![Lighthouse Beach and Park in Port Huron: History and Family Fun](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Port-Huron-Lighthouse-Beach-Fort-Gratiot-2024-470x140.jpg)
Port Huron is home to many great parks and outdoor areas, but the one we find ourselves coming back to the most is Lighthouse Beach…
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: Northernmost Point of Lake Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Northernmost-Point-of-Lake-Michigan-Beach-Naubinway-470x140.jpg)
Michigan Roadside Attractions is a periodic feature on Travel the Mitten that will explore the many interesting things that can be found on the highways,…
![Leslie E. Tassell Park and Cascade Dam, Grand Rapids](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Cascade-Dam-Thornapple-River-Grand-Rapids-470x140.jpg)
The Grand Rapids, Michigan area is home to countless parks and open spaces that offer opportunities for picnics, family excursions, quiet reflection, outdoor recreation and…
![Straits State Park - Camping and Great Views of the Mackinac Bridge](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Straits-State-Park-Mackinac-Bridge-View1-470x140.jpg)
When it comes to Upper Peninsula state parks in Michigan, few are as popular or as easy to get to as Straits State Park in…
![Bay Furnace Historic Site and Campground - Alger County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bay-Furnace-Feature-470x140.jpg)
The Munising/Pictured Rocks area is one that we have visited more than a handful of times, but somehow we had never stopped at the Bay…
![Deerfield Nature Park - Hiking, Skiing, Disc Golf and More in Isabella County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Fisher-Covered-Bridge-Mt.-Pleasant-470x140.jpg)
A little bit of early spring warmth had us itching to get outside and do some hiking this week. We were looking for something new…
![Haven Falls - A Roadside Waterfall In Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Haven-Falls-Keweenaw-470x140.jpg)
In the Keweenaw Peninsula’s small community of Lac Labelle sits a waterfall in a roadside park that at times looks so perfect it could almost…