The state of Michigan has 360,000 acres of land within its state parks and recreation areas.
That amount of space is surely big enough for so many different activities! From camping to hiking, there are many ways to enjoy the outdoors in our beautiful state.
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AllTrails, a hiking app, has collected data and discovered some of the most popular parks in the state according to its users.
Below are the top 15 state parks according to AllTrails
- Maybury State Park
- Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
- Tahquamenon Falls State Park
- Saugatuck Dunes State Park
- Warren Dunes State Park
- Seven Lakes State Park
- Ludington State Park
- P.J. Hoffmaster Stae Park
- Muskegon State Park
- Laughing Whitefish Falls State Park
- Grand Mere State Park
- Holland State Park
- Sleepy Hollow State Park
- Petoskey State Park
- Bay City State Park
Here are the top 10 trails in the state
- Mosquito Falls and Chapel Falls via Chapel Loop -- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- Route type: Loop
- Length: 10.2 miles
- Empire Bluff Trail -- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
- Route type: Out and back
- Length 1.5 miles
- Chapel Falls and Chapel Beach -- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- Route type: Out and back
- Length 6.8 miles
- The Manistee River Loop Trail -- Manistee National Forest
- Route type: Loop
- Length: 19.2 miles
- Chapel Falls -- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- Route type: Out and back
- Length: 3 miles
- Dune Climb Trail -- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
- Route type: Out and back
- Length: 3.6 miles
- Crooked Lake Trail -- Pinckney Recreation Area
- Route type: Loop
- Length 4.4 miles
- Sugarloaf Mountain -- Marquette
- Route type: Loop
- Length: 1.4 miles
- Miners Falls Trail -- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- Route type: Out and back
- Length 1.2 miles
- Penosha Trail -- Brighton State Recreation Area
- Route type: Loop
- Length: 4.9 miles