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Recreation Heritage Routes

  • M-35 between Gladstone and Menominee is now the "U.P. Hidden Coast Recreation Heritage Route." This 64-mile Heritage Route passes through Delta and Menominee counties on the western shoreline of Lake Michigan in the central Upper Peninsula. It features parks, waterways, forests, trails, attractions, boat launches, harbors, historical sites and campgrounds.
  • The Sunrise Side Coastal Highway, US-23 from Standish to Mackinaw City.
  • M-15, "...miles of smiles" is Michigan's first Recreational Heritage Route. This 90-mile route has many surprises for the visitor willing to divert from their normal course of travel.
  • The natural beauty of the Chief Noonday Trail (M-179), coupled with its many recreational and historic sites, make this an outstanding Heritage Route. This area was once the hunting ground for native woodland Indians. It continues to heavily wooded and inhabited by a wide variety of wildlife. A large portion of the road is bordered by state owned land. This is the gateway to the Yankee Springs Recreational area and the Barry State Game Area. The combination of state and local facilities provide the visitor a wide variety of recreational and historic opportunities. Activities available include camping, hiking, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting, biking, horseback riding, water an cross country skiing, berry and mushroom picking, photography and visits to historical sites and museums.
  • Woodward Avenue ( M-1), southeast Michigan's Main Street is home to many of Michigan's historic, recreational and cultural jewels. This 28 miles of asphalt ribbon is rich in 200 years of urban history, bright with city lights and shaded in suburban green. That ribbon entwines Detroit's theater, art, education and medical centers with neighborhoods both grand and faded. It ties together stable suburban middle class residential streets and wealthy enclaves and links strips of independent retail shops with landscaped professional office centers, bustling small downtown districts and industrial giants.
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