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MI
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What we do know
Inside Huron-Manistee National Forest
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Why you'll love it
Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness - Nurnberg Trailhead
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Nurnberg Trailhead is one of two primary points of access to the Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area. This popular trailhead offers a 24-vehicle parking lot, picnic sites, a newly installed automated fee collection station, interpretive signage, and invasive species shoe cleaning stations. This trailhead is not lit.This trailhead offers access to a Nationally Designated Wilderness Area, please familiarize yourself with the enforced regulations and restrictions for use while recreating in this year. Leave No Trace and reduction of invasive species efforts are encouraged to ensure this area for future generations.NOTE: Lake Michigan Recreation Area site trailhead offers 60 parking spaces and additional amenities to day use visitors. Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area (pdf)
Lake Michigan At Manistee
~4 min drive
A worthwhile stop near MI.
Bowman Bridge
~49 min drive
A worthwhile stop near MI.
Butcher Lake
~19 min drive
A worthwhile stop near MI.
Nichols Lake South Campground
~1h 3m drive
A worthwhile stop near MI.
Manistee River - Upper Reaches
~1h 11m drive
Moderate
Sand Lake Campground
~45 min drive
A worthwhile stop near MI.
Gleasons Landing
~52 min drive
A worthwhile stop near MI.
Manistee Lake
~23 min drive
A worthwhile stop near MI.
Platte River - Lower Section
~1h 23m drive
Moderate
Pines Point Campground
~1h 12m drive
A worthwhile stop near MI.
