![Photo Gallery Friday: Hartwick Pines State Park, Grayling](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hartwick-Pines-State-Park-Museum-Hiking-Trails-Forest-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where a few pictures just aren’t enough…
![Port Crescent State Park, Port Austin](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Port-Crescent-State-Park-Kayak-Pinnebog-River-470x140.jpg)
If you’re looking for spectacular sand dunes on the eastern side of the state, look no further than Port Crescent State Park near Port Austin….
![Otsego Lake State Park - Camping, Swimming and Fishing in Gaylord](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Otsego-Lake-State-Park-Feature-Photo-Gaylord-MI-470x140.jpg)
On our trip to Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula last fall we spent a night camping at Otsego Lake State Park in Gaylord. There…
![Wilderness State Park - A Must-Visit Michigan State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Wilderness-State-Park-Beach-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Michigan’s Wilderness State Park continues to grow in popularity, as visitors return home and tell others about its unspoiled shoreline on Lake Michigan, miles of…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, Copper Harbor](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Fort-Wilkins-Historic-State-Park-Cannon-Barracks-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where a few pictures just aren’t enough…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Tawas Point State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tawas-Point-State-Park-Lighthouse-Oil-House-470x140.jpg)
Located just a few hours’ drive (3.5 hours from Grand Rapids, 1.5 hours from Saginaw, 3 hours from Detroit and 3 hours from Mackinaw City)…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Sleeping-Bear-Dunes-Esch-Beach-Otter-Creek-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where a few pictures just aren’t enough…
![12 Things To See and Do in Copper Harbor, Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Copper-Harbor-Lighthouse-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Copper Harbor is the northernmost point in Michigan (excluding Isle Royale), found at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula. This former mining…
![22 Things To See at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/DSC_0845-470x140.jpg)
It only takes a few moments of soaking in the views from the top of the Sleeping Bear Dunes to realize why this area was…