One of the states of the Midwest Michigan is located in the heart of the Great Lakes. Michigan boasts of its many attractions, famous natural sites, as well as picturesque state and national parks and forests. In addition to the Great Lakes, four of which are in Michigan, the state has about 12,000 internal lakes, 38 deepwater ports, and as many ponds as there are no other US states except Alaska.
Michigan is geographically unique, because it is formed by two large peninsulas, Upper and Lower, and is divided into five regions: the Upper Peninsula, as well as the North, West, Central and Southeast Michigan. Large cities: the capital Lansing, the cities of Detroit, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, Holland, Maxgon, Kalamazoo, Saginaw, Su-Sainte-Marie.
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How to get here
In Michigan, there are several airports, but most arrivals use the Detroit international airport, whose air service allows you to reach any other airport in the state. Grand Rapids Airport, for example, accepts daily flights from different parts of the country. Of the regional airports that have connections to Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Cincinnati, the airports of Detroit, Flint, Lansing, Kalamazoo and Mackegon should be mentioned.
By train
Amtrak provides daily railroad. a message to Michigan from his center in Chicago. The message runs along three lines: the Pere Marquette route follows the Grand Rapids through the cities of St. Joseph and Holland, the Wolverine route follows Pontiac through Kalamazoo, Jackson, Ann Arbor, and Detroit, and the Blue Water route follows Port-Huron via Kalamazoo Lansing and Flint.
By car
In Michigan, you can get on any of the highways that pass through the state. Motorway I-75 leads to Michigan from Ohio, passes through Detroit, Flint, Bay City, Mackinac City and ends at Su-Sainte-Marie.
Motorway I-94 leads to Michigan from Indiana and Illinois, passes through Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Jackson, Ann Arbor, Detroit and ends at Port Huron. Motorway I-196, branching off from I-94, continues to the lake in Grand Rapids.
Motorway I-69, leading from the east of Indiana and Indianapolis, crosses I-94 and passes through Lansing, Flint and Port Huron. Highway 131, off the I-80/90 highway in northern Indiana, passes through Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Cadillac and stretches farther north.
The Upper Peninsula can be accessed from Wisconsin by highway No. 2 passing through Duluth and on Highway 41 from Green Bay or Milwaukee.
In Michigan, there are several border crossings (via bridges and tunnels) from Ontario: the points are located in Detroit (on the Canadian side of Windsor) and Port Huron (on the Canadian side of Sarnia).
On a ferryboat
Automobile and passenger ferries from Milwaukee and Manitowoc, Wisconsin work during the warm months, crossing Lake Michigan and following in Muskegon and Ladington.
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Transport
The most extensive network of American public transport Greyhound covers most of the settlements in most of the state. In several large cities, a network of local bus routes is developed, and in Detroit you can use the services of light rail. But still the car is the best way to travel around the state.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Michigan
Nature has endowed Michigan with many beauties, among which first place is occupied, of course, by the Great Lakes (Erie, Huron, Michigan and Lake Superior). On the territory of Michigan is the Picchad Rocks Nature Reserve, Tahkwamenon Falls, as well as many islands, the largest of which are North Manitou and South Manitou on Lake Michigan, Isle Royal and Grand Island on Lake Superior, Bois Blanc Island and Mackinac Island on Lake Huron.
The Picchad Rocks stretches for 67 km along Lake Superior and covers an area of 296 sq. Km. km between the cities of Munising and Grand Marais. The reserve is noteworthy for its natural arches, waterfalls and sand dunes, and its name came from a colorful rock sandstone located north-east of Munisinga.
Such types of tourism as fishing, sailing and motor-boat rides are popular both on the Great Lakes and on inland lakes. Water in the Great Lakes may seem a bit cool for some even in the summer, but their beaches are as popular as the beaches of warm inland lakes. A popular form of tourism here is also canoeing on the meandering rivers of Michigan, and some even surf, mainly on Lake Michigan.
In winter, water is replaced by snow and ice: anglers fish their fish under the ice, and skiers recline slopes in the most popular state resorts. Detroit is considered the cultural and entertainment center of the metropolitan region: there are four casinos, the largest concert halls, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the theater stage. In Lansing it is worth visiting the Capitol, reconstructed in 1992, and other historic buildings.
Cities of Michigan
No less interesting are the small cities of Michigan: for example, Frankenmus is an exact copy of the Bavarian town, and popular here are the restaurants Zendher and Bavarian Inn, famous for their delicious fried chicken.
If you move from the Lower Peninsula to the Upper Peninsula, or vice versa, it's worth visiting Mackinaw City, St Ignace and Mackinac Island, the last of which is Fort Michilimakino and the old sawmill, both open to the public.
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