Discover the Upper Peninsula: A Virtual Web Tour

Discover the Upper Peninsula

Tourist season is coming! Time to travel, camp, go sight-seeing and vacation in the Upper Peninsula. If you’re a local don’t forget to be a tourist in your own town this summer and visit all the places you’ve read about but have never visited. For tourists and locals alike we put together a list of resources to help you plan your Upper Peninsula vacation, road trip, or afternoon drive.

However, this isn’t your typical tourist guide, you won’t find any brochures here. Here are a few great sites to explore places you want to visit this summer. From Mackinac Island, Tahquamenon Falls, Pictured Rocks, Lake Superior, to the Porcupine Mountains and hundreds of places between, you can browse photos, read the history, and see exactly what’s available on the route you’re traveling.

Panoramio — Pictured Rocks

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Panoramio is a service offered by Google to map all of your uploaded photos. Enter the name of any town in the Upper Peninsula for a quick exploration. It becomes a great way to plan a trip and find locations that are really interesting. Our linked example shows you several photos of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Explore Wikipedia in Google Maps

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? This makes it a piece of cake as well as finding relevant Wikipedia entries in the same region.

Google Maps is a powerful tool. You can also YouTube videos by region if you have a Google account, just browse their directory for the YouTube application. You’ll also find dozens of other awesome Google Maps tools such as real estate, weather, elevation contours, and more.

Browse Flickr Map — Escanaba

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Flickr also has a featured called Places. Here’s an example of Marquette where you can find users, area groups, photos, featured photographers, and even get the weather.

Everywhere Magazine — Ambassador

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is the site to check out. But they need more reviews for the Upper Peninsula and it’s all up to you! Everywhere’s content is reader-generated. That means you have the change to write in about your favorite spots in the Upper Peninsula, send in a few photos, and get published.

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