Beautiful park, great swimming beach (when Lake Michigan is warm enough (somewhat rare)). Good hiking and XCountry skiing. Petty old quarry to walk around. Lots of deer (get close, they are pretty tame). Some old "ruins" left over from old stone quarry digs. Parking is the only prob, it is limited near the beach and one needs to take a (provided) shuttle from a remote lot during crowded summer swimming days. Enjoy!
One of the best campgrounds I've ever been to. Most of the camp sites have a lot of privacy. Brilliant place.
Just a vary well park I've had a lot of great times here. Seen lots of deer and other wild life.
I take my family here often! We love the beach and all the walking trails. Great place to picnic! There's even an area to bring your pets!
We love this beach. It is always clean and not to crowded. We usually find really cool rock on the South dog beach. The north beach has nice sand for kids to play in. This beach also used to be a little village so lots of informational signs along the paths!
The campsites are clean and well-kept. You will have to drive by to find ones with shade, however. If you are reserving online, I remember sites 223, 225, and 213 have shade. If you need an electric site they have a whole loop of it and site 101 is super shady.
The beach is excellent! Lake Michigan in all its beauty without the Milwaukee smell. Clean beach, but get there early it fills up after 1pm!
If you like history visit Quarry lake on the campground and walk the foot path. Old building foundations and interesting history of the town that once existed because of the limestone quarry.
We will be back. I planned this as a day tip with the family. There is camping hiking swimming and is dog friendly. We parked at the outer parking lot so we could hike down to the north beach to go swimming. The trails were clean and maintained with the occasional hiker/s. The beach has wonderful views and was clean. My daughter said it looked like we were on an island. There was other families/people at the beach. The beach area is large so plenty of room to move around and be spaced out. Dogs are allowed at the south beach but not the north beach. But we did see an occasional dog walk by. They also have electric campsites. Our next trip we plan camping to get the full experience. Happy trails!
It's a bit of a drive from 94, but worth it. I love coming up in early spring before the beach is crowded.
There is so much to do and see here, beach, quarry, hiking, historical markersand just enjoying the tranquility of this beautiful place.
Beautiful State Park. The camping area I stayed on 223 was super clean and plenty of grass. It was also nice that it was close to the restroom and water fountain. I just wish it didn't rain that first night we we're there. I would not hesitate to camp or take a hike thru the big pond again.
Love this park! I've been going here since I was a kid. They have lots of fun events year-round. Definitely try out the candlelit ski/hike sometime!
A NICE little park/beach area for families.
The trails all seemed pretty well groomed with surface ranging from dirt, to paved, to pea gravel, to grass.
There are benches in many locations often in the shade. Some of the benches even have their own shade cover!
Dogs are welcome in most of the park (but not all of it! So be aware)
There are inland bodies of water (quarry - no swimming) and Lake Michigan coastline (sand and cliff)
Worth noting: During my visit ALL of the beach areas had warning signs telling you NOT to go swimming because the water in the area had unsafe levels of E.Coli bacteria. - That didn't seem to be warning enough for all the kids and parents still swimming nearby..