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Bikes.Org.UK ranks Copper Harbor Trails #7 in the Top 10 Mountain Bike Trails in the US!
7. Copper Harbor Trails – Copper Harbor, Michigan
Located on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan, the Copper Harbor Trails comprise of over 25 miles of scenic singletrack. It may be somewhat hard to get to, but you get rewarded with flowing singletrack, awesome technical features, tough climbs, fun wood pathways, and fast rollers. The trails are beautifully maintained year-round, and the area has nearby camping and hotels for multi-day trips – which you’ll definitely want to do. Go to Article
Travel & Leisure Magazine has featured Brockway Mountain in it's "America's Best Spring Drives" article!
Brockway Mountain Drive, Michigan -The Route: 9 miles.
This short and sweet scenic drive atop the spine of Brockway Mountain (the highest road in the Midwest) offers sweeping views of Lake Superior and the jagged cliffs along the Upper Michigan coastline. With more than 700 types of wildflowers—not to mention patches of wild strawberries—Brockway is the region’s prime springtime floral spot. Go to Article
Northern Michigan Outdoors: Explore Copper Harbor's Bike Trails - Copper Harbor biking offers spectacular Upper Peninsula biking on nationally-loved mountain bike trails. Go to Article
Bird Watching Magazine article!!
Copper Harbor and Brockway Mountain are the subject of an article in Bird Watching Magazine. Inspired by his visit to the area, editor Chuck Hagner had great things to say about the birding and spring migration here:
Feb 2012 Issue - Michigan's Hawk Mountain - Why a mountain on Michigan’s northernmost peninsula may be the best place in the country to watch northbound hawks in spring. Watching migrating hawks, eagles, falcons, and other birds of prey in the fall is a pleasure and a tradition, and the places where the birds of autumn can be seen easily are as venerated as they are famous. Go to article
Silent Sports Magazine
Driving Human-powered Recreation in the Upper Midwest
Part 1 of 2
When Wayne Fish invited me to join him for a weekend of mountain biking in Copper Harbor, Michigan, he promised a mountain biking experience rarely seen this side of the Rockies. So I checked out www.copperharbor.org and, sure enough, found the following: “Over 21 miles of sweet singletrack. The riding in Copper Harbor is REAL mountain biking and really does not compare with anywhere else in the Midwest.”..Go to article 5/09
Part 2 of 2
Last issue we looked at the unique trail system in Copper Harbor, Michigan, which featured trails that, at times, closely resembled tracks only found in more mountainous terrain. I’m talking primarily about long climbs and descents up to three miles. This month we’ll look at the present and future plans to upgrade this unique Upper Peninsula singletrack system...Go to article 6/09
Midwest Living Magazine
Sea Kayaking in the Midwest
In the northwestern corner of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, you can kayak the 47-mile Portage Lake segment of the Keweenaw Water Trail...Go to article
Copper Harbor trails can take you for a ride -
Article in Durango, Colorado newspaper.
COPPER HARBOR, Mich. - It was my search for a pay phone that led to a chance encounter and unearthed more valuable treasure:
A fantastic system of mountain bike trails, an easy route to cell phone access and, I'd have to say, some new friends. Thank you, Aaron Rogers...Go to article
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