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Michigan State Forests Map. The following is a list of state forests in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources manages the largest state forest system in the nation (2.8 million acres (16,000 km 2)), administered by the Forest Resources Division. In literature describing recreational uses of state forest lands ...
The park is home to the last climax beech-maple forest in Michigan, which occupies 200 acres (0.81 km 2). The virgin North American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and sugar maple (Acer saccharum) forest has specimens 125 feet (38 m) tall and with girths greater than 5 feet (1.5 m) in diameter.
The state park includes a campground, day-use area, and network of four-season trails for summer hiking and winter cross-country skiing. The Old Growth Forest Trail to the pine grove is a loop 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km) long. The Old Growth Forest is an even-aged stand of pines estimated to be between 350 and 375 years old.
English: Map of Michigan State Forests and Management Units - United States. Date: 25 August 2011: Source: Own work: Author: Bamyers99:
An 11,680-acre (47.3 km 2) parcel within the Au Sable State Forest, the Dead Stream Swamp, located 30 miles northeast of Cadillac, is described by its owner/operator, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, as "an exceptionally large example of a northern white cedar freshwater swamp forest (Thuja occidentalis), considered to be the climax in bog forest development."
The Mackinaw State Forest is a 717,500-acre (2,904 km 2) forested area owned by the U.S. state of Michigan and operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.It is located in the northern area of the Lower Peninsula within the eight counties of Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego, and Presque Isle.
Interlochen State Park, originally called Pine Park, was established in 1917 when the Michigan Legislature paid $60,000 for the land, making it the State of Michigan's first officially recognized state park. [3] [4] It was created to preserve for future generations the virgin pine stand (Pinus strobus). [5]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... List of Michigan state forests; A. Au Sable State Forest; C. Copper Country State Forest; E.