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Porcupine Mountains State Park - Government Peak Trail route map
Difficulty: Easy
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park/Michigan

Porcupine Mountains State Park - Government Peak Trail

Carp Lake Township, Michigan

0.6 mi

Distance

7 ft

Elev. Gain

12m

Est. Time

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Porcupine Mountains State Park - Government Peak 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:479 ft
Max:484 ft
Gain:3 ft
Loss:5 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 479 ft and 484 ft across 0.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.479 ft480 ft482 ft484 ft0.0 mi0.1 mi0.3 mi0.4 mi0.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi484 ft
End0.6 mi481 ft

Trail Details

Surface
Dirt

Official sources & verification

Managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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Where it is

Nearest town:
White Pine, MI · about 7 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: Aug 17, 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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