approximately 3 miles of frontage on the Grand River with boating access to the river from the lake. The park is used primarily for boating, hiking, mt. biking and horse back riding (on designated trails) as well as hunting.
Bay City State Recreation Area
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Bay City State Recreation Area overlooks more than 4,000 feet of Saginaw Bay. Five miles of trails, overlook towers and the new Saginaw Bay Visitor Center interpret the 1800-acre Tobico Marsh, known nationally for its wetland birds and wildlife.
Brighton Recreation Area
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The Brighton Recreation Area consists of nearly 5000 acres of rolling woods and meadows interspersed with lakes, streams and marshes. There are several campgrounds, beaches and hiking and mountain bike trails. The majority of the area is open to hunting, fishing and most winter activities including snowmobiling and cross-country skiing.
Brimley State Park
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Brimley State Park features a 269-site modern campground with large, grassy campsites, as well as a mini-cabin and a beautiful swimming beach on Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay. A boat launch is available for the boating enthusiast, which provides access to Whitefish Bay. St. Marys River and the Waiska River are a short boat ride from the launch. These waters offer the angler fishing for whitefish, perch, northern pike, bass and walleye.
Burt Lake State Park
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Burt Lake offers sandy beaches, campsites under towering oak trees and excellent boating and fishing opportunities along the Inland Waterway from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. Visitors are welcome to come and enjoy camping, boating, fishing, sight-seeing, and many more activities in the beautiful area.
Michigan Travel Guide
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Michigan travel guide to fun places that are off the interstate.
