You can actually hike along the North Country Trail across Michigan's Upper Peninsula from the Mackinac Bridge to the western tip. One person this year did it alone in the middle of winter. Below are our picks of various kinds of shorter hikes, some only a few miles, some good for remote backpacking: Most offer the opportunity to escape human development and, for that matter, other humans, too.
Keweenaw
• Mount Arvon near L'Anse
Isle Royale
•Hiking and Paddling Isle Royale near Rock Harbor
• Lookout Louise near Rock Harbor
Porcupine Mts. & Ontonagon
• Along the North Country Trail in Porcupine Mountains State Park
• Hike to Trap Falls in Porcupine Mountains State Park
• Long trek deep into the Porkies in Porcupine Mountains State Park
• North Country Trail segment: Victoria to Norwich near Victoria
• Summit Peak Observation Tower in Porcupine Mountains State Park
• Trap Hills/Ottawa National Forest near Victoria
Gogebic Range
• Bald Mountain and Lake Superior Overlooks/Gogebic County Forest near Ironwood
Watersmeet area
• Watersmeet Rails to Trails near Watersmeet
Iron-Mountain-Iron River area
• Glidden Lake & Lake Mary Plains Pathway/Copper Country State Forest near Crystal Falls
• Hiking path to "Treaty Tree" & Mile Post Zero/Ottawa National Forest near Iron River
Manistique & Garden Peninsula
• Bay de Noc-Grand Island Trail/Hiawatha National Forest near Rapid River
• Cedar River Pathway/ Escanaba River State Forest near Cedar River
• Indian Lake Pathway near Thompson
Marquette Range
• Big Eric's Bridge near Skanee
• Harlow Pathway/Cross-Country Ski Trail on the way to Big Bay
• Lakenenland near Marquette
• Little Presque Isle, Wetmore Landing & North Country Trail Segment On the Way to Big Bay
• North Country Trail Segment near Bay Mills
• Sugarloaf Mountain on the way to Big Bay
• Van Riper State Park near Champion
Pictured Rocks, Munising & Au Train
• Bay de Noc-Grand Island Riding & Hiking Trail in Au Train
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising
• Pine Marten Run Hiking and Riding Trail in Hiawatha Forest Lakes
• Sturgeon River Gorge, Sturgeon Falls & Silver Mountain near Sidnaw
•Twin Lakes State Park near Twin Lakes
Tahquamenon & Seney, Grand Marais & Whitefish Point
• Fox River Pathway near Seney
• Grand Sable Bank & Dunes in Grand Marais
• North Country Trail/Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Grand Marais
• North Country Trail: Grand Marais to Mouth of the Two Hearted River near Deer Park
Sault Ste. Marie
• Hiking and boat-watching on Lime Island
Les Cheneaux Drummond I. & St. Marys River
• Search Bay and St. Martin Hiking & Ski Trail near Hessel
St. Ignace & U.S. 2
• Gros Cap Cemetery in U.S. 2 from the bridge
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