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Birding backpacks

Contents of birding backpacks available at select Michigan State Parks.

Birding backpacks

Contents of birding backpacks available at select Michigan State Parks.

Select parks have helpful tools to enjoy birding

Sponsored by Project Learning Tree, birding explorer packs are stuffed with tools and activities for outdoor learning, including a compass, binoculars, Michigan species ID pamphlets, an activities guide and more.

Call the park to make arrangements or visit park headquarters (offseason) or the park contact station (summer season) when you arrive to check out a pack.

The following parks have birding backpacks to check out:

  • Bay City State Park
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park
  • Pinckney Recreation Area (in the summer, visit the Bruin Lake campground contact station)
  • Port Crescent State Park
  • Wilderness State Park
  • Warren Dunes State Park (in the summer, visit the campground contact station)
  • Tawas Point State Park
  • Waterloo Recreation Area
State park locator and contact info