Open May 15 through October 15
High-Use Seasonal Period: June 15 through September 15

Sites: 143 Partial
Maximum Electrical: 30 amps
Check in: 1 PM to 4 PM
Check out: 11 AM

Directions:
From U.S. 31, take Heart Mears Exit and go west on Polk Rd. Turn north on 56th Avenue and go 1/2 mile to Deer Rd. Going west, follow Deer Rd. to B15.
Go north on B15 for 2 and 6/10 miles. Resort is on the right.

Timberlake Resort, located in the beautiful western portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, affords its guests an opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of on-site recreational activities. The area surrounding the resort offers amusement parks, golf courses, “u-pick” fruit and vegetable farms, and beaches with an abundance of sand dunes for hours of leisure and entertainment.

Water-lovers will enjoy the trip north to visit Ludington, popular in the area as a fishing center on the shore of Lake Michigan. Anglers will want to try their luck fishing for chinook, coho, and king salmon in Lake Michigan, as well as the Pere Marquette River. Or just spend some time watching the freighters and pleasure boats on the Pere Marquette Lake. In town, you can relive the history of Mason County at the Rose Hawley Museum and see the large lighted cross that overlooks the harbor, or visit the White Pine Village of twenty 19th-century reconstructed structures. Superb sand beaches and dunes can also be found in the Ludington State Park, just eight miles north of town.

Take Highway 10 east into the Manistee National Forest, the Chain O’ Lakes and Big Star Lake near Baldwin. You’ll want to stop at the Shrine of the Pines, just south of Baldwin, on the banks of the Pere Marquette River. This memorial to the white pine features a log hunting lodge complete with furnishings hand-carved from white pine trees that were cut down more than a hundred years ago. Just south of the resort is the small town of Shelby, surrounded by orchards and asparagus farms. Stop at the Shelby Man-made Gemstone to see a display of made-man artificial stones and how they are produced.

No visit to the region would be complete without spending some time in Muskegon, the largest city on Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline. Once known as the “Lumber Queen of the World,” today Muskegon is an industrial center as well as an interesting spot for tourists.