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Algonac State Park is a public recreation area covering 1,550 acres (630 ha) along the St. Clair River, two miles north of the city of Algonac in St. Clair County, Michigan, United States.
Wilderness State Park is a public recreation area bordering Lake Michigan, five miles southwest of Mackinaw City in Emmet County in Northern Michigan. The state park 's 12,800 acres (5,200 ha) include 26 miles (42 km) of shoreline, diverse forested dune and swale complexes, wetlands, camping areas, and many miles of hiking trails. [ 3 ]
There are 14 federal wilderness areas; the majority of these are also tribal-designated wildernesses. It has one of the largest state forest systems as well having four national forests . The state maintains a large state park system and there are also regional parks , and county, township and city parks.
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Porcupine Mountains State Park was established in 1945 to protect the area's large stand of old-growth forest, much of it of the "maple-hemlock" type. In 1972, Michigan passed the Wilderness and Natural Areas Act. This act gave the park the new designation of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.
Delirium Wilderness is a 11,870-acre (48.0 km 2) wilderness area in Chippewa County, within the Hiawatha National Forest in the U.S. state of Michigan. [2] [3] The wilderness is forested and flat-to-rolling, with its lower reaches often characterized as a swamp. Elevations range from 590 to 890 feet (180 to 270 m).
The Horseshoe Bay Wilderness is a 3,787-acre (15.33 km 2) wilderness area in the U.S. state of Michigan. It borders Horseshoe Bay, a shallow bay that is part of the extreme northwest corner of Lake Huron adjacent to the Straits of Mackinac. The wilderness area is overseen by the United States Forest Service as part of the Hiawatha National ...