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Hartwick Pines State Park is a public recreation area covering 9,762 acres (3,951 ha) in Crawford County near Grayling and Interstate 75 on the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The state park contains an old-growth forest of white pines and red pines, known as the Hartwick Pines. It is claimed by the Michigan Department of Natural ...
Pinus strobus, commonly called the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine[2] is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland, Canada, west through the Great Lakes region to southeastern Manitoba and Minnesota, United States, and south along the Appalachian ...
Copper mining in the Upper Peninsula boomed, and from 1845 until 1887 (when it was exceeded by Butte, Montana) the Michigan Copper Country was the nation's leading producer of copper. In most years from 1850 through 1881, Michigan produced more than three-quarters of the nation's copper, and in 1869 produced more than 95% of the country's copper.
Michigan Nature Assoc. (non-profit) Estivant Pines Nature Sanctuary is a 508-acre (2.06 km 2) nature sanctuary in Keweenaw County, Michigan. It is maintained and preserved by the Michigan Nature Association. One of the larger white pine trees in the Sanctuary. The area was originally part of a 2,400-acre tract of land owned by Edward Estivant ...
Area code. 906 [a] The Upper Peninsula of Michigan —also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop —is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac. It is bounded primarily by Lake Superior to the north ...
The Michigan State Capitol is 267 feet (81 metres) from the ground to the tip of finial/spire above the dome. The building is 420 ft 2 in (128.07 m) long and 273 ft 11 in (83.49 m) wide (including approaches). The capitol occupies 1.16 acres (4,700 m 2), has a perimeter of 1,520 ft (460 m). [12]
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, ... Michigan: Eastern white pine: Pinus strobus: 1955 [30] Minnesota: Red pine (aka Norway pine)
The best scenic drives in metro Detroit: Here's where you'll find them Week of Oct. 14: Peak fall colors in most of Michigan's Up North. Much of the northern part of the state should be in peak ...