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The area is popular for hiking, fishing, camping, boating, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and hunting. The North Country Trail passes through it, and connects with the 11-mile Manistee River Trail to form a 23-mile loop. The highest point in the lower peninsula, Briar Hill (1,706 ft), is located here. The Manistee National Forest is not one ...
Briar Hill, at 1,706 ft, is the second-highest point [1] [failed verification] in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, behind nearby Grove Hill at 1,709 feet. [ 2 ] [ unreliable source? ] It is entirely within the Manistee National Forest .
The hill has a summit elevation of 1,257 ft (383 m) above sea level, over 300 acres and a vertical drop of 457 ft (139 m). The recipient of lake effect snow from nearby Lake Superior , Marquette Mountain Resort receives an average of 150 in (380 cm) of snowfall annually.
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. Facilities provided by the park include an extensive network of backcountry trails for hiking and wilderness backpacking, rustic trailside cabins, modern campgrounds, swimming and boating ...
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Highland State Recreation Area is a 5,900-acre (2,400 ha) state recreation area in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in north Oakland County, 14 miles (23 km) west of Pontiac. Haven Hill Natural Area, within the Highland State Recreation Area, was designated in 1976 as a National Natural Landmark. [1]
The Pathway offers approximately 15 miles of trails open to hiking, cross country skiing, and biking. The Ogemaw Hills Pathway Council non-profit [1] manages the trail system and grooms the trails for cross country skiing. [2] Ogemaw Hills Pathway foot-travel pathway designation bans all motorized vehicle travel and equine use of the trail system.
Briar Hill may refer to the following places: ... Briar Hill, Michigan, ghost town; Briar Hill (Michigan), the highest point in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, U.S.