Orchard Beach State Park
We spent the weekend of June 9-June 11 at Orchard Beach State Park in Manistee, Michigan. We returned to this park after spending a long weekend here last year, and this is a park which we could come back to year after year. The park itself is very easy to get to. It is a very short drive north on M-110 from US-31 (about 1.5 miles) just north of downtown Manistee, and is located right along the shore of Lake Michigan. Pulling into the park, you are greeted with a view of the water from high atop a bluff, and the views from within the park are hard to beat! We like to stay in one of the sites that has a Lake Michigan view. The bluff at the southernmost end of the campground offers panoramic views from high atop the bluff, and give a great vantage point for watching the sunset over Lake Michigan. Sites 41-47, 50-60 108-121 offer this view, while the remainder of the sites are shielded by trees and hills from having a lake view. T...