# Road trips in Michigan > 6 road trips and 21 hand-picked places in Michigan, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/michigan/ 6 road trips and 21 hand-picked places in Michigan, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. ## Road trips through Michigan - [Tunnel of Trees and Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-tunnel-of-trees-eastern-up/): A canopy road above Lake Michigan, the Mackinac Bridge, Tahquamenon Falls and freighters at the Soo Locks. - [Marquette to Copper Harbor on the Keweenaw](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-keweenaw-copper-country/): Lake Superior cliffs, copper mines and ghost towns, and the highest drive in the Midwest at the tip of the Keweenaw. - [Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula’s Lake Michigan shore](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-mackinac-island-up/): Forts at the Straits of Mackinac, a car-free island reached by ferry, then west on US-2 to the Big Spring and the Fayette ghost town. - [Lake Michigan’s sunset coast: Saugatuck to Ludington](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-west-michigan-shore/): Art-town Saugatuck, Dutch Holland, pier lighthouses and the dunes of Silver Lake and Ludington along Michigan’s western shore. - [Lake Michigan's dune coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/michigan-shore/): Big dunes and the Mighty Mac bridge. - [Lake Superior’s north and south shores](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lake-superior/): Split Rock lighthouse, Grand Marais, the Apostle Islands and the cliffs of Pictured Rocks. ## Places worth the detour in Michigan - [Sleeping Bear Dunes](https://camping-spirit.com/places/sleeping-bear/): Sand bluffs 450 feet above Lake Michigan. The Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive has the best overlooks. - [Pictured Rocks](https://camping-spirit.com/places/pictured-rocks/): Sandstone cliffs streaked with mineral colours above Lake Superior. See them by boat or kayak. - [Tunnel of Trees (M-119)](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-tunnel-of-trees/): A narrow, winding road under a canopy of hardwoods on the bluff above Lake Michigan. There is no center line; big RVs should skip it. - [Tahquamenon Falls](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-tahquamenon-falls/): A 200-foot-wide waterfall colored root-beer brown by tannins, with the Lower Falls four miles downstream. A lovely trail links both. - [Brockway Mountain Drive](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-brockway-mountain/): The highest road between the Rockies and the Alleghenies, a ridge drive with views over Lake Superior. Hawks migrate past in spring. - [Grand Haven South Pierhead Lights](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-grand-haven-light/): Two red lighthouses linked by a catwalk at the end of a long pier, at the mouth of the Grand River. Walk out at sunset from Grand Haven State Park; stay off the pier in storms. - [Fort Mackinac](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-fort-mackinac/): A limestone fort on the bluff above the harbor, first built by the British in 1780, with rifle and cannon firings in summer. Reach the island by passenger ferry; cars are banned there. - [Kitch-iti-kipi](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-kitch-iti-kipi/): Michigan’s largest freshwater spring, a clear green pool 12 m deep, crossed on a hand-pulled raft with a window in the middle. In Palms Book State Park; a recreation passport is needed. - [Mackinac Bridge](https://camping-spirit.com/places/mackinac-bridge/): A five-mile suspension bridge linking Michigan's two peninsulas. Ferries to car-free Mackinac Island leave nearby. - [Whitefish Point Light and Shipwreck Museum](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-whitefish-point/): The oldest active light on Lake Superior and a museum that displays the bell of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Also a major spring bird migration spot. - [Soo Locks](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-soo-locks/): Watch 1,000-foot freighters rise and drop between Lake Superior and Lake Huron from the free viewing platform. - [Presque Isle Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-presque-isle-park/): A wooded peninsula with a one-way loop drive, red sandstone cliffs and Black Rocks, where locals jump into Lake Superior. - [Quincy Mine](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-quincy-mine/): A copper mine with a huge steam hoist; tours ride a cog tram down to an underground adit. Part of Keweenaw National Historical Park. - [Fort Wilkins Historic State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-fort-wilkins/): A restored 1844 army post on Lake Fanny Hooe, near the tip of the Keweenaw, with a campground and a short walk to the harbor. - [Mount Baldhead](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-mount-baldhead/): A wooden stairway of 302 steps climbs a dune above the Kalamazoo River to a view over Saugatuck, and trails lead down to Oval Beach on Lake Michigan. Park at the foot of the stairs on Park Street. - [Windmill Island Gardens](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-windmill-island/): De Zwaan, a working 18th-century Dutch windmill moved from the Netherlands in 1964, stands among gardens with a carousel. Tulip Time in early May brings millions of tulips to Holland. - [Silver Lake Sand Dunes](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-silver-lake-dunes/): A wide dune field between Silver Lake and Lake Michigan with an off-road area for vehicles and a separate pedestrian area. Part of Silver Lake State Park; a recreation passport is needed. - [Ludington State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-ludington-sp/): Dunes, forest and beach between Lake Michigan and Hamlin Lake, with a walk of about 3 km each way to Big Sable Point Lighthouse. Popular campgrounds book up months ahead. - [Colonial Michilimackinac](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-colonial-michilimackinac/): A reconstructed 1770s French and British fur trading fort and village under the Mackinac Bridge, with costumed interpreters and an active archaeological dig. Open from May to October. - [Arch Rock](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-arch-rock/): A limestone natural arch 44 m above Lake Huron on the east side of Mackinac Island. Reach it by bike or on foot from town; a lower viewpoint on the shore road looks up at it. - [Fayette Historic State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-fayette/): A ghost town of an 1870s iron-smelting company on Snail Shell Harbor, with a furnace complex, hotel and houses below white limestone cliffs. Free walking tour; open all year, buildings in summer. ## FAQs **What are the best road trips in Michigan?** Popular routes include Tunnel of Trees and Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula, Marquette to Copper Harbor on the Keweenaw, Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula’s Lake Michigan shore and Lake Michigan’s sunset coast: Saugatuck to Ludington. CampingSpirit has 6 trip guides that pass through Michigan, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map. **Which places in Michigan are worth a detour?** Our editors recommend Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pictured Rocks, Tunnel of Trees (M-119), Tahquamenon Falls, Brockway Mountain Drive and Grand Haven South Pierhead Lights.