It's Time To
Elevate Your Adventures
Discover connection with nature that calms and excursions that heighten the experience.
Explore These Outdoor Wonders
If your vision of a flawless snow day is old-fashioned outdoor ice skating or snowshoeing through peaceful winter woods — consider this your cold-weather oasis. But if you’re partial to a bit more adventure, our natural spaces offer that, too.
Explore America's longest canopy walk, four stories high in a snowcapped forest, or pack down the powder on fat bikes or cross-country skis. Venture out to experience one of Michigan's top winter walleye fisheries — and find more excuses than you’ll ever need to get out in the fresh, open air.
Things To Do
There's a special hush when winter arrives in Pure Michigan's Great Lakes Bay Region, best broken by the sounds of activity-fed laughter. On snowshoe, ski, or sled, skate blades or fat tires, snowboard or toboggan, on land or frozen water — this is the place for snowy fun!
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Dow Gardens Canopy Walk
Go Great
With sunshine and fresh air beckoning, let this list of favorite outdoor attractions inspire your adventures in Pure Michigan's Great Lakes Bay Region this spring!
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Go Great
Follow the sunshine, fresh air, and this list of top outdoor attractions to make the most of your summer adventures when you Go Great Lakes Bay in Pure Michigan!
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Go Great
Take picturesque hikes & colorful boat tours, peruse apple orchards & sip on cider, pedal trolleys through leafy streets & ride ziplines through the trees! Pull on your boots, bring a light jacket, and be ready for these must-experience fall excursions when you Go Great Lakes Bay in Pure Michigan!
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Outdoors by Season
Lush forests and scenic trails are spectacular any time of year. But the experience? It’s entirely different in each Pure Michigan season.
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Outdoor Attractions
If 100 miles of scenic, snowy trails weren’t enough — these outdoor winter excursions will draw you in even closer to nature.
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Trails
In any season and however you’ll see them — discover our Great Lakes Bay trails’ most flawless miles.
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Biking
With unspoiled miles of regional trail and mountain biking loops through Midland City Forest, this place has paths that can soothe the soul or satisfy an adventurous spirit.
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Birding
Thanks to its unique real estate where two biotic provinces overlap — bringing a blend of flora and fauna you won't find anyplace else — the Great Lakes Bay is a birder’s oasis.
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Parks
When our green spaces get covered in a blanket of winter-white, these parks take on a whole new charm.
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December 15th
Downtown Bay City
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December 21st
Frankenmuth Ice Rink - Zehnder Park
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December 21st
Frankenmuth Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau
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December 21st
Hayes Park (Tittabawassee Township Park)
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December 21st
Frankenmuth River Place Shops - South Parking Lot
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December 22nd
Frankenmuth Ice Rink - Zehnder Park
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