Lake Michigan Beachtowns Voyage Tips and guide

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The Lake Michigan Beachtowns are a string of small- to medium-sized cities along the shoreline in West Michigan. They feature several harbors for lake-going boats and countless miles of sandy beaches on the freshwater inland sea of Lake Michigan.

From south to north, the most noteworthy cities and towns are:

• 41.827-86.6941 Harbor Country - a group of villages in the southwest corner of the state
• 42.112-86.4712 Benton Harbor and 42.098056-86.4841673 Saint Joseph
• 42.403056-86.2736114 South Haven
• 42.655-86.2019445 Saugatuck-Douglas
• 42.7875-86.1088896 Holland
• 43.063056-86.2283337 Grand Haven
• 43.234167-86.2483338 Muskegon
• 43.781667-86.4330569 Pentwater
• 43.955278-86.452510 Ludington
• 44.243611-86.32138911 Manistee

• 43.87605-85.913861 Manistee National Forest

• Harbor Country is a small region at the southern end of the Beachtowns region
• The Leelanau Peninsula is up the coast to the north.
• Grand Rapids is half an hour or so inland from Holland or Grand Haven.