Indian Lake features 2 miles of trails open to hiking, cross-county skiing and snowshoeing. A quarter-mile, paved, accessible trail with lake overlooks runs along Indian Lake in the day-use area. The Dufour Creek Loop includes bridges that cross the Dufour Creek at two locations, and the trail can be very wet seasonally, mainly in the spring and fall.

The 8.5-mile Indian Lake Pathway is located in the Lake Superior State Forest and consists of three loops. The trail winds through flat and rolling terrain and a variety of woodlands, including hardwoods, hemlock and pines. The trail can be wet during certain times of the year. The trailhead is located off M-149 between Palms Book State Park and County Road 442.

Rainey Wildlife Area features a hiking trail that passes through maple, yellow birch, and mixed conifer habitat takes hikers over boardwalks and through wet areas, leading to an elevated observation platform that provides a feeling of remoteness with outstanding opportunities for viewing wildlife. The observation platform has a barrier-free ramp that reaches to a mid-level, and offers a long scenic vista to sedge meadow and open water habitat. The trail crosses Smith Creek, which flows through a patterned fen to Indian Lake. It overlooks the sedge meadow and open water habitat of Smith’s Slough and Indian Lake. This site has no modern facilities, so come prepared. It is named after and has a memorial site dedicated to a fallen Vietnam veteran.

Schoolcraft County has an abundance of pristine lakes, rivers and bays teeming with fish just waiting for you to drop a line and catch the lunker you have been dreaming about. Indian Lake is 8,400 acres and features a variety of fish including yellow perch, walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, rock bass, small mouth bass and bluegill

Palms Book State Park, located at the north end of Indian Lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is home to Kitch-iti-kipi or "The Big Spring." Palms Book is a rewarding side trip for the vacationer touring the Upper Peninsula, for here can be seen one of Michigan's alluring natural attractions -- Kitch-iti-kipi, The Big Spring. Two hundred feet across, the 40-foot deep Kitch-iti-kipi is Michigan's largest freshwater spring. Over 10,000 gallons a minute gush from fissures in the underlying limestone. The flow continues throughout the year at a constant 45 degree Fahrenheit. By means of a self-operated observation raft, visitors are guided to vantage points overlooking fascinating underwater features and fantasies. Ancient tree trunks, lime-encrusted branches and fat trout appear suspended in nothingness as they slip through crystal waters far below. Clouds of sand kept in constant motion by gushing waters create ever-changing shapes and forms, a challenge to the imagination of young and old alike.

The Upper Peninsula is a true destination for snowmobilers. Whether you want to take a quick ride along the Manistique River on a scenic trail or tap into the more than 3,000 miles of groomed trails the U.P. offers, there’s something for every snowmobiler. The Schoolcraft County Motorized Trails Association maintains the trail system in their sector of the Central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The SCMTA strives to provide a medium for exchange of snowmobile and ORV information and to be the catalyst between government entities, businesses and snowmobilers and ORV enthusiasts.

An old abandoned ski hill, the Thunder Bowl is now the playground of snowmobiles and sledders alike.