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Leelanau State Park sits at the "Tip of the Little Finger" of Leelanau Peninsula on Lake Michigan.
Leelanau is an Native American word for "a land of delight." The delights of this 1,350-acre park include coastal dunes and beaches where Petoskey stones, a fossil that is the Michigan state stone, can be found.
Grand Traverse Lighthouse, built in 1852 and now a museum, is open weekends in spring and fall and seven days a week in summer.
An 8.5-mile hiking and skiing trail meanders through the park and has spurs leading to views of Cathead Bay and to the beach. The trail is wide and has a hard-packed surface.
Deer, raccoons, porcupines and opossums are park residents.
Panfish, bluegill, perch and northern pike are taken from Kehl Lake. Bigger species like trout, whitefish and salmon dwell in enormous Lake Michigan.
Campers can settle in at beachside sites near the lighthouse.
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Beachcombing for Petoskey stones -- fossils that are Michigan's state stone -- at Leelanau.
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