White Lake, the channel, and the two beaches that aren’t private
Where White Lake drains into Lake Michigan, the lighthouse on the cut, and the two public beaches worth the drive.
Where White Lake drains into Lake Michigan, the lighthouse on the cut, and the two public beaches worth the drive.
The White Lake beaches empty after Labor Day, the trail and the White River turn cold, and Lake Michigan gets dramatic. When to come.
A three-night, one-house plan: the rail trail, a Lake Michigan beach, the giant weathervane, and a downtown meal.
Five spots across Montague and Whitehall — a brewery, a breakfast room, a bookstore that pours coffee, a summer ice cream counter, and one pub for dinner.
Michigan's first paved rail-trail runs about twenty-two flat miles from Montague north to Hart, through orchards and four small towns.
A small city on the north shore of White Lake, twinned with Whitehall, a channel away from Lake Michigan.