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Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is a great outdoors vacations for the entire family. It is a beautiful state park with lots to see and do. From wildlife to hiking and camping, it is an adventure for all seasons! It is an ideal vacation for a family that is seeking a get-a-way from the modern world and shows the raw majesty of nature.

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GREAT FAMILY VACATIONS:
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STATE PARK
By: Corie Harkness

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is located at the Western corner of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan. It is the largest state park in that state and is a true gem for a great family vacation. Accessible during all seasons of the year, this state park has many things to offer for a family looking for adventure in the great outdoors.
Porcupine Mountains encompass 60,000 acres with native hemlock forests and towering pines and sturdy birches. Its terrain is rugged and wild and it sits at the shore of Lake Superior. Many rivers teeming with various species of trout cut through these forests and waterfalls are a common sight. This state park got its name from the Ojibwa Indians, who named the ‘small mountains’ so because, with their tall trees, they looked like crouched porcupines.
During the spring and summer months, campers have their choice of two campgrounds, the Union Bay and Presque Isle. The Presque Isle campground is very close to some impressive waterfalls. The Union Bay is the largest campground and is the only one that offers electricity and showers. Some sites sit at the edge of Lake Superior itself and this is the closest campground to the visitor center and a shop where canoes, kayaks, and mountain bikes can be rented. This campground is also the closest to the park’s most popular lake, the Lake of the Clouds. This

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