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travelnutz
Jan 19, 2014Explorer II
On the west side of the Lower Peninsula, Grand Haven has the best view of Lake Michigan from your campsite which may be only 100yards from the water and NO pbstructions in your way. Holland's beach unit being second and depends on which site on the water side. Both are very popular and reservations are a must as early as possible, and I mean very early! Orchard Beach at Manistee is probably 3rd as it overlooks the lake from on a bluff. Leelanau north of Traverse City is about 4th but has small tight sites with zero hookups. 5th would be the Wilderness beach unit west of Mackinaw City. 6th would be Fishermans Island but again, no hookups. Traverse City has some sites along US-31 that you can see the East Arm Bay when looking across the busy highway.
Warren Dunes with a long beach and Hoffmaster (2-1/2 miles of beach on Lake Michigan) have high sandunes between the CG and the lake but have valleys/passages to get to the pure sand shore. Muskegon, Mears, and Petoskey have low dunes about 10' to 40' high so you can't really see the lake from your site. Waterfront land on Lake Michigan goes for $10K to $30K, thats thousands of dollars per front foot of lake shore so most state parks have limited shoreline length in the very highly desired areas.
Several on inland lakes on the west side but an inland lake is a like a mud puddle compared to huge Lake Michigan where the sunsets are simply spectacular nearly every night.
Warren Dunes with a long beach and Hoffmaster (2-1/2 miles of beach on Lake Michigan) have high sandunes between the CG and the lake but have valleys/passages to get to the pure sand shore. Muskegon, Mears, and Petoskey have low dunes about 10' to 40' high so you can't really see the lake from your site. Waterfront land on Lake Michigan goes for $10K to $30K, thats thousands of dollars per front foot of lake shore so most state parks have limited shoreline length in the very highly desired areas.
Several on inland lakes on the west side but an inland lake is a like a mud puddle compared to huge Lake Michigan where the sunsets are simply spectacular nearly every night.
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