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I think the average person doesn't really care about what's manmade and what isn't when it comes to lakes. The Lake of the Ozarks is an excellent vacation resort and it's not manmade. You can enjoy all the amenities on there that you can on a natural lake.
The Lake of the Ozarks is a reservoir; therefore a manmade feature. In its natural form it would be a wide river.
I do need to visit the Eagle River, WI chain of lakes in WI this year, though.
Get on google maps and do a satellite imagery tour and street view tour.
Table Rock has NOTHING in common with a naturally occurring oligotrophic lake in the Northwoods. Take a trip to northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Michigan and write back on the topic.
I didn't say tabletock had anything in common with those lakes. I said its clear water. You have made your point about reservoirs. I dont care which you prefer. that's why I made the thread. However your partiality toward natural lakes is causing you to ignore an obvious fact. Tablerock lake is clear water. I'll acknowledge that most water isn't that clear in the region, that's why I like tablerock.
Table Rock has NOTHING in common with a naturally occurring oligotrophic lake in the Northwoods. Take a trip to northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Michigan and write back on the topic.
Wow perhaps a little strong worded! I would prefer the Porcupines in the summer even though I've only been to the UP a couple of times because I hate the summer heat in the Midwest! Summer along Lake Superior with plenty of 70 degree days to me sounds perfect! The Rockies are a lot closer to me than the Northwoods so usually I go out to Colorado to cool off. However winter and cold temperatures come way too early to the Northwoods and the winters to me would be too intense. So for the rest of the year I vote the Ozarks.
Both areas are quite similar as far as the rolling rocky landscape, but most people have never seen the northwoods of Michgian. Many many more people have seen the Ozarks and they are much easier to visit. The porcupines and the entire high country of western upper Michigan are way off the beaten track, and require alot of effort to visit if you do not already live in the upper midwest. The Ozarks really just require an easy exit from I-40 to see them. Other than the fact that the porkies are in lake country and the ozarks are not, the two areas are quite similar in appearance. Both are well worth a visit, its just going to take more effort to reach remote Michigan than it will to visit Arkansas.
I didn't say tabletock had anything in common with those lakes. I said its clear water. You have made your point about reservoirs. I dont care which you prefer. that's why I made the thread. However your partiality toward natural lakes is causing you to ignore an obvious fact. Tablerock lake is clear water. I'll acknowledge that most water isn't that clear in the region, that's why I like tablerock.
Wow perhaps a little strong worded! I would prefer the Porcupines in the summer even though I've only been to the UP a couple of times because I hate the summer heat in the Midwest! Summer along Lake Superior with plenty of 70 degree days to me sounds perfect! The Rockies are a lot closer to me than the Northwoods so usually I go out to Colorado to cool off. However winter and cold temperatures come way too early to the Northwoods and the winters to me would be too intense. So for the rest of the year I vote the Ozarks.
I study fens and bogs as a hobbyist and a great area that I like exploring is the St. Louis County area of Minnesota. It can get pretty remote in terms of access and trails, though.
Both areas are quite similar as far as the rolling rocky landscape, but most people have never seen the northwoods of Michgian. Many many more people have seen the Ozarks and they are much easier to visit. The porcupines and the entire high country of western upper Michigan are way off the beaten track, and require alot of effort to visit if you do not already live in the upper midwest. The Ozarks really just require an easy exit from I-40 to see them. Other than the fact that the porkies are in lake country and the ozarks are not, the two areas are quite similar in appearance. Both are well worth a visit, its just going to take more effort to reach remote Michigan than it will to visit Arkansas.
Agreed. Many areas of Michigan do take some extra traveling to get to, but are well worth the drive. One area that is particularly remote is Iron County and southern Marquette County. It is mostly all woods roads with some very poorly marked state and county roads that are in mediocre condition at best. I'm sure people from bigger cities would feel more uncomfortable driving out on many of those roads. Class VI roads don't phase me that much because I know what to expect and the limits of my vehicle.
I think the average person doesn't really care about what's manmade and what isn't when it comes to lakes. The Lake of the Ozarks is an excellent vacation resort and it's not manmade.
Yes it is, it is the dammed-up Osage River. Calvin Trillin, a native Missourian who wrote for the New Yorker, once remarked that as a Missourian, he once believed that all lakes are "creations of the US Army Corps of Engineers".
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The Lake of the Ozarks is a reservoir; therefore a manmade feature. In its natural form it would be a wide river.
I do need to visit the Eagle River, WI chain of lakes in WI this year, though.
Get on google maps and do a satellite imagery tour and street view tour.
Look, don't get all antsy. I was simply saying that man-made or not, the Lake of the Ozarks is a fun place to visit. You can waterski, fish, etc.
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I would prefer the Porcupines in the summer even though I've only been to the UP a couple of times because I hate the summer heat in the Midwest! Summer along Lake Superior with plenty of 70 degree days to me sounds perfect! The Rockies are a lot closer to me than the Northwoods so usually I go out to Colorado to cool off. However winter and cold temperatures come way too early to the Northwoods and the winters to me would be too intense. So for the rest of the year I vote the Ozarks.
