Muskegon offers a selection of beautiful Lake Michigan beaches, boasting both state park and city beaches, including one of Michigan’s few nationally certified clean beaches,Pere Marquette Beach. Pere Marquette Park Beach Not only does Pere Marquette Park have what is considered by many to be Muskegon’s finest beach, but it’s free to enter. As you …
While most beachgoers probably approach the Grand Haven beach from downtown, I like to take Grand Avenue. I’m driving down the road surrounded by homes and tall trees, then I turn a bend and suddenly the stunningly blue Lake Michigan stretches endlessly before me, breathtaking in its beauty. The Grand Haven State Park Beach is the biggest …
Grand Haven offers several camping options, but the favorite by far is the Grand Haven State Park campground, where you’ll fall asleep to the sound of waves crashing against the shore. There’s barely a tree in sight, but who cares when the Lake Michigan beach is literally right outside your door? Eat breakfast outside and …
Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets, Michigan City, Indiana
One of Michigan City’s primary attractions is its outlet mall, Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets, located just a few blocks from the waterfront. The mall boasts 120 outlets from such desirable brands as Polo Ralph Lauren, Nike, J. Crew, Lane Bryant, Burberry, DKNY and more...
Favorite Grand Haven Eats
There are dining choices to please most tastes and budgets in Grand Haven...
Grand Haven's Coast Guard Festival
Tall ships stand in the harbor, throngs of people walk along the boardwalk and delighted screams of carnival-goers rise above the din. It’s Coast Guard Festival week in Grand Haven. Each year at the end of July and beginning of August the town gears up to celebrate the Coast Guard and all that they do...
South Beach, South Haven, MI
We walked toward the South Haven lighthouse, admiring the views of white boats zipping out of the harbor and into the wide blue expanse of Lake Michigan beyond. As we neared the pier we spotted colorful beach umbrellas dotting the sand like confetti, people splashing in the Lake Michigan waves and children constructing magnificent structures out of sand. We’d found South Beach....
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Great Wolf Lodge, Traverse City, Michigan
If you’re looking for a fun place to stay with the family in Traverse City, Great Wolf Lodge may be just the hotel for you. Great Wolf Lodge is a hotel / indoor waterpark perched on the outskirts of Traverse City, right by the Grand Traverse Mall...
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