Connecting with Wilderness

Brockway Mountain Drive is one of the Copper Country's most popular driving attractions and, in winter, a favorite destination for snowmobilers and skiers. Built during the Great Depression, the road reflected a larger national trend as work programs helped motorists connect with a new array of scenic drives, public lands, and outdoor recreation opportunities. The Keweenaw also has more than 100 miles of singletrack mountain bike trails, along with trails for hiking, ATVs, and winter sports, where riders pass through old growth forests, historic landscapes, and the edges of lakes, streams, and mountainsides. The International Mountain Bicycling Association recognizes Copper Harbor's trail system as one of only a handful of Ride Centers in America. The Keweenaw Peninsula is also a critical landfall and rest stop for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds that cross the Great Lakes twice a year between breeding and winter habitats, feeding and gathering strength there before continuing along the Mississippi Flyway, a Highway in the Sky.

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