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Added by Jopie, at 04 January 2017
Opening Hours
- Monday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Wednesday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Thursday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Friday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Saturday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Sunday 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
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12 Reviews
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26 December 2017
I have been coming here for years! Its awesome! The campground is really nice, there is a lot to do, and it can all be done in a day if you choose so. There are a few miles of hiking trails, a decent stretch of beach and a nice visitors center with a snack bar. I proposed to my girlfriend on the dolomite cliffs overlooking the town and bay. The Garden Peninsula is beautiful!
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19 November 2017
A side trip worth taking! The preserved town gives a peek into the past and how the different classes lived and worked in an isolated mill town. Great job by the State Parks service. Bring your walking shoes!
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05 October 2017
Living history park, set on a beautiful bay on Lake Michigan. Take a casual walk around the buildings of the old town and see how these people lived over 100 years ago. The buildings are in various states of restoration. All but a few are open to be explored. Drive down the peninsula and see what the world looked like 100 years ago. Took me and my wife about an hour to walk around the whole place. It is a 25 minute drive from Cooks.
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29 September 2017
Cool place. This was once a ghost town. Was originally a town created in 1860s to smelt pig iron on charcoal fired furnaces. They burned upwards of 35 cords of wood at a time to create the charcoal. The town dissolved in the early 1900s when charcoal was no longer used. Interesting exhibits and beautiful old buildings. Bring your walking shoes.
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27 September 2017
This is a really neat place that lets you step back in time. Initially I didn't have very high hopes for this park but since we had already bought a state park pass for the day we decided to give it a try anyway. Boy were we glad we did. Start out by going into the building for a scale model of the town as it was in it's heyday complete with narration explaining how it was built and what you see. Then go down the hill to the town itself where many of the original buildings are in different stages of restoration. Some of the buildings are fully restored and furnished. Others are partially restored with different displays about what life was like back then. Others are nothing more than crumbling foundations. The whole park is beautiful and encourages you to explore.
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17 September 2017
A beautiful and historic place to visit but I would suggest NOT taking the guided tour. The tour was guided by a VERY nice, elderly park attendant, but the whole tour was us standing in only 1 spot while he proceeded to talk for 45 minutes. He was very nice but it was really boring!
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30 August 2017
Worth going to, definitely an experience I will never forget. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. Go early to keep the ghost town aesthetic, lots of people come later in the day around noon. Stick to morning walks and get ready for wind.
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06 July 2017
We really enjoyed taking a tour of this ghost town. Fayette was once an iron ore smelting facility which grew into a small town in the 1870s. Some of the buildings have been partially restored to include furniture from that era. The area also has a campsite for RVs.
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08 June 2017
Great historic park of an old town complete with hotel and businesses built around an industry that is no longer as needed.
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07 June 2017
Been here close to 20 times throughout my life. Not much changes year to year beyond an exhibit or two added every once and a while, but each time I go I see something new. The exhibits are rich with information and the town itself is beautiful with the backdrop of the water on the one side and the harbor and cliffs on the other. Definitely worth checking out.
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21 March 2017
This was interesting if you like history. Its an old miner town. Lots of old buildings to walk around in, and you can see all the old equipment that they used to use.
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11 January 2017
Fun experience. We try and come here as much as we can. There is a lot to see and a lot of history here. Great place to stop plan to spend a few hours here. That is if you like history and learning how things were done in that time. This place has one of the most beautiful harbors in the state.
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