![Photo Gallery Friday: Warren Dunes State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Warren-Dunes-State-Park-Cover-Photo-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where one post just isn’t enough to…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Muskegon State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Muskegon-State-Park-Dune-Forest-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where one post just isn’t enough to…
![Pictured Rocks 50th Anniversary: 50 Things To Do At Michigan's National Lakeshore](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pictured-Rocks-Miners-Castle-Cover-Photo-470x140.jpg)
Pictured Rocks is one of Michigan’s treasured natural resources, and in 1966 the United States government took steps to preserve it for future generations by…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Bewabic State Park in Iron County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Bewabic-State-Park-CCC-Picnic-Shelter-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where one post just isn’t enough to…
![Straits State Park - Camping and Great Views of the Mackinac Bridge](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Straits-State-Park-Mackinac-Bridge-View1-470x140.jpg)
When it comes to Upper Peninsula state parks in Michigan, few are as popular or as easy to get to as Straits State Park in…
![Holland Harbor "Big Red" Lighthouse - A Lake Michigan Icon at Holland State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Holland-Harbor-Lighthouse-Michigan-1-444x140.jpeg)
Our Lake Michigan shoreline is home to more than 20 unique and beautiful lighthouses, but few are as iconic as the Holland Harbor Lighthouse, know…
![Van Riper State Park - Camping and Recreation on the Shores of Lake Michigamme in Marquette County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Van-Riper-State-Park-Beach-470x140.jpg)
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is home to more than a dozen stunning state parks. We recently profiled Bewabic State Park in the Western U.P., and we’ve…
![Bewabic State Park - Camping and Outdoor Recreation in Michigan's Western Upper Peninsula](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Bewabic-State-Park-Michigan-CCC-Building-470x140.jpg)
One of our favorite state parks in the Upper Peninsula, and one we consider a “hidden gem,” is Bewabic State Park near Crystal Falls. At…
![Little Union Gorge Falls - An Easy to Visit Waterfall in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Little-Union-Gorge-Falls-470x140.jpg)
Located inside an outpost campground off of South Boundary Rd. in the beautiful Porcupine Mountains State Park, Little Union Gorge Falls slides shallow water over…