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UPPER PENINSULA MICHIGAN

Best Time to Visit Michigan

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is a wild region you may reach crossing Mackinac Bridge, in the extreme north of Lake Michigan, or through Wisconsin border gateways. 

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is for those who love the wilderness of nature and what it offers: hiking trails, waterfalls, ski trails, snowmobile, lakes to fishing, camping, swimming and boating. 

Marquette, a college town and the main city in UP, Paradise and  Munising are main references in the Upper Peninsula. 

See:
Best time to visit & travel to Michigan UP
When not to go to Michigan UP
What to visit in Michigan UP
Hotels and flights to Michigan UP

See also:
Best time to visit Detroit
Best time to visit Ann Arbor
Best time to visit Lake Michigan
Best time to visit Traverse
Best time to visit the Grand Rapids, Holland and Ludington



WHAT TO VISIT IN MICHIGAN UPPER PENINSULA

Munising, Marquet, Paradise and Houghton are main references in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In any of these cities you will encounter the classical menu offered by this wide and wild region: excellent hiking, big waterfalls, ski and snowmobile, blue lakes to fishing, and large possibilities to camping, swimming and boating...


Map of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

  Michigan Upper Peninsula Travel Map: main destinations
BEST TIME TO VISIT MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA

Summer is the best time to visit Michigan's Upper Peninsula, namely July and August. 

June and September are also good months, though less safer: 
the Upper Peninsula weather is extremely severe, with an high possibility of snow and very harsh meteorological conditions even in Spring and Autumn days. 

WHEN NOT TO GO TO MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA

Avoid the winter months. Even winter sports may be disrupted by the severity of the weather. Avoid also months as April and May, or October and November - winter harshness and disruptions may easily extend to these months.


HOTELS AND FLIGHTS TO 
MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA

Marquette, Paradise and Munising offer cheap accommodation year round. Marquette County Airport is the main airport in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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