Palms Book State Park

Contact: sbear@fs.fed.us
Phone: (906) 341-2355

< feet across, the 40-foot deep Kitch-iti-kipi is Michigan's largest freshwater spring. Over 10,000 gallons a minute gush from fissures in the underlying limestone. The flow continues throughout the year at a constant 45 degree Fahrenheit. By means of a self-operated observation raft, visitors are guided to vantage points overlooking fascinating underwater features and fantasies. Ancient tree trunks, lime-encrusted branches and fat trout appear suspended in nothingness as they slip through crystal waters far below. Clouds of sand kept in constant motion by gushing waters create ever-changing shapes and forms, a challenge to the imagination of young and old alike.

The Legend of Kitch-iti-kipi:  Kitch-iti-kipi was supposedly a young chieftain whose girlfriend got the best of him. He told her he loved her far above the other dark-haired maidens dancing near his birch bark wigwam. "Prove it," she insisted.

Directions

US 2 to Thompson, M 149 north ( approximately 8 miles to park entrance).

More info at http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/ParksandTrailsInfo.asp?id=425

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