From Michigan.gov:
With spring now sprung, a sleeping Michigan giant is waking up - and now is a great opportunity for residents and visitors to see it.
Much like Gulliver, tied down to the ground by the Lilliputians, when this giant awakes, the tendrils holding it stretch a great distance - 12,500 miles, in fact.
However, this giant isn’t Lemuel Gulliver, Paul Bunyan or even Babe the Blue Ox.
It’s Michigan’s growing system of designated trails, ready for endless spring and summertime opportunities to relax, have fun, travel, learn and explore.
From hiking beside beautiful streams through the secluded forests of the Upper Peninsula, to riding side-by-side over a scenic trail in the northern Lower Peninsula, to biking and kayaking and riding a horse, Michigan is known nationally as “The Trails State” because our trails system is - giant.