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Mackinac

Mackinac County Run

fiborn karst preserve to Trout Lake
My phone is still messing up with picking up the Cellular signal. So it's been rough not to have maps or Strava on my phone. But we went and looked at the preserved, then left my car at the preserve, and my parents drove me 3.1 miles. So I didn't need my phone. I then marked where I ran on map my run images above and below.
map Trout Lake Rudyard sault Ste. Marie State Forest Area Epoufette Brevort Gros Cap Evergreen Shores St Ignace Mackinac Island
Where Fiborn is located.
sign fiborn karst preserve quarry walls
My Climbing buddies will love the following pictures, and I have driven to Canada and Kentucky to get on rock so many times. I know they don't want people climbing here, but it looks so tempting. Fiborn Preserve is privately owned, but they allow public access, so it's just great to see this place that I never knew about until today!
quarry Walls
First look at a crag! I need bouldering shoes!
My mom and Creig. It was Creig idea to go here and I'm so glad he suggested it.
Quarry Walls
Crags are getting larger!
Birch trees were everywhere here!
Why have I not climbed in so long?!?!
There were several spots where the land had a little bit of water. I heard there is the longest underground cave in Michigan here, but we didn't see it.
First building we saw here.
Ohhhh man. I was so tempted, 5 years ago this would have been scaled by me.
Inside this building
Second structure.
fiborn karst preserve Unsafe Buildings
Inside.
fiborn karst preserve Unsafe buildings
Another look at that structure.
fiborn karst preserve Unsafe Buildings
The big building. Somewhere it said it was built in 1902.
fiborn karst preserve Unsafe buildings
Me and mom in front of that building.
fiborn karst preserve Unsafe Buildings
Inside the building
walking through fiborn karst preserve
Creig in front of the first building.
Creig and I scaled up a section of the wall area (super-easy section). Here is the view from up there.
A ton of limestone rocks.
Another crag.
Creig all the way to the back of the preserve. I took this photo looking toward the building and the entrance.
We decided that it would be best if I just left my car in the parking lot by the preserve, and Creig and mom would drive me 3.1 miles and drop me off so I could do a 5k back to the car. It was perfect!
There was a lot of water along the side of the road.
A little creek.
Here is the other side of the road looking at the creek.
Had to get a "Gen" photo.
Turn off Trout Lake Rd to get onto Fiborn Preserve Rd.
This was about a 2 mile road, at this point I already had about a mile down.
Loved the looks of this county!
Again, here is water along the sides of the road.
Such a long...
Long straight road.
Another creek, possibly the same one we crossed earlier.
Finally a curve!
Back to my car!
View of Trout Lake
View of Trout Lake just south east of the preserve.
Now I have to show you my score! I found this along the side of the road on Trout Lake Rd. at the very beginning of my run. I was so pleased to find this because I find myself looking for a level often and now I can have on in the shed AND in the basement!
Brimley MI looking at Lake Superior
Here are two shots of the cabin and Lake Superior along with Creig and Cody's handy work (the deck!)
Brimley MI looking at Lake Superior
I just love this spot on Lake Superior! What a great trip!

What an exciting and large county! Of course my first thought is to run one of the islands… But there is so much of this county that I haven’t explored. Also, I’m thinking of someday doing a half marathon on Mackinac Island. I have explored Hwy 2 and 75 heading North. This county goes on a long ways west, but I’ve never been to the west side of this county. So I’m wondering what your thoughts are on where to run.

 

5/22/21 Creig suggested running in Fiborn Karst Preserve and that is what we did the next day.

 

Here is the Cave we spoke of but didn’t find. This video is of people spelunkinc in the Hendrie River Cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h7WMRgFypQ&loop=0

 

Mackinac County

Bois Blanc
Brevort
Cedarville
Clark
Curtis
Engadine
Epoufette
Garfield
Garnet
Gould City
Hendricks
Hudson
Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island
 Naubinway
Marquette
Moran
Newton
Ozark
Pickford
Clark
Port Dolomite
Rexton
Sault Ste. Marie State Forest Area
St. Ignace

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