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Escarpment, Government Peak, Little Carp River and Lake Superior Trails route map
Difficulty: ExpertLoop
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park/Michigan

Escarpment, Government Peak, Little Carp River and Lake Superior Trails

Ontonagon, Michigan

34.4 mi

Distance

6,142 ft

Elev. Gain

13h 2m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Escarpment, Government Peak, Little Carp River and Lake Superior Trails unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:180 ft
Max:565 ft
Gain:1,872 ft
Loss:1,872 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 180 ft and 565 ft across 34.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.180 ft308 ft437 ft565 ft0.0 mi8.6 mi17.2 mi25.7 mi34.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi409 ft
High point9.1 mi565 ft
End34.3 mi409 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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Where it is

Nearest town:
White Pine, MI · about 9 mi away
County:
Ontonagon County, MI
Jurisdiction:
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park · Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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