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Ludington is Michigan's ultimate beach town
View full sizeSteve EllisVisitors to Ludington can stay at the Cartier Mansion, just outside the downtown area.
By Steve Ellis
If I had to pick a favorite Michigan beach town, Ludington would be at the top of my list. For the past 20 years I have spent part of every summer there, and my favorite part of the trip is the initial drive through town toward the beach.
The drive takes you past classic bed and breakfasts in old mansions, fun stores, kids eating ice cream in front of House of Flavors, art galleries (The Red Door Gallery and Todd and Brad Reed Photography are well worth a stop) and a city park (showing free movies at night) and ends at one of the best beaches in Michigan.
The beach at the end of town offers free parking, shuffleboard, miniature golf, a skate park and two bangle cartier fake walking piers ending at lighthouses.
This short drive past many of the knock off cartier bangle Ludington highlights is the perfect start to a great vacation, whetting your appetite for the days ahead.
If you are knock off bracelet cartier love heading out to Ludington State Park, the drive gets even better. Taking a right at the beach, you head north for a mile or so before beginning the five mile drive to the park, with nothing but sand dunes on the right and copy cartier love bangle Lake Michigan on the left. On any given day, dozens of beachgoers will be parked along the road, hiking the short walk through the dunes to the beach. This stretch of road is one of the prettiest jogging and biking spots in the state.
A bike ride from the state park into town and back is about a dozen miles. After a large ice cream cone, the ride makes you feel like you worked off the extra calories.
View full sizeSteve EllisLudington offers some of the best beaches in Michigan.
Ludington State Park
Ludington State Park is one of the most popular parks in Michigan and it can be difficult to get a site during the busy summer months. Reservations are accepted six months in advance. A large group of Kalamazoo area families begins calling nonstop six months to the day in advance of their August arrival date. These families have been camping at the park during the same week in August for 30 years or more.
Ludington State Park is such a treasure because it has everything you would want and more. The park includes miles of Lake Michigan beach, Hamlin Lake at the other
end of the park for swimming, boating, fishing and canoeing (rentals are available) and the Big Sable River, which connects Hamlin Lake to Lake Michigan. The river is always filled with tubes and rafts, lazily floating the mile or two to Lake Michigan, floating under the road and ending at a very nice swimming spot on the big lake.
Other fun activities in the park include a walk or bike ride to the lighthouse, hiking to the dam, concerts in the woods and miles and miles of great hiking trails. The various trails wind around small lakes and rivers, take you to the top of large dunes and then down into thick woods. My favorite is the hike along Hamlin Lake with Lost Lake on your left. The hike takes you through woods with water close by on both sides. No matter where you are in the park, a trail is just a short distance away. The park has 385 campsites, but with its size and so many different things to do, it never seems crowded. A handful of rustic, hike in sites have recently been added.
The downtown area boasts three good bookstores, restaurants, antique shops and great neighborhoods for bike riding and admiring the gardens and flowers. One of our favorite stops, at the far end of James Street, is McDonald Bakery, a mainstay for over 100 years. We stopped there three days in a row, sampling something different every day. The Jamesport Brewery is a popular lunch and dinner spot. Another place we stumbled on was the Carrom Game Company makers of classic wooden games since the 1940s.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of Ludington is the quiet, relaxed feel about it. It is busy with thousands of visitors, but unlike many other beach towns, Ludington is spread out enough that long lines of cars and throngs of tourists are not overtaking you at every corner.
If you plan on visiting anytime in the fall, this wonderful beach town will make you feel like you have it all to yourself.
To view more than a dozen photos from Ellis' trip to Ludington, see "Your Home Travel: Ludington photo gallery." View other Your Home travel articles here.trend dupe cartier with diamonds necklace size You should have Let's go know in concern of it detailed
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View full sizeSteve EllisVisitors to Ludington can stay at the Cartier Mansion, just outside the downtown area.
By Steve Ellis
If I had to pick a favorite Michigan beach town, Ludington would be at the top of my list. For the past 20 years I have spent part of every summer there, and my favorite part of the trip is the initial drive through town toward the beach.
The drive takes you past classic bed and breakfasts in old mansions, fun stores, kids eating ice cream in front of House of Flavors, art galleries (The Red Door Gallery and Todd and Brad Reed Photography are well worth a stop) and a city park (showing free movies at night) and ends at one of the best beaches in Michigan.
The beach at the end of town offers free parking, shuffleboard, miniature golf, a skate park and two bangle cartier fake walking piers ending at lighthouses.
This short drive past many of the knock off cartier bangle Ludington highlights is the perfect start to a great vacation, whetting your appetite for the days ahead.
If you are knock off bracelet cartier love heading out to Ludington State Park, the drive gets even better. Taking a right at the beach, you head north for a mile or so before beginning the five mile drive to the park, with nothing but sand dunes on the right and copy cartier love bangle Lake Michigan on the left. On any given day, dozens of beachgoers will be parked along the road, hiking the short walk through the dunes to the beach. This stretch of road is one of the prettiest jogging and biking spots in the state.
A bike ride from the state park into town and back is about a dozen miles. After a large ice cream cone, the ride makes you feel like you worked off the extra calories.
View full sizeSteve EllisLudington offers some of the best beaches in Michigan.
Ludington State Park
Ludington State Park is one of the most popular parks in Michigan and it can be difficult to get a site during the busy summer months. Reservations are accepted six months in advance. A large group of Kalamazoo area families begins calling nonstop six months to the day in advance of their August arrival date. These families have been camping at the park during the same week in August for 30 years or more.
Ludington State Park is such a treasure because it has everything you would want and more. The park includes miles of Lake Michigan beach, Hamlin Lake at the other
end of the park for swimming, boating, fishing and canoeing (rentals are available) and the Big Sable River, which connects Hamlin Lake to Lake Michigan. The river is always filled with tubes and rafts, lazily floating the mile or two to Lake Michigan, floating under the road and ending at a very nice swimming spot on the big lake.
Other fun activities in the park include a walk or bike ride to the lighthouse, hiking to the dam, concerts in the woods and miles and miles of great hiking trails. The various trails wind around small lakes and rivers, take you to the top of large dunes and then down into thick woods. My favorite is the hike along Hamlin Lake with Lost Lake on your left. The hike takes you through woods with water close by on both sides. No matter where you are in the park, a trail is just a short distance away. The park has 385 campsites, but with its size and so many different things to do, it never seems crowded. A handful of rustic, hike in sites have recently been added.
The downtown area boasts three good bookstores, restaurants, antique shops and great neighborhoods for bike riding and admiring the gardens and flowers. One of our favorite stops, at the far end of James Street, is McDonald Bakery, a mainstay for over 100 years. We stopped there three days in a row, sampling something different every day. The Jamesport Brewery is a popular lunch and dinner spot. Another place we stumbled on was the Carrom Game Company makers of classic wooden games since the 1940s.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of Ludington is the quiet, relaxed feel about it. It is busy with thousands of visitors, but unlike many other beach towns, Ludington is spread out enough that long lines of cars and throngs of tourists are not overtaking you at every corner.
If you plan on visiting anytime in the fall, this wonderful beach town will make you feel like you have it all to yourself.
To view more than a dozen photos from Ellis' trip to Ludington, see "Your Home Travel: Ludington photo gallery." View other Your Home travel articles here.
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