It should be no surprise that Michigan, with the world's greatest collection of freshwater sand dunes, the best trout streams east of the Mississippi, and 3.200 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, has the kind of trail network and scenery hikers dream about. A hike in the Great Lakes State is often the best way to see its spectacular natural treasures. From sand dimes to towering pines in virgin forests, from miles of beach that turn to gold with every Lake Michigan sunset to one of the 11.000 inland lakes where bass will rise to the surface on a still evening, you can see all these wonders and many more by hiking the foot trails in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Outdoors writer Jim DuFresne leads hikers on sixty hikes through the stateÆs uuequaled system of national and state parks, natural areas, and wilderness tracts while he takes the guesswork out of finding the right trail. He provides detailed write-ups of all these hikes, including their distance, level of difficulty, and hiking time: the most accurate and up-to-date maps available; camping and fishing opportunities whether or not a hike is suitable for kids as well as directions to the trailhead descriptions of each trail, and information on what you're likely to see there-everything from wildflowers to shipwrecks. More than 60 highly detailed maps and 100 photos round out 50 Hikes in Michigan, the first full-color guidebook to the wonderful hiking opportunities in the Great Lakes State.

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