19 mi from Maple Grove Township, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore leads the list
Some 1.6M visitors a year come to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The town has no place on our list of its own; 5 are within 40 miles. Among them are 2 museums, a national lakeshore and a national forest. Allow a day for Lake Michigan, 47 mi off.
Lake Michigan
One of the Great Lakes of North America.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
On the map
At the edge of the map sits Shrine of the Pines, 38 mi out.
Orange: Maple Grove Township. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Best known first
All 7 on the list lie within 60 miles.
2
3Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
History museum in Big Rapids, Michigan.
4
5Michigan Legacy Art Park
Outdoor sculpture park near Thompsonville, Michigan.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Maple Grove Township →
Photo credits
Lake Michigan: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS Expedition, Public domain · Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: en:User:Grod028, Public domain · Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia: Jim Crow Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Manistee National Forest: RomanKahler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ramsdell Theatre: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0
