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Frankfort is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located within Benzie County , the city sits upon the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Betsie River . The city had a population of 1,252 at the 2020 census .
Point Betsie Light. Point Betsie Light is located on the northeast shore of Lake Michigan — at the southern entrance to the Manitou Passage — north of Frankfort in Benzie County in Northern Michigan. [ 3 ] Construction began in 1854, but it was not completed until 1858, and began service in the shipping season of 1859.
Michigan's state parks system was started in 1919. Three Michigan state parks pre-date the creation of the park system in 1919: Mackinac Island State Park (1895), Michilimackinac State Park (1909) and Interlochen State Park (1917). Mackinac Island State Park was created in 1895. It had served as the nation's second national park for two decades ...
Benzie County (/ bɛnziː / BEN-zee) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,970. [ 2 ] The county seat is Beulah. [ 3 ] The county was initially set off in 1863 and organized in 1869. [ 1 ][ 4 ] At 321 square miles (830 km 2), Benzie County is the smallest of the 83 counties in Michigan in terms ...
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a U.S. national lakeshore in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.Located within Benzie and Leelanau counties, the park extends along a 35-mile (56 km) stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou islands, preserving a total of 71,199 acres (111 sq mi; 288 km 2).
M-22 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It is 116.7 miles (187.8 km) long and follows the Lake Michigan shoreline of the Leelanau Peninsula, making up a portion of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour. It also passes through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Crystal Lake, the largest lake of this name in Michigan, is located near Lake Michigan in Benzie County about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Traverse City and about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Frankfort at 44°39′N 86°09′W. It measures approximately 2.5 by 8 miles (4.0 by 12.9 km), and has a maximum depth of 165 feet (50 m).
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park is a historical park operated by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources at Copper Harbor, Michigan. [3] The park preserves the restored 1844 army military outpost, Fort Wilkins , which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [ 4 ]