Ludington State Park

This is an unabashed advertisement for Ludington State Park. All you land yacht owners, motorcyclists, world travelers and campers should put this on your list of “must sees”. And if you are bored with swimming at the beach, hiking the dunes, campfires, kayaking on the lake and eating really good ice cream, drive to Ludington and watch the SS Badger come in or go out…

Ludington State Park

The Big Sable Lighthouse at northwest point of the park.
A soft, clean sand beach runs along the Lake Michigan shore.
Behind the first rise of dunes, miles of trails through the rise and fall of even more dunes.
On the other edge of the dunes, the sand gives way to grassland and trees.
And then, on the other side of the campgrounds, hidden among the trees, is Lake Hamlin.

SS Badger

The SS Badger is the last coal-fired steam car ferry still in operation in the US. It carries 600 passengers and 180 cars 62 miles between US route 10 in Ludington, MI and Manitowac, WI.

The Badger departs Ludington at 9:00A and arrives at 7:00P everyday from May through October.

And if the state park or the Badger are not enough, there are always the sunsets on this coast of Michigan…

2 comments

  1. These photos look like sandy neck, and the ferry to Nantucket .
    Love the sunsets and sunrises, all’s right with the world….maybe?

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