As campers progress through the program, longer more challenging trips are offered including backpacking in the Porcupine Mountains, and sea kayaking in the Apostle Islands.

The Porcupine Mountains lie to the northwest, the Duck Mountains are in the south, and Thunderhill is in the western part of the region.

Trek destinations include the Apostle Islands and the Porcupine Mountains.

The route also crosses Lambert's Hill, a steep hill just south of the Porcupine Mountains.

The Porcupine Mountains were named by the native Ojibwa people, supposedly because their silhouette had the shape of a porcupine.

The Porcupine Mountains were the site of copper mining in the 19th century.

Swan River, in the Swan River valley, is between the Duck Mountains and Porcupine Mountains.

The lake is situated in a valley between two ridges in the Porcupine Mountains.

Michigan's two best wilderness areas - Isle Royale and the Porcupine Mountains - are here, at the UP's west end.

Beginning in 1924, she helped locate and raise public support and funding for parks at Ludington, Hartwick Pines, Wilderness, and Porcupine Mountains.