![Deerfield Nature Park - Hiking, Skiing, Disc Golf and More in Isabella County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Fisher-Covered-Bridge-Mt.-Pleasant-470x140.jpg)
A little bit of early spring warmth had us itching to get outside and do some hiking this week. We were looking for something new…
![Little Sable (Petite Pointe Au Sable) Light - Silver Lake State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Little-Sable-Point-Light-wide-470x140.jpg)
Visitors flock to Silver Lake State Park each year to see the towering sand dunes and the gorgeous Lake Michigan shoreline. The northern section of…
![Michigan State Parks That Border Lake Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Big-Sable-Point-Lighthouse2-470x140.jpg)
The state of Michigan boasts one of the best state park systems in that nation, with more than 100 parks and recreation areas that see…
![Vermilion Point Life Saving Station - A "Ghost Town" On Lake Superior](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Vermilion-1-320x140.jpg)
The Life Saving Station at Vermilion Point was once one of the ghost towns of the Eastern Upper Peninsula, but recent work by the Little…
![12 Lake Michigan Lighthouses You Can Enter](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Old-Mackinac-Lighthouse-470x140.jpg)
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state, and some of the best-known of those lighthouses can be found along the Lake Michigan…
![10 Amazing Upper Peninsula State Parks](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_0066-470x140.jpg)
JW Wells State Park – Featuring a beautiful, sandy beach on Green Bay and 150 campsites, J.W. Wells State Park deserves to be one of…