![Morgan Meadows Falls, Marquette County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Morgan-Meadows-Falls-Marquette-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
The greater Marquette area in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is a fantastic spot for waterfall enthusiasts, as more than 20 sets of falls in the area…
![Our 10 Michigan Travel Goals for 2024](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Drummond-Island-Michigan-Kayaks-Beach-470x140.jpg)
As we close in on a decade of Travel the Mitten we have been fortunate to visit many of Michigan’s waterfalls, lighthouses, zoos, trails, state…
![2022 Was Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore's Third Busiest Year Ever](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Pictured-Rocks-Kayak-Trip-Uncle-Ducky-Miners-Beach-470x140.jpg)
In 2020 and 2021 we watched as Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore set attendance records, with more than a million visitors coming to the park in…
![Photo Gallery: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Waterfalls in "Spring"](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Munising-Falls-Cover-Photo-Winter-2022-470x140.jpg)
Michigan’s waterfalls have always fascinated us, and we try and visit a few every time we make it to the Upper Peninsula. While we’ve seen…
![Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore 2021: Record Visitors For Seventh Consecutive Year](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSCN0932-470x140.jpg)
Earlier this month we looked at a record breaking 2021 for Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and today we turn our attention to the Upper…
![Here are the Fee Free Days for Michigan National Parks Sites in 2022](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sable-Falls-Pictured-Rocks-First-Timers-Guide-470x140.jpg)
Each year the National Park Service offers a handful of “Fee Free Days” during which entrance fees are waived so that more people can get…
![Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Fees Will Begin in 2022: Everything You Need To Know](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-Favorite-Michigan-Photos-Log-Slide-Overlook-Pictured-Rocks-May-470x140.jpg)
On Monday the National Park Service announced the addition of entrance fees to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore as well as increases in current fees for…
![The New Lower Tahquamenon Falls Bridge Will Enhance the Visitor Experience Starting in 2022](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Lower-Tahquamenon-Falls-Bridge-2021-470x140.jpg)
Each year, more than half a million visitors come to Tahquamenon Falls State Park to see waterfalls, hike trails, and enjoy everything else Michigan’s second-largest…
![Pictured Rocks First Timers Guide: 10 Things to See and Do](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Pictured-Rocks-First-Timers-Guide-Log-Slide-Overlook-470x140.jpg)
One of the common questions we get from friends and relatives traveling to the Upper Peninsula centers around what to see and do at Pictured…