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GARDEN PENINSULA
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Beach and trails at Fayette Historic State Park. A mile-long sand beach, beautiful and underused, with a 5-mile hiking trail to the campground and townsite. ...
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Fayette Townsite. The museum-like "ghost town" is the remains of a company town around a charcoal pig-iron smelter serving Union arms manufacturers during the Civil War. The town curves around pretty Snail Shell Harbor on Lake Michigan ...
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Garden Orchards. A general apple orchard especially known for its unusual Honey Gold apple, sweet and so sensitive workers have to wear gloves to handle it. ...
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Portage Bay Beach and Ninga Aki Pathway/Lake Superior State Forest. Low sand dunes, mature pines, spring wildflowers, and a secluded, sandy beach make these two short loops wonderful walks. Signs tell about 15 important plants in traditional Ojibwa life. ...
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Marygrove Retreat Center and bookstore. Since its beginnings the Catholic Church has had a robust tradition of spiritual retreats – stepping away from the busyness of life. This one is open to anyone interested in taking time away from the bustle of modern life ...
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Beach and trails at Fayette Historic State Park
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 | | Campers, including paddlers and boaters, love the Fayette State Park campground, its breezes and lack of bugs, and its relaxing location near a beautiful beach and boat launch on the Big Bay de Noc, known for fishing. | A beautiful, mile-long sand beach, backed by low dunes, is about a mile south of the townsite, in a different part of the 711-acre state park. The large picnic area is up from the beach, not far from parking. A five-mile trail system winds through a beech-maple hardwood forest, connecting the beach, campground, and townsite. The trail is groomed in winter. Skis or snowshoes give a quite different view of Fayette townsite when immigrantswere challenged to keep warm and fed. (Buildings are not open.)
Look for entrance sign off M-183 a mile past the townsite. (906) 644-2603. State park fee: $6/day Michigan residents, $8 for others. Yearly: $24 or $29. Handicap access: usable but not to code.
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