NBR - Suggestions for vacation Up North

gk30

I would love to go up north sometime during the first week of July with my husband and 20 month year old.  Does anyone have a place that they love and could recommend?  I mainly want something clean and close to a nice swimming area. 

littlemermaid

Petoskey, Michigan is really nice.  The Inn at Bay Harbor is really nice and it has a beach on Lake Michigan behind the hotel.

https://www.innatbayharbor.com/

 

 

Mrs.NGM

We stayed at The Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor several years ago.  It was nice because you could pick which section of the resort you wanted to stay at based on family preferences and such.  One or two of the sections were more geared towards families.

ksuggitt

Mackinaw Island/City is a very nice area. Lots of nice swimming and Tourist Areas!

 

Enjoy your trip where ever you do choose to go! 

Bigyellowdog

I second Petoskey and the Inn at Bay Harbor. Sooooo nice. If you can swing it, Mackinac Island is perfection. We loved the Harbor View Inn a few years back!

mbritto4

Mrs.NGM:

We stayed at The Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor several years ago.  It was nice because you could pick which section of the resort you wanted to stay at based on family preferences and such.  One or two of the sections were more geared towards families.

I love the Homestead too

str8ota

Traverse City for the Cherry Festival.

Brit710

Our family goes camping at Clear Lake State Park every year. I love it.  It's clean, family friendly, and lots of stuff to do.

firewife9278

We normally stay in downtown Glen Arbor every summer for at least a week (we rent a house). Last fall we also went for our anniversary. We drove through the Homestead and it looks AMAZING for families!

gk30

Hi Brit,

Thanks so much for telling me about this campsite.  I looked it up and was very surprised to see it is right next to Canada Creek Ranch, where I spent many summers with my grandparents.  I've been wanting to revisit that place now that I have my own little one, but I think you have to be a member.  So this campsite is the next best thing.  We hope to check it out sometime this summer.

 

Thanks for all the other ideas.  The Homestead and Inn at Bay Harbor look really nice and even though they looked booked up for over the 4th of july, I'm going to keep them in mind for later in the summer or fall. 

tanyael

I love St. Ignace. It's cute, quaint, has several clean, inexpensive staying options, EXCELLENT food (smoked fish to die for), and is a good strike-out point for all sorts of places (a bear ranch in Newberry, the Soo, Mackinac Island, Tahquamenon Falls, Whitefish Point), and the best thing about it--there is an absolutely beautiful pristine Lake Michigan beach about 20 minutes down highway 2 (I believe that the specific place is Pointe Aux Chenes). You pull up by the road and go swimming. :-)

Tanya