Michigan County Atlas: Back Roads & Forgotten Places by David M. Brown
Author Published, October 2025
Michigan County Atlas: Back Roads & Forgotten Places is now in its sixth edition and includes a wellspring of information for exploring Michigan geography, history, and recreation, through richly detailed maps. The book is softcover, spiral bound, 11 by 15.5 inches, 224 pages with color throughout. Each Michigan county is displayed as an individual entity.
Features for each county include: history of each county and its many place names, an index of historic sites and museums, an inventory of primary parks facilities, and indexing for places, water and landform, and roads.
The county map features include: parks, hiking trails, historic sites, nature preserves; federal and state public lands and trails; federal township-range and section numbers; boat launch sites, canoe trails, campgrounds; cemeteries, ghost towns, old railroads; waterfalls, landscape features, lighthouses, and more. Sample pages can be viewed on the book’s website here.
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