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The park was created after the lighthouse property was declared surplus by the United States Government. The 1960 Michigan state legislature authorized the purchase of 175 acres on Tawas Point for $29,250. [5] Development of the park began in 1964, with the park officially opening in 1966. A beach pavilion was added to the site in 1993.
East Harbor State Park is a public recreation area located eight miles (13 km) northwest of Sandusky, Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie. The state park includes beach, campground, marina, and wetland wildlife preserve areas. The park offers swimming, boating and fishing, ten miles (16 km) of multi-use trails, picnicking, hunting, and disc golf. [2]
Lake Michigan: Holland State Park: Ottawa: 617 acres 250 ha: 1926: Lake Macatawa, Lake Michigan: Indian Lake State Park: Schoolcraft: 847 acres 343 ha: 1932: Indian Lake: Interlochen State Park: Grand Traverse: 187 acres 76 ha: 1917: Green Lake, Duck Lake: First state park created under Michigan state parks system Keith J. Charters Traverse ...
The William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor (formerly named Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor) is a public recreation area located on the Detroit River just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan, on a portion of the city's International Riverfront. The state park's 31 acres (13 ha) include wetlands, paved trails, and a 52-slip harbor of ...
Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.It borders Wisconsin to the southwest in the Upper Peninsula, and Indiana and Ohio to the south in the Lower Peninsula; it is also connected by Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie to Minnesota and Illinois, and the Canadian province of Ontario.
Grand Haven is a city within the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Ottawa County. [4] Grand Haven is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Grand River, for which it is named. As of the 2020 census, Grand Haven had a population of 11,011.
Traverse City State Park, officially named Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park, is a 75-acre (30 ha) public recreation area in East Bay Township just east of Traverse City in the U.S. state of Michigan. [2] The park is located on the southern shoreline of East Grand Traverse Bay, a bay of Lake Michigan, and is used mainly as a campground ...
A Child's View of the Tawas Point Light, Michigan Time Traveler: Lansing State Journal and Michigan Historical Center. Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein, The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses (2002) ISBN 1-59223-102-0 ; ISBN 978-1-59223-102-7 .