Middle Neebish Lighthouse (3.0 miles; d=3.20)
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The approximate track of my hike to Middle Neebish Lighthouse as depicted a la Google Earth...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Hike Route Map
The approximate track of my hike to Middle Neebish Lighthouse...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
First Water...Not So bad...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
OK...this is going to be tricky
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
Following the nice, dry ATV Trail...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
The luxury of a bridge...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
A pretty forest stream...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
Another stream crossing...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
About a quarter mile in the ATV heads under some power lines...and the trail gets messy from here.
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
Almost hunting season...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
I had arrived two days before firearm deer season...however, opening day in the UP can be a very fluid concept and I wasn't wearing any orange...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
No good choices here...the site of my first wet appendage.
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
Maybe things are improving...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
Late autumn woods...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
Someone had cut the brush along the trail and laid it atop of it. Made for very tricky footing...and there was still water below.
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
An old hunting stand...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
About a quarter mile from the light the power lines make a sharp right turn to the river...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
Doesn't look so bad...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
It wasn't long before I found myself off-trail avoiding water...
Middle Neebish Lighthouse Trail Road
The range light clearing...a nice, dry place for a breather.