- When Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge first opened in 1957, the fare was a whopping $3.75, set to match the cost of a ferry ticket
- Isle Royale National Park, on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, is the least visited national park in the country, hosting fewer visitors in an entire year than Yosemite has in a single day
- 84% of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is covered by forest
- The Upper Peninsula city of Cooper Town is the farthest town from an Interstate Highway (251 miles) in the continental United States
- A native or resident of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is called a Yooper
- The Upper Peninsula contains 29% of Michigan’s land area, but only 3.16% of its people
