Any recommendations on routes in Michigan UP? Planning to tour the UP this summer and looking for some great rides

 

Go down to monroe & take the thumb up and around to the bridge SR25 along lake Huron from Port Huron to bay city is supposed to be great!

 

When are you planning on going and how long do you have to get there?

 

No matter the weather where you start, plan for winter conditions. The wind blowing off Lake Superior will chill you to the bone if you dont have the right clothes.

 

I recommend going during the black fly invasion

 

I travel up there on business & have gone snowmobiling .......don't know the "scenic riding routes".........However (& this is an important one)

Watch Out For Deer.......I have had a few dart out in front of me over the years.

.......& on a side note, we have ran snowmobiles in the Porkupine Mountain area.......beautiful area.

WD

 

Looking at going in late July

 

I grew up in Marquette,I suggest hitting there and the Munising area. Been about 12 years though,don't think it changed that much. I want to go back on my bike 1 of these days.

 

We took a trip last summer to Copper Harbor, It was beautiful around the Penninsula. It does blow cold off the water. Stick with the shoreline drives its a great ride. We also did a ride thru Canada across the georgian bay and took the Ferry across at Trebomory. then head to Sudbury and back into Mi at the Sault. when you get off the ferry and your island hopping its great scenery all the way back to the sault.

 

Sticking with the shore line is the way to go. Not much on the very top except open road and beautiful country. On the Michigan side Leelanlau,Travercity Big Bear Dunes are all places to see.
In Lundington there is a nice little ice cream parlor..great food. I'll have to get the name, but its pretty big and maybe 5 blocks from the lake. Grand Haven Michigan has some cool places a long the inlet waterway (boardwalk). Holiday Inn is on the water.I did the trip a long time ago and it was great. We also have a cottage near Lundington.