Welcome to Tom and Jana's Spring 2025
Upper Midwest High Points Journal!

A 16-day, 4,200-mile road trip through the Upper Midwest to the high points of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois, with special emphasis on the U.S. freshwater coast of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior along Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the North Shore of Minnesota

Non-high-point highlights include: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Mackinac Bridge, Soo Locks, Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Porcupine Mountains, the Mississippi River, several state parks, tons of waterfalls, a couple of copper mines, and lots of large things! Plus, a visit with Jana's friend Kristi in Fort Wayne, Indiana!

Jana and Tom high-pointing through the Midwest

With this trip, we have now visited 34 state high points. You can see an up-to-date map here.

 

May 25, 2025
Clinton, TN to Fort Wayne, IN
May 26, 2025
Fort Wayne, IN to Traverse City, MI
May 27, 2025
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
May 28, 2025
Traverse City, MI to Sault Ste. Marie, MI
May 29, 2025
Sault Ste. Marie, MI to Munising, MI
May 30, 2025
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
May 31, 2025
Munising, MI to Hancock, MI – Mount Arvon, MI
June 1, 2024
Hancock, MI to Ironwood, MI
June 2, 2024
Timm's Hill, WI
June 3, 2024
Ironwood, MI to Lutsen, MN
June 4, 2024
Eagle Mountain, MN
June 5, 2024
Lutsen, MN to Duluth, MN
June 6, 2024
Duluth, MN to Sibley, IA – Hawkeye Point, IA
June 7, 2024
Sibley, IA to Dubuque, IA – Charles Mound, IL
June 8, 2024
Dubuque, IA to Casey, IL
June 9, 2024
Casey, IL to Clinton, TN

 

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