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By Mark Leger, GORP Editor

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
The Indiana dunes are a favorite launch site for hang gliders

Illinois
* Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Lakes and wilderness in the forests of southern Illinois.

Indiana
* Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Stunning biodiversity in a compact park on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Michigan
* Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Towering cliffs and old growth forest on the shores of Lake Superior.
* Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
The world's highest"perched dunes": watch the hang gliders.

* Porcupine Wilderness State Park
First-rate hiking and skiing near Lake Superior.

Nebraska
* Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
A biological crossroads with mighty fine canoeing.

Oklahoma
* Wichita Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
A Great Plains original: bison and world-renowned climbing.

South Dakota
* Mount Rushmore National Memorial
There's more to South Dakota's Black Hills than granite heads.

Wisconsin
* Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
A chain of untamed islands in Lake Superior.

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