
Worth the trip from Mears: Lake Michigan, 28 mi off
Around Mears, the places to visit include 4 museums, 2 theme parks and a lake. The town has no place on our list of its own; 10 are within 40 miles. Travel 47 mi and you reach Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia.

Lake Michigan
One of the Great Lakes of North America.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Mapped
To the south is where most of the 10 lie.
Orange: Mears. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All of it
Its 11 places all lie within 60 miles.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Lake Michigan: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, ISS Expedition, 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 · USS LST-393: USN, Public domain · Ramsdell Theatre: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · WildWater Adventure: Larry Pieniazek, CC BY 2.5 · Muskegon Museum of Art: Mister Melville, CC0
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