The beach and boardwalk are the crown jewels of this destination, so I highly recommend visiting here as you are travelling through Michigan.
If you are going to try this, please, please only do this on green flag days where there is minimal risk of dangerous currents.Īt Grand Haven State Park, you will not run out of fun in the sun, and you will also have a front row seat to the nightly Lake Michigan sunsets. Though there isn’t a designated snack shop on the beach, food trucks are often available offering various great options.Ī popular activity for the 20-something crowd is diving off the south pier into the crystal clear Lake Michigan water. There is a designated volleyball area with several nets to accommodate large groups and tournaments. The City kept the remaining acreage, near. In 1920, the City sold the 22 acres nearest the pier to the State, and the Grand Haven State Park was born. And with 150 to 300 feet of sand at any point along the way, there is plenty of space for the tremendous weekend crowds. During William Loutit’s run as mayor (1916-1920), the City of Grand Haven purchased the 35 acres of beach in front of Five Mile Hill from the Monroe estate for 1,000 to use as public beach. The beach begins at the south pier and stretches for almost 1/2 mile past the state park campground and day park ending at the city beach. Of course, this is what you come here for. And if that’s not working for you, sign up for one of the many available fishing charters where you will be sure to bring back some impressive Salmon from further out in Lake Michigan. If fishing is your thing, you can try your luck at catching a salmon off the end of the pier. The boardwalk is our “highway” into town. When we camp here, we ride our bikes everywhere we go. In addition to foot traffic, the boardwalk also accommodates bikes, scooters, roller blades, etc. There is also a seasonal musical fountain that plays music at dusk to a synchronized water and light show.
On the boardwalk you can enjoy an array of shops and restaurants, or just find a nice place to sit and watch the constant parade of boats going in and out of the harbor. The campground is situated on the magnificent 1.5 mile long boardwalk that runs along the Grand River into town. This makes up for everything you might miss from your normal camping experiences. Sounds like a horrible place, huh? Ah, but no! And since the sites are so close together, there are only a few shared campfire pits available. No grass to be found other than a few dune grasses. Wherever there aren’t asphalt sites or cement walkways, there is sand. Sites are deep enough for the largest of rigs, but only as wide as your rig with slide-out and awning. It is more about location, location, location, because the campground itself is basically an RV parking lot. Here, the camping is… well… not really like camping. Its one of the more difficult campgrounds to get into unless you reserve 6 months in advance or luck out on a cancellation a couple days before your arrival. These are the falls most often seen in pictures of the state park.Grand Haven State Park is one of the most popular state parks in Michigan, primarily because of its location at the Grand Haven public beach and south pier of the Grand River. Grand Haven State Park is one of the oldest and largest state parks in the United States and the second largest in Michigan.
The most picturesque are the Lower Falls. There are actually two sets of falls at Tahquamenon Falls State Park - The Upper and the Lower Falls. On one visit you will see roaring falls and at other times it seems like the river is only running at about half the regular flow - still very impressive no matter how much water is running down the Tahquamenon River. At times, depending on how much rain fall we have had, the falls vary in size. I have visited Tahquamenon Falls State Park during every season and I am never disappointed. Home to one of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi, Tahquamenon Falls is 200 feet wide, has an average waterflow of 50,000 gallons per second, and sits within 52,000 acres of undeveloped woodland. Camping near Grand Haven State Park is easy with Hipcamp, where private landowners offer one-of-a-kind camping experiences. Sure, Michigan is the Great Lakes State, but if you’re looking for what Michiganians describe as “paradise” you’ll need to head to the Upper Peninsula and explore Tahquamenon Falls State Park. In their description of the "best" state park in Michigan they said.
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