NEW 2025 HIKE DESTINATION [UPDATED 30NOV2024]
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS [Update 30NOV2024]
FALL 2025: SAT SEP 13-TUE SEP 23 & SAT SEP 27-TUE OCT 7
The next Cairn Stone hiking adventure will be the Spectacular Up North hiking tours. This very special Michigan hiking tour will include such destinations as Sleeping Bear Dunes, Tahquamenon Falls, Pictured Rocks, Porcupine Mountains, Grand Island and Mackinaw Island!"
Explore OUR DESTINATIONS AND hiking trails [Tentative]
GRAND ISLAND
SLEEPING BEAR DUNES
TAQUAMENON FALLS
Hiking in this unique Michigan treasure
will be another memorable
Cairn Stone adventure.
Grand Island is part of Hiawatha National Forest and is located just one-half mile from the mainland community of Munising, MI. This historic island comprises 13,500 acres and the only exception to the no vehicles policy is the summer tour bus. We will have multiple hiking options from moderate up to a 20 mile scenic course around the island.
TAQUAMENON FALLS
SLEEPING BEAR DUNES
TAQUAMENON FALLS
The Tahquamenon Falls State Park is a 46,179-acre state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the second largest of Michigan's state parks.
Nearly 200 feet across and 50 feet high the Upper Tahquamenon Falls Michigan's largest waterfall.
You’ll be hard-pressed to find trails more beautiful and full of landmarks, with miles of hiking trails within this park, but also on the North Country Trail — part of the National Scenic Trail System.
SLEEPING BEAR DUNES
SLEEPING BEAR DUNES
SLEEPING BEAR DUNES
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Experience the beauty of nature in one of Michigan's most unique natural ecosystem. Your hiking journey will be through some of the most stunning landscapes in the world.
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS
SLEEPING BEAR DUNES
The Porcupine Mountains, or Porkies, are a group of small mountains spanning the northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties, near the shore of Lake Superior.
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park features 60,000 acres of old-growth forest, roaring waterfalls, Lake Superior shoreline, rivers, trails, and ridges, the park’s incomparable vistas make Michigan’s largest state park a popular destination
MACKINAC ISLAND
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS
MACKINAC ISLAND
Mackinac Island sits in Lake Huron, between Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas. Mackinac Island State Park, with trails, woods and the limestone Arch Rock formation, covers most of the island. Founded in 1780, Fort Mackinac is a walled cluster of military buildings on a coastal bluff. The Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum has local works, including Native American art, maps and 19th-century photos.
PICTURED ROCKS
PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS
MACKINAC ISLAND
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore hugs the south shore of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It's known for the dramatic multicolored Pictured Rocks cliffs. Unusual sandstone formations like Miners Castle and Chapel Rock define the park’s headlands. Twelve mile Beach has a trail through a nearby white birch forest. Remnants of shipwrecks dot the shoreline around Au Sable Point’s 19th-century lighthouse.