Enjoy a relaxing vacation getaway at Lake Michigan, the second largest Great Lake which is entirely within the United States. Approximately 307 miles long and 118 miles wide, this famous Michigan lake is an ideal vacation spot for a romantic and relaxing lake getaway, offering more than 1,600 miles of beautiful shoreline and lakefront beaches for recreational and water sport activities.
Enjoy A Relaxing Vacation Getaway At Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan Beaches And Parks – Enjoy An Outdoor Vacation Getaway Under The Sun
Visit any of the beaches, Lighthouse Beach, Clark Street Beach, Dempster / Greenwood Street Beach, Lee Street Beach and South Boulevard Beach that are opened to the public during the summer. Enjoy surfing and sunbathing along miles of sandy beaches, boating, kayaking, swimming, fishing, picnicking or even tennis if you like to have a game or two. Go for biking or jogging along miles of paths in the park of Lake Michigan.
Gillson Park And Beach of Wilmette will be another great place to visit in Lake Michigan offering picnicking, cycling, volleyball, soccer, tennis and outdoor ice-skating. All year-round lakeside activities will be expected too. Like to go for a swim? Gillson Beach’s lifeguarded swimming area offers you public swimming and wading.
Lake Michigan Fishing And Boating – Perfect Fishing Vacation Spots With Large Variety Of Fishes
The Chicago, North Shore which runs for hundreds of miles and has an extensive variety of fishes, is the perfect place for sailing, fishing and boating. You may access the beaches and docks in Evanston, Winnetka, Highland Park, and Lake Forest. If you prefer to access the fishing waters, you may visit the Chicago Harbor, (Monroe Harbor, Navy Pier, and Oak Street Beach), Wilmette Park Sailing Beach or Wilmette Sheridan Shores Yacht Club in Wilmette. Whether you are relaxing on a cruise, or casting your fishing line for a variety of trout and salmon, walleye, small or large mouth bass, nothernpike, crappie, catfish, rock bass, yellow perch, rainbow smelt and other species, a great fishing getaway in Lake Michigan would be most ideal for your vacation.
Lake Michigan Vessels And Cruises – Spend Your Vacation On Board For An Exciting Getaway
A wide range of vessels from schooners to pleasure sight-seeing boats awaits you along Navy Pier’s Dock Street to offer you an unforgettable offshore experience for your vacation. Enjoy thrilling speedboat rides along Lake Michigan or fun water taxi rides between lakefront attractions. Whether you are on board of “Windy”, the Navy Pier’s 148-foot, four-masted schooner for education tour, or “Spirit Of Chicago” for lunch, brunch, dinner and sight seeing cruises, or “Odyssey or Mystic Blue” for midnight cruises with fine dining or live entertainments, you will never get bored with cruises in Lake Michigan.
Other interesting vacation spots in Lake Michigan: Grosse Point Lighthouse in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago Harbor Lighthouse.
For related articles on popular Michigan lakes, please refer to our “Michigan Lakes” category.
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