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  • The Ultimate Adventure Guide to the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit

    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

  • #TrailTuesday: Belle Isle's Lighthouse and Blue Heron Lagoon Trail

    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

  • Winter Trails: Snowshoeing vs. Cross-Country Skiing vs. Snow Hiking

    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.

  • Top Ten Outdoor Events near Detroit throughout October 2022

    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

  • Detroit is Losing Young Professionals. Our Outdoors can Win them Back.

    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

  • Embrace the Dark Pt. II: Essential Night Gear for Nocturnal Explorers

    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.

  • The March Survival Guide for Metro Detroit's Outdoor Enthusiasts - 2025 Edition

    opting for your road bike, pavement running shoes, or kayak while the natural trails thaw out, which can take In between those peak periods, hunters can get a little stir crazy - especially during the late winter Like other antlered animals, deer begin to shed their antlers following the late-fall rut when their Last, the location of the shed can identify late-season bedding habits, food sources, and travel corridors Several of Detroit's leading race companies, like our featured partner Running Venture , RF Events ,

  • Tick, Tick, BOOM: Tracking Lyme Disease's Growth in Michigan - and How to Avoid It

    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.

  • Vote the Outdoors: How the 2024 Elections Could Impact Outdoor Recreation in Michigan

    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.

  • Michigan's Outdoor Ecosystem is Evolving - and the Headlines are Following

    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

  • Blood on the Ice: Remembering the Battle of River Raisin

    Re-named in honor of President James Monroe in 1817, the city straddles the River Raisin as it makes its final approach towards Lake Erie. well as household name companies like La-Z-Boy. Filled with people - no, let's make them soldiers. Screaming and running for their lives. Harrison with the task of recapturing Detroit and securing the United States' control of the Great Lakes

  • Exploring the Detroit Free Press Marathon's 4 Most Iconic Routes

    paused my morning run in the middle of one of the most striking architectural landmarks in the Great Lakes unfolding in front of us illuminated and contrasted the glowing skylines of Downtown Detroit and Windsor like And how many would have their perception of the Detroit region forever altered by experiences like that as part of their pre-race prep - especially anyone who has never visited Detroit before - then we'd like They will most likely be taking selfies at the mid-point of the tunnel, with one foot in Canada and the

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