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 day outdoors is casting lines into calm waters or exploring unspoiled, scenic trails — consider this place your 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 the forest treetops, or go ziplining through an aerial park. Ecotour the "Everglades of Michigan" or immerse yourself in gorgeous botanical gardens — and find more excuses than you’ll ever need to get out in the fresh, open air.
Things To Do
With sunshine & fresh air beckoning, let this list of favorite outdoor attractions inspire your adventures when you Go Great Lakes Bay in Michigan this spring!
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Dow Gardens Canopy Walk
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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Go Great
There's a special hush when winter arrives in Pure Michigan, best broken by the sounds of activity-fed laughter. On snowshoe, ski, or sled, skate blades or fat tires, on land or frozen water — this is the place for snowy fun!
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Outdoors by Season
Lush forests & 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 cool freshwaters and close to 100 miles of scenic trails weren’t enough — these outdoor attractions will draw you in even closer to nature.
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Trails
In any season and however you’ll see them — discover our 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 & fauna you won't find anyplace else — the Great Lakes Bay is a birder’s oasis.
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Parks
When it comes to simple, unspoiled greenspaces, these pocket parks have an allure all their own.
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Farms + Orchards
Find more than you came for at these apple orchards & pumpkin farms, cider mills & berry patches — in a taste of Pure Michigan that’s sweet & perfectly simple.
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Golf
Spend a weekend finessing your long drives at two of Michigan's must-play public golf courses, Apple Mountain and The Fortress, or an afternoon sharpening up your short game at more than a dozen others.
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March 27th
Birch Run Speedway & Gas Alley Bar & Grille
There are future dates for this event.
