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Road trips in Michigan

7 road trips and 24 hand-picked places in Michigan, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping.

Trip guides
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Places
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Campsites in Michigan 1,102

Trip guides

Road trips through Michigan

Tunnel of Trees and Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula – aerial view of a bridgePhoto by Dillon Austin on Unsplash
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Scenic byways

Tunnel of Trees and Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula

182 mi9 stops4 days
Marquette to Copper Harbor on the Keweenaw – A rocky cliff covered in green trees overlooking calm blue waterPhoto by Jake Kling on Unsplash
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Scenic byways

Marquette to Copper Harbor on the Keweenaw

143 mi8 stops4 days
Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula’s Lake Michigan shore – Colonial Fort Michilimackinac in Winter© TracieMichelle · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Scenic byways

Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula’s Lake Michigan shore

194 mi9 stops3 days
Lake Michigan’s sunset coast: Saugatuck to Ludington – Saugatuck, Michigan© WMrapids · CC0
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Coast & island drives

Lake Michigan’s sunset coast: Saugatuck to Ludington

236 mi9 stops4 days
Lake Michigan's dune coast – a view of the ocean from a hillPhoto by Jeff DeWitt on Unsplash
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RV & family trips

Lake Michigan's dune coast

399 mi5 stops3 days
Lake Superior’s north and south shores – body of water near island with trees and lighthousePhoto by Luke Tanis on Unsplash
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Scenic byways

Lake Superior’s north and south shores

495 mi7 stops4 days
Rocky shore, pine forest and the biggest freshwater lake: by motorhome around Lake Superior in Ontario – Agawa River, Ontario© Photo by and ©2004 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5
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In-depth road trip guides

Rocky shore, pine forest and the biggest freshwater lake: by motorhome around Lake Superior in Ontario

442 mi12 stops5 days
RouteSuggested daysDistanceDrivingStops
Tunnel of Trees and Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula4182 mi3 h 15 min9
Marquette to Copper Harbor on the Keweenaw4143 mi2 h 33 min8
Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula’s Lake Michigan shore3194 mi3 h 28 min9
Lake Michigan’s sunset coast: Saugatuck to Ludington4236 mi4 h 13 min9
Lake Michigan's dune coast3399 mi7 h 07 min5
Lake Superior’s north and south shores4495 mi8 h 51 min7
Rocky shore, pine forest and the biggest freshwater lake: by motorhome around Lake Superior in Ontario5442 mi7 h 54 min12
Editor's picks

Places worth the detour in Michigan

Sleeping Bear Dunes - panoramio© bogdanstepniak · CC BY 3.0
Editor's pick
Nature

Sleeping Bear Dunes

Empire, MI
Pictured Rocks (221060049)© Isabella Rick · CC BY 3.0
Editor's pick
Nature

Pictured Rocks

Munising, MI
Editor's pick
Views

Tunnel of Trees (M-119)

Good Hart, MI
Tahquamenon Falls 2025a© Antony-22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editor's pick
Nature

Tahquamenon Falls

Paradise, MI
Brockway Mountain Drive – Eagle Harbor Township, MI, USA - panoramio© Helman34 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editor's pick
Views

Brockway Mountain Drive

Copper Harbor, MI
Grand Haven South Pierhead Lights – Blue skies over lighthouse (3376018464)© wsilver · CC BY 2.0
Editor's pick
Views

Grand Haven South Pierhead Lights

Grand Haven, MI
Fort Mackinac© Donovan Squires · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editor's pick
History

Fort Mackinac

Mackinac Island, MI
Kitch-iti-kipi – China King Chinese restaurant and Main Street Pizza on South Cedar Street (53894436224)© Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0
Editor's pick
Nature

Kitch-iti-kipi

Manistique, MI
Porcupine Mountains, Lake of the Clouds – Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in spring 2023 - 057© Curtis Abert · CC BY 2.0
Editor's pick
Nature

Porcupine Mountains, Lake of the Clouds

Silver City, MI
Mackinac Bridge – aerial view of a bridgePhoto by Dillon Austin on Unsplash
Views

Mackinac Bridge

Mackinaw City, MI
Whitefish Point Light and Shipwreck Museum – Whitefish Point Light 2026© TCP04 · CC BY 4.0
History

Whitefish Point Light and Shipwreck Museum

Paradise, MI
Soo Locks – ALGOCEN (10508517965)© Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0
Oddities

Soo Locks

Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Ore Docks viewed from Presque Isle Park, Marquette, MI© Wickanninish · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nature

Presque Isle Park

Marquette, MI
Keweenaw National Historical Park - Quincy Mine© Wickanninish · CC BY-SA 4.0
History

Quincy Mine

Hancock, MI
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park – Ishpeming Municipal Building 2009© Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0
History

Fort Wilkins Historic State Park

Copper Harbor, MI
Mount Baldhead – Saugatuck, Michigan© WMrapids · CC0
Views

Mount Baldhead

Saugatuck, MI
Windmill Island Gardens – Antique Amsterdam Street Organ© LadyDragonflyCC -Ready for Ingham Co. Fair from Michigan, USA · CC BY 2.0
History

Windmill Island Gardens

Holland, MI
Silver Lake Sand Dunes – Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse aka Little Sabel Point Lighthouse© Angela Comperry · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nature

Silver Lake Sand Dunes

Mears, MI
Ludington State Park – Corispermum americanum close-up© Iainmwalker · CC BY 4.0
Nature

Ludington State Park

Ludington, MI
Colonial Michilimackinac – Colonial Fort Michilimackinac in Winter© TracieMichelle · CC BY-SA 4.0
History

Colonial Michilimackinac

Mackinaw City, MI
Arch Rock (Mackinac Island) (cropped)© WMrapids · CC0
Nature

Arch Rock

Mackinac Island, MI
Fayette Historic State Park – Fayette Blast Furnace Complex© TCP04 · CC BY 4.0
History

Fayette Historic State Park

Garden, MI
The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation – Eames Zenaloy Rocker (c.1950-67), Upholstered Wire Chairs (c.1953-67 and c.1951-53), manufactured by Herman Miller, Inc., designed by Charles and Ray Eames - etc. - Fully Furnished - Historic Furniture Exhibit - Henry Ford Museum© Michael Steeber from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
History

The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

Dearborn, MI
Frankenmuth Aerial (32425646145)© U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District · CC BY-SA 2.0
History

Frankenmuth

Frankenmuth, MI

FAQs

What are the best road trips in Michigan?

Popular routes include Tunnel of Trees and Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula, Marquette to Copper Harbor on the Keweenaw, Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula’s Lake Michigan shore and Lake Michigan’s sunset coast: Saugatuck to Ludington. CampingSpirit has 7 trip guides that pass through Michigan, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map.

Which places in Michigan are worth a detour?

Our editors recommend Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pictured Rocks, Tunnel of Trees (M-119), Tahquamenon Falls, Brockway Mountain Drive and Grand Haven South Pierhead Lights.

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