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Little Carp River Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateOut and Back
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park/Michigan

Little Carp River Trail

Ontonagon, Michigan

11.6 mi

Distance

879 ft

Elev. Gain

4h 18m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Little Carp River Trail 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:202 ft
Max:423 ft
Gain:404 ft
Loss:404 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 202 ft and 423 ft across 11.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.202 ft276 ft349 ft423 ft0.0 mi2.9 mi5.8 mi8.7 mi11.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi422 ft
High point0.1 mi423 ft
End11.6 mi422 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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Where it is

Nearest town:
White Pine, MI · about 11 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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