Michigan Fall Color Tours - Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Now all of Michigan is beautiful in the fall but you particularly will enjoy the Upper Peninsula with its nine different tour areas to see the foliage. First you’ll want to go to Hancokc and on to Lake Linden. You’ll then go to Lac La Velle, Bete Grise and Copper Harbor. Copper Harbor will lead you to Eagle River and then on to Calument and Laurium where you’ll have circled back to the beginning at Hancock. With 105 miles of beauty beginning the first week in October and running through the second week in October you’ll certainly enjoy this Eastern Upper Peninsula tour.
Visitng the Central Upper Peninsula your tour would go from highway 107 to 64 where you start at Silver City and on to Ontonagon. Now go to Highway 45 to Rockland and Victoria. Now you’ll have to backtrack a bit to highway 26 and on to Greenland. At Greenland you take highway 38 to Baraga and then hwy 41 to Chassel and Houghton. Now you take hwy 26 to Twin Lakes and back to Greenland. This tour will be approximately 200 miles. The season for you to see the peak colors of fall begins the first week of October and runs for about three weeks.
The Western Upper Peninsula takes highway 2 from Ironwood and Wakefield to Watersmeet, Iron River, Crystal Falls where you go on highway 141 to Covington then highway 28 to Bruce Crossing and back to Wakefield. This trip is 220 miles. Counties included are Iron with peak color the last week of September and the first week in October, Baraga with peak being the first week in October, Houghton & Keweenaw with the last week in September or first week in October and Gogebic and Ontonagon with peak color expected the last week in September and the first week in October.
The 4th tour starts in Ishpeming on highway 29 and goes to highway 510 to Nagaunee and Huge Bay, take highway 550 to Marquette and then 29 to Munising, on to highway H 58 to H 15 for a drive to Singleton and then highway 28 to highway 94 to Chatham, Gwinn and then on 35 to Palmer and back to Ishpeming. All toll this route is 165 miles long.
Tour 5 is a tiny shorter than the others. It begins at Iron Mountain and Norway on Hwy 2 to Spalding and change to hwy 41 to Menominee and then hwy 35 to Cedar River and Escanaba. For 125 miles you will see a wide array of beautiful trees with splendid coloring.
The sixth option is from Esdcanaba on hwy 2/41 to Rapid River then hwy 2 to Manistique and Saint Ignace. This is 183 but in a rather straight line.
Try tour 7 which starts at Whitefish Point and goes on to Paradise on hwy 123. Newberry is next on highway 28. Now go to Seney and take hwy 77 to grand Marais and H58 to Deer Park and back to highway 123 and Paradise. This route is 150 miles in length.
Tour 8 begins at Saint Ingace on hwy 75 and goes to Kincheloe and Sault St. Marie where you drop down on highway 129 to Pickford, then 48 to Goetzville and De Tour Village where you take 134 to Ceaderville and then back to Saint Ignace. This is a 150 mile trip showcasing the fall foliage.
The last suggested tour is number 9 where you begin off highway 28 and join highway 123 and begin at Eckerman. Take 123 north to Paradise and then go back to the intersection to turn toward Curley Lewis Scenic Highway. Stay on Curley Lewis Scenic Highway to Bay Mills and Brimley. This is the shortest of the tours at just 90 miles.