Lake Michigan Beachtowns

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.

Cities

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

• 1 Harbor Country - a group of villages in the southwest corner of the state
• 2 Benton Harbor and 3 Saint Joseph
• 4 South Haven
• 5 Saugatuck-Douglas
• 6 Holland
• 7 Grand Haven
• 8 Muskegon
• 9 Pentwater
• 10 Ludington
• 11 Manistee

Other destinations

• 1 Manistee National Forest

Go next

• 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.