Marble Head Trail

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Marble Head Trail is an 8.6-mile (13.8 km) trail located on Drummond Island within Drummond Township, Michigan. There is no cost or fee to hike this particular trail. Marble Head Trail gets its name from the cliff area, also named Marble Head, which is first place in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to view sunrise. Marble Head looks out over Lake Huron, one of the three Great Lakes that touch the Upper Peninsula.

Drummond Township, Michigan Civil township in Michigan, United States

Drummond Island Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,058 at the 2010 census.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan Northern major peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan

The Upper Peninsula (UP), also known as Upper Michigan, is the northern of the two major peninsulas that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. The peninsula is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east by the St. Marys River, and on the southeast by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Geographically, the Upper Peninsula has a land boundary with Wisconsin, and over-water boundaries with Minnesota and Ontario (Canada). Upper Peninsula counties also include nearby islands such as Grand, Drummond, Mackinac, and Bois Blanc, and more distant Isle Royale.

Lake Huron one of the Great Lakes of North America

Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as its westerly counterpart, to which it is connected by the 5-mile-wide (8.0 km), 20-fathom-deep Straits of Mackinac. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the state of Michigan in the United States. The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the Huron people inhabiting the region. The Huronian glaciation was named due to evidence collected from Lake Huron region. The northern parts of the lake include the North Channel and Georgian Bay. Across the lake to the southwest is Saginaw Bay. The main inlet is the St. Marys River, and the main outlet is the St. Clair River.

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References

Hansen, Eric. Hiking Michigan's Upper Peninsula a Guide to the Greatest Hiking Adventures in the U.P. Morris Book Publishing, LLC. ISBN   978-0-7627-2588-5. 

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