• Flowers/Gardens
  Michigan has some of the most beautiful flower gardens in the Midwest. Check this out for info about Dow Gardens and other flower sites around the state.
• Birdwatching
  With an abundant number of birds, many people in Michigan take time out of their spring to watch the many birds in some of the wildlife refuges around Michigan.
• Lighthouses
  Round Island Lighthouse is only one of the many lighthouses ships used to guide themselves through the Great lakes. Check out this page for more information about lighthouses in Michigan.
• Hunting/Fishing
  Hunting is one of the few sports that can be done all year round, and many people find pleasure in fishing on one of Michigan's beautiful lakes.

Lighthouses

Because of Michigan's location in regards to waterways, it has almost become synonymous with a naval tradition: the lighthouse. Many lighthouses dot the shoreline along the St. Lawrence River Pathway, across the Great Lakes. Here is a list of all the lighthouses surrounding the Great Lakes but in Michigan:

Lake Huron

• Alpena Light
• Charity Island Light
• Cheboygan Crib Light
• Cheboygan Light
• Cheboygan River Front Range Light
• DeTour Reef Light
• Fort Gratiot Light
• Forty Mile Point Light
• Fourteen Foot Shoal Light
• Harbor Beach Light
• Martin Reef Light
• Old Presque Isle Lighthouse
• Poe Reef Light
• Pointe Aux Barques Light
• Port Austin Reef Light
• Port Sanilac Light
• Presque Isle Lighthouse
• Presque Isle Range Lights
• Round Island Light
• Saginaw River Rear Range Light
• Spectacle Reef Light
• Sturgeon Point Light
• Tawas Point Light

Lake Michigan

• Beaver Island (Beaver Head) Light
• Big Sable Point Light
• Charlevoix South Pier Light
• Frankfort North Breakwater Light
• Grand Haven South Pier & Pierhead Inner Lights
• Grand Traverse Light
• Gray's Reef Light Station
• Holland Harbor Light
• Lansing Shoal Light
• Little Sable Point Light
• Little Traverse Light
• Ludington North Breakwater Light
• Manistee North Pierhead Light
• Manistique East Breakwater Light
• Menominee North Pier Light
• Minneapolis Shoal Light
• Muskegon South Breakwater Light
• Muskegon South Pier Light
• North Manitou Shoal Light
• North Point Light
• Old Mission Point Light
• Peninsula Point Light
• Point Betsie Light
• Robert H. Manning Memorial Light
• Sand Point Light
• Seul Choix Point Light
• Skillagalee Island Light
• South Haven South Pier Light
• South Manitou Island Light
• Squaw Island Light
• St. Helena Island Light
• St. James Harbor Light
• St. Joseph North Pier Inner & Outer Lights
• Waugoshance Shoal Light
• White River Light
• White Shoal Light

Lake Superior

• Au Sable Point Light
• Bete Grise Light
• Big Bay Point Light
• Copper Harbor Light
• Copper Harbor Rear Range Light
• Crisp Point Light
• Eagle Harbor Light
• Eagle River Light
• Grand Island East Channel Light
• Grand Island West Channel Light
• Grand Marais Harbor Lights
• Granite Island Light
• Gull Rock Light
• Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light
• Manitou Island Light
• Marquette Harbor Light
• Munising Range Lights
• Ontonagon Light
• Point Iroquois Light
• Portage Lake Lower Entrance Light
• Portage River Light
• Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light
• Sand Hills Light
• Sand Point Light
• Whitefish Point Light

For more information about any or all of these lighthouses, visit them (and a list of other lighthouses around America and the globe) at the Internet Public Library at http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/light/Geoidx.html.