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Hiking Michigan (America's Best Day Hiking) [Paperback]

Roger Storm (Author), Susan Wedzel (Author)
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America's Best Day Hiking April 24, 1997


Hiking Michigan is your complete guide to 103 of the best day hikes in the state. No matter which region you wish to explore or how easy or hard of a trek you want, this handy book will lead you to the right trail and ensure that you don't miss anything on your journey.

Featuring trails in the upper peninsula and northern and southern sections of the lower peninsula, the book offers you a guided tour of trails in such scenic areas as Mackinac Island State Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, and Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness.

Hiking Michigan includes the following special features:

- Detailed descriptions of 103 trails, including length of trail, estimated time to hike it, and a difficulty rating
- 151 easy-to-read park and trail maps
- A trail map for each featured trail with points of interest labeled and distance from the trailhead given
- Practical information on how to get to parks, park hours, available facilities, permits and rules, and a contact address and phone number
- A convenient trail finder grid, which provides a summary of each trail's features and location in the book
- A section on nearby points of interest, with contact phone numbers

Written by hiking veterans Roger Storm and Susan Wedzel, the book also provides detailed descriptions of the history, topography, and plant and animal life of each hiking area. Plus, you'll find helpful information on nearby recreational and sightseeing destinations.

Whether you live in Michigan or are just visiting, there's no better way to discover the natural beauty of the state than with Hiking Michigan.



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About the Author


Roger E. Storm and Susan M. Wedzel have been hiking partners since 1982. Together they have trekked the Canadian Rockies, hut hopped in the Alps, and hiked Isle Royale in Michgan. This is the second book they have written together.

Roger is a consultant and a former state director for the Michigan Chapter of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. He was also the Michigan coordinator for the first National Trails Day. A resident of Chelsea, Roger's favorite leisure activities include hiking, biking, and reading.

A technical writer since 1986, Susan operates her own business—Wedzel and Associates—which specializes in real estate appraising and consulting. She lives in Chelsea, where she enjoys hiking, reading, and gardening.


Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics (April 24, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0880115831
  • ISBN-13: 978-0880115834
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,007,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Get Outdoors!, April 3, 2009
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Hiking Michigan is a great source to discover all sides of Michigan's outdoors. From Detroit's Urban Waterfront Trail, to the Shiawassee Wildlife Refuge, to remote State Parks on Lake Huron's shoreline, to beautiful and wild inland lakes and waterfalls in the Upper Peninsula, there is much to explore in this great State.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Poor route guidance, August 23, 2011
We started off doing the very first area in this book, Drummond Island, and did both described hikes. By the end, I was contemplating chucking the book into the bushes.

At first glance, the book seems like a wealth of information - and it is; very well written geographical descriptions and loads of interesting information about the hiking areas. However, it quickly became apparent that the route descriptions were poor at best and dangerous at worst. The problem seems to lie in two issues. The main issue is that there is no set standard of detail; sometimes the route information will be incredibly detailed ("descend over rocks on a ledge, and enter a meadow briefly..." while there is absolutely never - and I mean never - a mention of direction. "Turn left" and "turn right" instructions abound, while savvy hikers know that this sort of subjective direction can be frustratingly ineffective when not combined with compass notation. One misstep, one misinterpreted junction, can result in hours of wandering around when a simple "turn north" would have worked. The second issue is that the "maps" included are nothing more than dotted lines with very, very little in terms of salient landmarks - no roads, lakes, hills, or other major geographical or artifactual landmarks are included except the occasional square marked "parking" and such.

Perhaps it was just us. It's possible that some people would have no problem using this sort of direction. However, we're experienced hikers; we've backpacked 5-day trips in backcountry Grand Canyon and Sierra Nevadas; we've orienteered through the eastern mountains of Arizona. There are better route descriptions available.

To top it off, the book is huge. Who wants to carry this around?

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Promoted as "Nature's Theme Park," Michigan's Upper Peninsula became part of the state as a consolation prize in a boundary dispute between Michigan and Ohio in the mid-1830s. Read the first page
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wear appropriate footgear, shortcut junction, wear proper footgear, loop trail junction, take along insect repellent, posted junction, trail swings right, take insect repellent, abandoned rail corridor, sanitation station, trail directions, trail rolls, trail veers right, trail undulates, mountain bicycling, wooded dunes, interpretive stop, interpretive board, dune climb, red pine plantation, interpretive station, trail post, skeleton bridge, trails weave, logging era
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Lake Michigan, Visitor Center, Estimated Hiking Time, Distance Round-Trip, Lower Peninsula, Lake Superior, Hours Open, Park Information, Mackinaw City, North Country Trail, Lake Huron, Craig Lake, Black River, Huron River, Silver Lake, Grass River, Ottawa National Forest, Mackinac Island, Crooked Lake, Mill Creek, Clark Lake, Wilderness State Park, Mackinaw State Forest, Pinnebog River, Saginaw Bay
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