Nature Area Getaways & Natural Wonders

A collection of nature areas and natural wonders that are less famous than they deserve.  Some are in remote locations.  Some are just around the corner.  Some nature areas include trails but are better known for some other feature.

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100 Steps Gorge

Arcadia Marsh Boardwalk

Avery Lake

Big Cedar

Bonanza Falls

Bond Falls

Coolbough Natural Area

Dance of the Woodcock

Darkest Skies U.P.

Devil's Soup Bowl

Eben Ice Caves

Estivant Pines

Fiborn Karst

Fossil Ledges

Fossil Quarry

Giant Sequoia
Hartwick Pines

Hemlock Cathedral

Hidden Lake Gardens

Horseshoe Bend

Iargo Springs

Inland Waterway

Kitch-iti-Kipi

Les Cheneaux

Lincoln Brick Park

Loda Wildflower Sanctuary

Maxton Plains Alvar

Megaphone in the Woods

Minden Bog

Monarch Butterfly Migration

Mystery Valley

Video - Megaphone in the Woods
Ocqueoc Falls

Osprey Roost

Pierce Cedar Creek Institute

Piers Gorge

Point Abbaye'

Ringwood Forest

Sailors Old Growth Pines

Sturgeon River Gorge

Sturgeon Shivaree

The Fallen Outdoors

Trillium Ravine

Valley of the Giants

Voyageur Island Park

Warrens Woods

Westcroft Botanical Gardens

Wilderness Arboretum

Video Sturgeon River Gorge

All of these nature areas are great for a Michigan day trip no matter how you define where "up north" begins.