Area 42.54 km² Established 1928 | Phone +1 231-436-5381 | |
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Address 903 Wilderness Park Dr, Carp Lake, MI 49718, USA Management Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ||
Wilderness state park under the radar pure michigan
Wilderness State Park is a 10,512-acre (4,254 ha) state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Emmet County in Northern Michigan. The nearest towns are Carp Lake and Mackinaw City. The state park is operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The Department has, as of 2006, approved a proposal that 4,492 acres (1,818 ha) (more than 50% of the state park) be officially dedicated as a wilderness area.
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- Wilderness state park under the radar pure michigan
- Camping at wilderness state park michigan
- Description
- Facilities and activities
- References
Camping at wilderness state park michigan
Description
One of the most prominent physical features of the park is Waugoshance Point, which juts westward into northern Lake Michigan. Beyond the tip of the point, Temperance Island and Waugoshance Island are also parts of the state park. Waugoshance Point and the adjacent islands were described, as of 2006, as containing approximately one-third of the remaining Great Lakes habitat suitable for nesting by the endangered piping plover.
Wilderness State Park contains populations of many animals that are part of the traditional image of the northern Great Lakes ecosystem, including American black bear, beaver, bobcats, mink, muskrats, and otter. There have been unconfirmed reports of wolves in the Waugoshance Point area; the most recent being in 1997.
Four Lake Michigan lighthouses are situated near the park's western boundary. Stations at: Grays Reef, Skillagalee Island, Waugoshance, and White Shoal, warn shipping away from the dangerous reefs and shoals of Waugoshance Point.