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 Location of Michigan in the USA | |
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| Capital | Lansing |
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| currency | USD |
| surface | 250,494 km² (40% of which is water) |
| population | 9.883.640 |
| languages | English |
| Phone code | 231, 248, 269, 313, 517, 586, 616, 679, 734, 810, 906, 947, 989 |
| Time zone | Eastern Standard Time (Summer: UTC -4 (CET-5) Winter: UTC -5) |
The state Michigan is lying in Midwest and is the heart of the Great Lakes Region. The state of Michigan is divided into one Upper and a Lower peninsula (upper and lower peninsula)which are separated from the Mackinac waterway and have no land connection with one another with the exception of a bridge. The Upper Peninsula borders in the southwest Wisconsin, in the north to the Upper Lakein which the border to Canadian province Ontario runs and in the south to the Lake Michigan. The Lower Peninsula has land connections to the south Ohio and Indiana and is otherwise in the west by Lake Michigan and in the east by Lake Huron or the Detroit River, which form the border to Ontario here.
Michigan has many attractions, famous landmarks, and scenic national parks and wooded areas. In addition to the Great Lakes, there are also 12,000 smaller inland lakes, 38 deep-water harbors, and a longer coastline than any other US state except Alaska and more lighthouses than any other state.
Regions
- Lower peninsula
- Upper peninsula
Cities
Some of the major tourist destinations in Michigan are:
- 1 Ann Arbor
- University of Michigan. - 2 Detroit - largest city, capital of the automobile.
- 3 Flint - "Birthplace" of General Motors
- 4 Grand Rapids - second largest city in Michigan.
- 5 Holland - Beaches and tulips.
- 6 Kalamazoo - Headquarters of Western Michigan University.
- 7 Lansing - State capital.
- 8 Saginaw - historical lumberjack settlement.
- 9 Saugatuck-Douglas - busy lido.
- 10 Sault Ste. Marie - border town too Canada on the Upper Peninsula.
- 11 Traverse City - "Cherry Capital of the World".
Other goals
- Beaver Island - largest island in Lake Michigan, from 1850 to 1856 a kingdom of the Mormons existed here
- Mackinac Island - Island on Mackinac Strait, the transition from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore - Colorful sandstone landscape on the shores of Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula with rock gates, waterfalls and sand dunes
- Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - 60 km long strip on the east bank of Lake Michigan with sand dunes up to 140 meters high
- Porcupine Mountains - up to 595 meters high low mountain range on the Upper Peninsula with untouched, wild nature
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getting there
By plane
By far the largest airport in the state is Detroit (DTW), where you can also fly directly from Europe. The Gerald R. Ford Airport (GRR) near Grand Rapids (Kent County), the airports Flint (FNT) and Lansing (LAN) are only important in domestic traffic.
The only airport of note on the Upper Peninsula is Sawyer Airport near Marquette (MQT), the larger is the airport in the Canadian border town of Sault Ste. Marie (YAM). Otherwise, you can also use Green Bay Airport (GRB) in neighboring Wisconsin.
If your destination is in southwest Michigan, you can also travel to the airports of Chicago (ORD, MDW) or South Bend (SBN) in Indiana.
By train
The Michigan Services the Amtrak connect Chicago three times a day with Kalamazoo (3:15 hours), Ann Arbor (5:25 hours), Detroit (6:20 hours) and Pontiac (7:40 hours), as well as once a day with Grand Rapids (5:10 hours), Lansing (just under 5 hours), Flint (6 hours) and Port Huron (7:40 hours).
The daily drives along the southern state border Capitol Limited (Chicago-Cleveland-Pittsburgh-Washington DC) and Lake Shore Limited (Chicago-Cleveland-Albany-New York / Boston). Both stop in South Bend and Elkhart, Indiana as well as Toledo, Ohio, from where it is matched Thruway-Bus links continue to Detroit, Ann Arbor and Lansing there.
By bus
In the street
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Nelis' Dutch Village and Tulip Fields from Holland MI
- Fort Mackinac, on Mackinac Island. 18th century fortress at the transition from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan.
- Mackinac Bridge. Eight kilometer long bridge over the Mackinac Strait, which connects Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsula.
- Beaver Island Historical Museum. And Mormon printing, evidence of the former Mormon kingdom on Beaver Island.
- Lake of the Clouds. A particularly scenic lake in the Porcupine Mountains, popular for hiking, camping and fishing.
- Michigan Stadium, in Ann Arbor. Largest sports stadium in the USA with 107,600 seats.
- Buildings of the prestigious University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor.
activities
- Hiking, camping and fishing in the unspoiled nature of the Upper Peninsula
