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Even repeat hikes of a particular crowd-favorite trail like Brighton's Penosha Trail follow this trend dead center of our international environment, where every natural, cultural, and historic feature that makes Scott Memorial Fountain, Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle Aquarium, Belle Isle Nature Center, Dossin Great Lakes Erected in honor of the long-time president of the Lake Carriers Association, this ornamental lighthouse bridge to breathtaking views of the lagoon, the Detroit River, Peche Island, and the great beyond of Lake

at Hart Plaza will invite Detroit residents and visitors alike to participate in immersive exhibits, take Especially at times when the whole city bursts to life like during the NFL Draft. As any visitor to Motown can attest, there's no skyline quite like that of Downtown Detroit. The Expedition Detroit team is proud to represent the Michigan DNR's largest commercial provider of guided 24% DISCOUNT WITH CODE "DETROIT2024" Do you host an upcoming outdoor event that you would like to be

No, that's not a nod to the north and south poles existing in a state of perpetual, Narnia-like winter Should I bust out the snowshoes for the first time this season or lace up the hiking boots? Should Snowshoe As "long-time" Expedition Detroit readers know (and hopefully appreciate), we don't like powder conditions, snowshoes will easily and efficiently guide you through the least hospitable of Great Lakes Your legs, lower back, and triceps will likely ache.

feat, but any of these events will be a highlight of the best month to explore our corner of the Great Lakes With the month of October halfway gone, why not take “Spooky Season” to another level by hiking in a for this event states, in all caps, “THIS IS NOT A HAUNTED ATTRACTION,” but come on… if that doesn’t make you superstitious, it must make you at least a littlestitious… 9. - I don’t know how the race planners perfectly time that year after year, but it’s the icing on the cake

at Expedition Detroit couldn't imagine a better "base camp" location than this corner of the Great Lakes Denver, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and North Carolina. OUTDOORS "I think a big one for me would be safety in a city, being able to walk around and feeling like On the community front, organizations like Thrive Outside Detroit have curated events geared towards Initiatives like the Joe Louis Greenway are creating hundreds of miles of safe, accessible, and stunningly

While most of the Detroit region's inner waterways fall under Michigan state jurisdiction, the Great Lakes Clair River, Lake St. Clair, the Detroit River, and Lake Erie. Every snap of a twig or looming shadow can feel like a threat. Darkness makes terrain more challenging, even on your local, familiar trails. Take advantage of a full moon.

safely enjoy a campfire - without starting a wildfire that engulfs our entire corner of the Great Lakes The alternative looks something like this: Here in Michigan, our most recent 2,400-acre wildfire near proper fire maintenance education is sorely needed across North America - and especially in the Great Lake If you can break it, then the sound of the break should crackle like a burning log. In other words, if it sounds like a burning log, then it will act like a burning log. 3.

And no, this near-catastrophic event did not occur in the 1800s or early 1900s like so many other mass-extinction licenses providing a key funding source for the DNR's operations, the active management of wild species like For this and many other reasons, outdoor ethics organizations like Leave No Trace have endorsed ethical Several of these are in the Detroit region, but two are uniquely located within the same township: Seven Lakes New to Michigan turkey hunting and would like additional resources? You're in luck.

order to expand, improve, operate, maintain, and acquire parks, recreational facilities, open spaces, lakes structures, and acquiring approximately 51 acres of land for such community center and related facilities, making That outcome can only be realized if we make our voices heard and our votes count.

I turned to make eye contact with the only other Michigander presiding over our mini episode of "Shark The listed "Wow Factors" include 13.6 million acres of public land, 1 national park, 2 national lakeshores parks, 5,292 miles of hiking trails, 9,345 miles of mountain-bike trails, 3,288 miles of pure Great Lakes Michigan shocked the recreational world by "Good Morning America" naming Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore From large government bodies like the Department of Natural Resources and Huron-Clinton Metroparks to

Fortunately, we in the Detroit region can make such borderline rash decisions with diminished risk. the United States, Elliot has left at least 62 people dead - most of which in Buffalo, NY, a Great Lakes city with a similar climate as our own (although admittedly more in the direct fire of lake-effect snow A few years ago, my wife and I decided to take a break from a ski trip out west to go snowshoeing in While that's a huge bonus for our warmer-weather water recreation activities, our abundant lakes, rivers

Have no fear - Expedition Detroit is here with an intro on our regional pest and steps you can take to Summer is in full swing and Michiganders have taken to the outdoors to take advantage of guided hikes , lake-life, biking trails, and…… TICKS!?!   During the transmission phase of a tick's feeding, ticks may transfer a litany of diseases like rocky Make sure your doctor is aware of the timing and setting of your tick exposure.