One of the reasons we love exploring Michigan is that there is never a shortage of great photo opportunities. Our early explorations of the state started with trying to photograph every lighthouse we possibly could, then moved on to shooting Michigan’s waterfalls, and has now progressed into documenting each and every site we visit. This year was a weird one as far as travel was concerned, but we still tried to make the best of it by focusing on outdoor spaces where social distancing could be maintained.
If you’ve been following along with our year in review, we hope you’ve already taken a look at the 20 “New to Us” places we visited in 2020, our 20 most popular posts of 2020, and our 21 Michigan travel goals for 2021. As you can see from the pictures below, we spent a great deal of time near the Great Lakes, visited plenty of waterfalls and lighthouses, and continued to find new art installations and landmarks. Much of the summer was spent in kayaks, between those paddling and a September vacation to Drummond Island that accounts for a good portion of these photos. The caption below each photo gives a basic location, time of year, and the subject matter. Thanks for checking out these Michigan photos, we can’t wait to bring you more great content next year!
Drummond Island’s Pebble Beach Cabin View, September
Freighter Maintowoc inbound on the Manistee River, April
Menominee North Pier Lighthouse, June
World’s Largest Brown Trout Sculpture, Baldwin, May
Progress continues on the new Lowell Showboat, October
Holland’s Wizard of Oz statues, herrick District Library, April
Suspension Bridge on the North Country Trail by O-kun-de-kun Falls, June
Kayaking over the “Silver Spray” shipwreck, Drummond Island, September
Fayette Historic State Park, August
Freighter Tim S. Dool passes Port Huron, May
Iron County Courthouse, Crystal Falls, June
Sunset on the St. Mary’s River, Drummond Island, September
Charlevoix South Pier Lighthouse, June
Fantasy Forest at Leila Arboretum, Battle Creek, September
Mortimer E. Cooley M-55 Pine River Brige, June
Jeep at The Steps at Marblehead, Drummond Island, September
BrickLive Exhibit at John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids, June
Veterans Memorial Park in Belding, November
Prismatica Art Installation, Grand Rapids, January
Drummond Island shoreline, September
Shale Beach, Drummond Island, September
Croswell Swinging Bridge, May
The newly rebuilt White’s Bridge, Smyrna, June
Dyer Kiln Ruins, Bellevue, November
Paul Bunyan in Manistique maske up for safety, June
Chutes and Ladders Playground, Houghton, June
Drummond Island Campfire, September
Fall color on the Muskegon River, October
Port Sanilac Lighthouse reflection, May
Reed City Covered Bridge, October
Mackinac Bridge, June
Lightship HURON and passing freighter, Port Huron, May
Dolomite Quarry on Drummond Island, September
Shutmaat Park, Hamilton, November
Nonesuch Falls, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, June
Ada Covered Bridge Winter Wonderland, December
Drummond Island Kayaking, September
Fall color in Baldwin, October
Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Houghton, June
Jeep at Conner’s Hole, Drummond Island, September
Manistique Boardwalk trail, June
Shipwreck of the tug “Silver Spray”, Drummond Island, September
Sunset at mini golf course in Sault Ste. Marie, June
Big Shoal Bay, Drummond Island, September
Windy day at South Haven Lighthouse, September
Gladstone Lighthouse, June
Looking up through the old kiln at Fayette Historic State Park, August
Freighter Stewart J. Cort passes the long laid-up freighter John Sherwin, Drummond Island, September
Kayaking the St. Mary’s River, Drummond Island, September
Fossil Ledges detail, Drummond Island, September
Freighter Federal Barents in the St. Mary’s River, September
Berrien Springs Courthouse, November
Manistee Pierhead Lighthouse, April
Kalamazoo River Lighthouse replica, Douglas, November
Horseshoe Harbor on Lake Superior, June
Plainwell Michigan Paper Company Mill and City Hall, November
Covered Bridge at Haradine Park, Carson City, November
Fitzgerald Park Ledges Trail, Grand Ledge, September
Pine River kayak trip, October
Capitol Hill School, Marshall, September
Rocky beach at Fayette Historic State Park, August
BrickLive Exhibit at John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids, June