Upper Michigan Vacant Land Parcel for Sale! This 39.14-Acre wooded property is located in Sands Township, in Marquette County, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Marquette County is the fourth largest county in Michigan with a total area of 3,425 square miles. The property is conveniently located just 5+/- miles south of Marquette, the largest city in the Upper Peninsula, which was named after the French Jesuit Priest, Father Jacques Marquette. This county is dotted with 1,900 inland lakes and ponds, and is crossed by more than 4,000 miles of rivers and streams that flow through forested landscapes. This County has outdoor recreational opportunities in every season. Marquette Mountain Ski Area is about a mile, as-the-crow-flies, to the northwest. During the winter season you can ski every day and night of the week on over 144 acres of terrain, where there are vertical drops of 650 feet. There's also a back country ski zone for advanced skiers and boarders. There are Live Webcams at the mountain, so you can view weather conditions in the area throughout the year. Blueberry Ridge Pathway is about two miles to the southwest. This is a popular DNR managed cross-country trail that has 12 miles of regularly groomed ski and hiking trails. It has seven loops, with a 1.7 mile lighted loop. Some loops are groomed for diagonal and/or skate stride, and some are groomed for diagonal skiing. A large segment of Michigan's 4 million acres of State Forest lands (the Gwinn Management Unit) is just a mile+ to the south-east of the property. These forest lands provide wildlife habitat, are managed for future timber harvests, and have beautiful outdoor recreational opportunities. About 2+/- miles from the property is access to the main North-South Multi-Use State Trail Number 8. The Hiawatha Trails Club helps take care of a 13.42 mile stretch between Gwinn and Marquette. If you like stream fishing, there are 22 watersheds (drainage basins) within Marquette County and the majority flow northward into Lake Superior. The steep and swift Carp River, a Brook Trout River, is about two+ miles to the north-east. The last 5 miles of this river drops over 600 feet and there are rapids, white water, and small falls on its way to Lake Superior's Marquette Bay. There is lots of publicly-owned shoreline along Marquette's shoreline, so surf-casting is available here. Muskies, Pike, Perch, and in season Salmon and Lake trout are caught in the big lake waters. The varied rolling topography of the property was created by the retreat of the last continental glaciers 8,000 to 9,000 years ago, and there is a small range of low mountains called the Migisy Bluff just north of the property. There are some old trails to hike or explore with your bikes or all terrain vehicles! The parcel is dominated by a northern hardwood-hemlock forest, with some White pine and Red oak. Close to a major city, and an international airport! Contact us for your private tour today! MLS# 1105931