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  • Porcupine Mountains Wilderness leads in USA Today's 'Best State Parks' poll

    03/14/2015 5:06:24 AM PDT · by cripplecreek · 39 replies
    Mlive.com ^ | March 13, 2015 | Garret Ellison
    ONTONAGON, MI -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources hopes you'll think "Porkies" when considering which state park is best in the U.S. The Upper Peninsula's Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is leading the pack among 19 other state parks across the country vying for the title of "Best State Park" in a new USA Today travel awards poll. The 60,000-acre park near Ontonagon on the shores of Lake Superior is one of the few remaining large wilderness areas in the Midwest, according to the Michigan DNR. The park is popular with hikers drawn to the large tracts of towering...