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  • 9 Best Michigan Road Trips for Outdoor Adventure

    January 14, 2024

    looking for the best road trips in michigan? check out this article for all the best road trip ideas in michigan!

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  • Best Photo Locations near Traverse City

    September 21, 2021

    Looking for the best photo locations near Traverse City, Michigan? From sand dunes to wild rivers, here are the best photography locations near Traverse City, Michigan.

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  • A loon on a small quiet lake near Traverse City, Michigan

    7 Beautiful Places to Kayak in Traverse City, MI

    September 1, 2021

    Looking for the best kayaking near Traverse City? Read this article for the best places to kayak near Traverse City, Michigan

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  • Beachscape and sand dunes with crystal clear water at the Dune Climb Hike in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore near Traverse City

    11 Best Easy Day Hikes near Traverse City

    July 15, 2021

    Looking for the best day hikes near Traverse City? Read this article for the best hiking trails for families and hikers!

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  • Sweeping views from Empire Bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

    11 Best Hiking Trails in the Sleeping Bear Dunes

    February 18, 2021

    best hiking trails in the sleeping bear dunes for beaches, views, and more

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maddymarq

guide & writer exploring the midwest🏕
📍Wisconsin Northwoods & Lake Superior
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Autumn in Michigan 🍁🛶🏕️ 1-3 sleeping b Autumn in Michigan 🍁🛶🏕️1-3 sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore (1📸 @rachelamai I told you I’d post that photo every year and now it’s like year 6!!)4-6 @boyne.mountain skybridge this weekend7-9 Isle Royale National Park*10-12 Porcupine Mountains 13- Petoskey stone14- bond falls15- long drive :)*all photos from national park sites are old! I’m not visiting national park sites during the government shutdown to help protect them from overuse without maintenance and I recommend the same! 📍Odawa and Ojibwe traditional homelands
“the Midwest is ugly”🍁🥾🪵 Okay explai “the Midwest is ugly”🍁🥾🪵Okay explain Traverse City in fall then 🙃 Come say hi at @maddymarq for Midwest adventure ideas :)📍Traditional homelands of the Odawa Nation
Weekend in Michigan 🍁🥾🪵 1- morning from Weekend in Michigan 🍁🥾🪵1- morning from a lake2- found a spot3- breakfast and a new book4- a little hidden overlook5- birch & fog 6- cherry town :)7- lake like a mirror 8- leaf!9- early morning 10- Crystal clear water11- the bridge 12- me & Andy 📍Traditional homelands of the Odawa Nation
That cliff is ~25 ft for reference🤯 Head over That cliff is ~25 ft for reference🤯Head over to @maddymarq for more Lake Superior spam :)📍Lake Superior is the traditional and cultural homeland & waters of the Anishinaabe Indigenous Nation
adventures inspired by curiosity> Navigation & to adventures inspired by curiosity>Navigation & topography are omg of my favorite challenges, so I spent a little while using the approximate position of the plane heading into Seattle, the video I’d taken, and topographical maps (no Google!!) to see if I could find a hike up to the pretty blue rock flour lake I could see from the plane.Needless to say I found the lake and it was just as pretty to visit by foot, and such a fun challenge to find a place without using guidebooks, apps, or blogs✨This is an established hike, but in the spirit of curiosity, see if you can figure out where it is on your own using good old-fashioned maps & geology (ie, where are there rock flour lakes?!) Thanks @itsevajane for coming on this wild goose chase with me :)Videos unedited & shot on an iPhone 8📍 Traditional homelands of the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, and Chelan Indigenous People
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