MESICK -- We were perhaps two miles down the trail, setting up an early camp, when a hummingbird appeared in the meadow between our tents and the river. The tiny bird flit from one orange flower to ...

Head toward Mesick and Manistee for a hike in the Northern Michigan outdoors and discover untamed backcountry on the Manistee River Trail. A section of the nearly 1 million-acre Huron-Manistee ...

I’ve always enjoyed hiking the North Country Trail throughout our region as it winds north along the Manistee River, continues through the Jordan River valley, climbing to the Skyline Trail above ...

A bridge locally known as the “Little Mac” on a northern Michigan trail system will be closed for the next six weeks for maintenance. The 246-foot-long Manistee River Suspension Bridge, which connects ...