Belanger Creek offers an abundance of wildlife and wildflowers for hikers.

“Bubbling springs emerge to join Belanger Creek along its course through this 68-acre natural area. 5600 acres of surrounding land drain into Belanger Creek and its headwaters in Bass Lake. Brown brook trout swimunder a lowland canopy of hemlock, cedar, and white pine. There are yellow birches, too, whose bark yields a sharp wintergreen taste. Upland you find hardwood climax forest, including ash, sugar maple, and basswood.”

Click here to visit the Leelanau Conservancy’s page on the Belanger Creek Preserve.