Wilderness – Michigan

Michigan

Name: Big Island Lake Wilderness
Area: 5,268 acres
Year designated: 1987
Year visited: 2022
Context: Road trip with Mom and Dad. Hiked to Ned’s Lake and Big Island Lake with Mom.
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Name: Delirium Wilderness
Area: 12,000 acres
Year designated: 1987
Year visited: 2018
Context: Roadtrip to Upper Peninsula, visit with gistrailblazer
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Name: Horseshoe Bay Wilderness
Area: 4,000 acres
Year designated: 1987
Year visited: 2018
Context: Roadtrip to Upper Peninsula, visit with gistrailblazer

Name: Huron Islands Wilderness
Area: 147 acres
Year designated: 1970
Year visited: 2022
Context: Roadtrip with Elliott. This is a wilderness which is nearly impossible to visit. I settled for the nearest point of land and seeing it from afar. There was good viewing from the mouth of the Huron River.

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Name: Isle Royale Wilderness
Area: 132,000 acres
Year designated: 1976
Year visited: 2016
Context: Greenstone Ridge Trail with Bovee
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Name: Mackinac Wilderness
Area: 11,000 acres
Year designated: 1987
Year visited: 2018
Context: Roadtrip to Upper Peninsula, visit with gistrailblazer

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Name: McCormick Wilderness
Area: 17,000 acres
Year designated: 1987
Year visited: 2019
Context: Wilderness Roadtrip with my mother. Hiked part of North Country Trail.

Nordhouse
Name:Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness
Area: 3,271 acres
Year designated: 1987
Year visited: 2021
Context: Roadtrip with Mom and Dad. Hiked a trail with my mother.
Name: Rock River Canyon Wilderness
Area: 4,724 acres
Year designated: 1987
Year visited: 2022
Context: Roadtrip with Mom and Dad. Hiked into the Eben Ice Caves (minus the ice).
Seney
Name: Seney Wilderness
Area: 25,150 acres
Year designated: 1970
Year visited: 2021
Context: Roadtrip with Mom and Dad. We drove around the non-wilderness portion of Seney, but also found a corner where I could go visit the wilderness portion.

SBD
Name: Sleeping Bear Dunes Wilderness
Area: 32,557 acres
Year designated: 2014
Year visited: 2021
Context: Roadtrip with Mom and Dad.

Sturgeon
Name: Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness
Area: 17,000 acres
Year designated: 1987
Year visited: 2019
Context: Wilderness Roadtrip with my mother. Hiked loop trail.

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Name: Sylvania Wilderness
Area: 15,000 acres
Year designated: 1987
Year visited: 2019
Context: Wilderness Road Trip with my mother. Hiked to lake.