Michigan is known for many natural features such as the shape of the state, the Sand Dunes, and The Great Lakes.

Another natural beauty is Kitchitikipi’s natural spring, which is also called The Big Spring. (By the way, it’s pronounced Kitch-iti-kipi.)  The spring’s name means big cold water.

As Michigan’s largest freshwater spring, it was discovered in the 1920s, and it is located in the Upper Peninsula’s Palms Book State Park in Manistique.

The Big Spring is also referred to as the Mirror in Heaven.

Kitchitikipi is one of the largest tourist attractions in the UP.

However, many people do not know about Kitchitikipi, including senior Kayla Ward.

“Never heard of it before, but it sounds like something fun to do one day with friends or family” Ward said.

To get to the spring you have to take a 50 yard walk in a wooded area. Kitchitikipi is around 200 feet across and 40 feet deep.

Ms. Malia Lane, who writes for Michigan Miles website, said she wanted to go to the spring because of its rich Native American history and was hoping not many people were there.

“Surprisingly, there were not to many people there,” Lane said. “I was able to cross the dock twice.”

The natural spring is always constantly flowing. It brings in 10,000 gallons of water a minute year round due to underlying limestone.

The spring is also always at a cool 45 degrees. This means that the spring never freezes no mater what temperature it is outside.

In the summer, people can be pulled by tubes on ropes to see the whole spring.

When people go to the natural spring. They are amazed by the beautiful blues and greens of the water. This is called the kaleidoscope effect.

Junior Kennedy Bouchard said visiting the natural spring sounds fun.

“I would love to go, though, because it sounds like something cool to see in person,” Bouchard said.