The Thumb

The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region, east of the Flint area and the Tri-Cities and north of Metro Detroit. The region is also branded as the Blue Water Area. The counties that constitute the Thumb form the peninsula that stretches northward into Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay. There is no formal list of which counties are part of the Thumb, but virtually all definitions include Huron, Tuscola, and Sanilac counties, and most include Lapeer and St. Clair counties. The population of the Thumb region as of the 2020 census was 370,617.

Elevation: 4058 m

Country: United States

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• The Thumb hiking routes
• The Thumb best routes
• The Thumb camping
• The Thumb parking
• The Thumb car park
• The Thumb difficulty
• The Thumb family friendly
• The Thumb dog friendly
• The Thumb sunrise hike
• The Thumb sunset hike

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