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So we had the fortunate experience to hike several trails while on vacation. This is just one of them and my favorite one. I highly recommend it and would love to go back to just hike the trails again.
The first trail we did was a 5 mile trek but ended up being 6 miles from all the wandering. This trail is at the Tahquamenon Falls State Park between the lower falls and the upper falls. Enjoy!
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| My new favorite sign! |
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| Trail Map |
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| Lower falls |
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| Lower falls - can also go on boats on an island |
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| river |
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| more lower falls |
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| lower falls |
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| lower falls |
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| creeks all throughout the trail |
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| same creek |
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| boardwalk on trail |
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| Notice my water pack - got lots of use |
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| Little Prayer |
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| Another creek |
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| lower falls close up |
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| lower falls close |
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| observation by lower falls |
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| lower falls |
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| dump into lower falls |
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| lower falls even closer |
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| lower |
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| very powerful huh? |
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| Up the river |
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| tree roots and rocks on trail were very common |
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| next to the river |
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| on the trail; there is one right? |
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| another creek |
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| more roots on trail |
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| tree next to trail |
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| more roots |
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| makeshift steps on trail |
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| bridge on trail(sort of) |
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| Yes, that is steps from nature |
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| More steps on trail(amazing huh?) |
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| Crazy how the trees grow! |
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| another creek |
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| single track with bees - wife did not like that |
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| calm river |
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| single track |
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| That is a tree that fell over - huge! |
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| trail? Yup! |
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| manmade stairs on trail |
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| more river |
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| lots of fallen trees |
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| crazy huge tree roots |
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| Looks like a beaver got this tree |
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| more single track |
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| Yes, this is the trail still |
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| At upper falls on manmade steps(110 of them) |
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| Upper falls from afar |
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| Upper falls |
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| Having a great time! |
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| Upper falls closer |
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| Upper falls from above |
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| Observatory near the upper falls |
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| 50,000 gallons per minute over falls |
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| Pennies for wishes, look at them shine! |
Here's the hike we did on the Garmin map. I didn't use it for every hike but thought it would be fun to try on this one:
441 feet of elevation gain and 292 feet of elevation loss for the 6 mile trip plus over a couple hundred steps
I used the Treksta Evolution II trail shoes for all the hikes/runs that week and will have a review in the next week or so on them.
I'll post the waterfalls we saw near Pictured Rocks on another post. I think that's enough pictures for today, don't you think? Haha!
Have a great day and.....Keep Running!!!!!!
oh my gosh, I love that first pic. The scenery looks gorgeous! I hope you had a great trip.
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful! What a great place to hike!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! What a great trip!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever checked out the Trail Atlas of Michigan? It's a rather large book but includes all the non-motorized trails in the state. Maps, tips, all you need to know. (shameless plug, my Dad writes the book, but I think you'd like it)
Beautiful. Great place to hike.
ReplyDeleteThe first lower falls pic was my favorite - what an amazing place!
ReplyDeleteLisa - I'll look into it - it sounds great!
ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures! I would love to go hiking in those trails!
ReplyDeletelooks like a great time!
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