Michigan

Tobico Marsh is one of the largest open water marshes remaining on the Saginaw Bay along Lake Huron in Michigan, and is located at Bay City State Recreation Area and the Tobico Marsh State Game Area. Designated a National Natural Landmark in 1976 due to its expanse size, its relative pristine condition and its variety of plant life, Tobico Marsh encompasses nearly 2,000 acres of wetland woods meadows, cattail marshlands and oak savannah prairies.

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Otsego Lake State Park is located south of Gaylord, Michigan and offers 62 acres of a natural playground along Otsego Lake. The park includes a half-mile long white, sandy beach, with the remainder of the park shaded by large oak, maple and pine trees.

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, located along the shorelines of Lake Superior in the upper peninsula of Michigan, is 42 miles long and offers some of the most breathtaking beauty in the state. Located between Munising and Grand Marais, the park offers magnificent rock formations, arches, dunes and waterfalls along the coast, along with several waterfalls, ponds and wetlands inland.

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Rock River Wilderness is located within the Hiawatha National Forest in the upper peninsula of Michigan, approximately 15 miles west of Munising, and is generally known for the Rock River and Silver Creek canyons that are about 150 feet deep. Surrounded by wide and expanse ridges, the heavily forested region includes the Eben Ice Caves and Rock River Falls, although there are few trails within the wilderness.

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Twin Waterfalls is part of the Twin Waterfalls Memorial Plant Preserve in Alger County within the city limits of Munising, Michigan. Noted as the 100th sanctuary of the Michigan Nature Association, the 15 acre site includes two waterfalls along Tannery and Memorial Creek in an area dominated by a sandstone escarpment.

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Wagner Falls, with a height of 20 feet and a crest of 8 feet, is located south of Munising, Michigan.

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