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Cheboygan State Park
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Cheboygan State Park is located in Michigan
Cheboygan State Park
Cheboygan State Park
Location in Michigan
Location Benton Township
Cheboygan County, Michigan
Nearest city Cheboygan, Michigan
Area 1,250 acres (510 ha)
Elevation 587 feet (179 m)
Established 1962
Governing body Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Website Cheboygan State Park

Cheboygan State Park is a public recreation area covering 1,250 acres (510 ha) on the shores of Lake Huron in Cheboygan County, Michigan, United States. The state park offers views of the Fourteen Foot Shoal Light and the remains of the 1859 Cheboygan Point Light plus a distant view of the Poe Reef Light, some six miles to the northeast.

Activities and amenities

The park offers swimming, fishing on Duncan Bay and Little Bill Elliot Creek, a carry-in boat launch, picnicking facilities, campsites, cabins and lodge, metal detecting, and hunting. Park trails ranging in length from one-half mile to one and three-quarters miles are used by hikers, mountain bikers, and cross-country skiers. Trails both skirt Lake Huron and plunge into the more remote interior areas.

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