Discover the Upper Peninsula: A Virtual Web Tour

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

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

Are you a history buff? Or, perhaps you’re a student that just needs to finish a paper about the Upper Peninsula. Google Maps now offers a feature to explore Wikipedia entries by geographic region. Need more information on Doyle Township? 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

If you haven’t checked out Flickr before, it’s incredible. Be prepared to explore photos from across the world, just don’t forget to check out the Upper Peninsula as well. With millions of users you can usually find photos tagged in every corner of the United States. For starters check out some places to visit in Escanaba.

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

Need to find a place to eat? Maybe a few travel stories about somewhere you’re headed? Everywhere Magazine 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.