Cheboygan State Park is a public recreation area on

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, United States. The

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offers nearly of shoreline with opportunities for swimming, fishing, boating, and hiking in addition to views of the

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, the ruins of the 1859 Cheboygan Point Light, and a distant view of the

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, some six miles to the northeast.

History

Today's Cheboygan State Park was officially created in 1960, when "a portion of the Black Lake State Forest was transferred from the Forestry Division to the Parks Division." Earlier, in 1930, the U.S. Lighthouse Service had gifted the site of the Cheboygan Point Light to the state for use as a public park. Then, in 1956, the Federal Bureau of Recreation as part of a survey of the state's coastline identified Lighthouse Point and the Duncan Bay Beach area as the site of a potential state park. The future park site was given the initial name of "Poe Reef State Park Site." Two years later, the Michigan DNR constructed the 13-acre Duncan Bay State Forest Campground at the location. Four years later in 1962, the DNR elevated the entire site as a new Cheboygan State Park, with the state forest campground becoming the campground for the new state park.

Activities and amenities

The park offers swimming, fishing on Duncan Bay and Elliot Creek, a carry-in boat launch, picnicking facilities, campsites, cabins and lodge, metal detecting, and hunting. Park trails ranging in length from one-half mile to one and three-quarters miles are used by hikers, mountain bikers, and cross-country skiers. Trails both skirt Lake Huron and plunge into the more remote interior areas.

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Cheboygan State Park
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Cheboygan State Park Map
Michigan Department of Natural Resources {{authority control State parks of Michigan Protected areas of Cheboygan County, Michigan Protected areas established in 1960 1960 establishments in Michigan Marshes of the United States