{"id":339,"date":"2013-07-14T00:52:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T00:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymichigantrips.com\/wp\/?p=339"},"modified":"2016-01-30T01:54:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T01:54:50","slug":"tahquamenon-falls-state-park-camping-hiking-and-photos-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymichigantrips.com\/wp\/tahquamenon-falls-state-park-camping-hiking-and-photos-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Tahquamenon Falls State Park – Camping, Hiking and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tahquamenon Falls State Park <\/strong>– July 12-14, 2013<\/p>\n

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This summer we planned two different trips up to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Our first trip was in the eastern UP and Straits area with stops at Straits State Park, Tahquamenon Falls, Grand Marais and Wilderness State Park. We left after work on Thursday and drove up over the bridge and spent the night at the Straits State Park. This is the second time now that we have stayed just for the night in one of the pull through sites here. It breaks up the driving and it is nice that you do not use half of your first day of vacation just getting over the bridge.<\/p>\n

Even up in the UP we had some of the warmest and most humid weather of the season. This also made for some unstable weather although it never rained for very long. The warm humid weather and the cool spring made conditions perfect for pesky bugs. The black flies and mosquito’s were the worst that we have seen them up here. Fortunately right in the campgrounds at Grand Marais and Wilderness State Park it was a little better.<\/p>\n

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We were settled into our site at the Straits State Park with just enough time to walk down to the lower campground and see the last of the sunset behind the Mighty Mac. Walking back up the road to our site we had the first taste of the small biting bugs that would follow us for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n

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Naomikong Pont – Lake Superior Shallows Area:<\/h5>\n

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The drive from St Ignace up to Tahquamenon Falls is only about 1.5 hours so we planned a stop to explore the beach on Tahquamenon Bay. The Lake Superior Shallows day use Area is located 5 miles east of US123 on the Whitefish Bay Scenic Route. There are 2 different pull offs about 2 miles apart. We stopped at the 2nd parking area. Each has several parking spaces, picnic tables and pit toilets.<\/p>\n

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The beach here sandy, but narrow. The real attraction here is wading and swimming in the warm shallow water the extends a few hundred yards off shore.<\/p>\n