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Sandy Pines RV Resort

Southwest Michigan Region
Sandy Pines Recreational Community promises to bring you a whole new world of relaxation, fun, and tradition. As the largest privately owned campground in the state, our 800 acres of scenic lake and woodland property are the perfect playground for kids and adults alike, where families can enjoy not only a variety of camping accommodations but also dozens of amenities and activities unsurpassed by any other campground across Michigan. At Sandy Pines, you're family.
2745 136th Avenue Hopkins, MI 49328

Sandy Pines RV Resort2026-03-16T21:02:11-04:00

Upper Peninsula Driving Tour: North Huron Byway

Mileage: 51.3 miles Driving Time: 1 hours, 3 minutes (plus a brief ferry ride) About 15 miles north of St. Ignace and the mighty Mackinac Bridge is the turnoff for M-134, the North Huron Byway. This 50-mile stretch of road takes you through three small towns and then across the St. Mary’s River to Drummond [...]

Upper Peninsula Driving Tour: North Huron Byway2025-12-18T09:31:10-05:00

South-Central Driving Tour: Jackson, Michigan

Distance: 36 miles (driving) Travel Time: 57 minutes (driving) If you’ve ever heard of a Coney Dog, then you probably haven’t heard of Jackson, Michigan. Detroit gets the credit for being the birthplace of this particular creation; however, Jackson historians place the birth of the Coney Dog to their very city three years before Detroit [...]

South-Central Driving Tour: Jackson, Michigan2025-12-08T05:37:21-05:00

6 Overlooked Michigan Destinations for 2026

Don’t wait until the flowers begin to bloom or the lakes start beckoning you to take a dip. Autumn and winter are ideal times to undergo trip planning for next year. We always have a running list, right? And we never seem to get to them all. However, we wouldn’t be RVers without a little [...]

6 Overlooked Michigan Destinations for 20262025-11-03T13:56:01-05:00

Midwest Living: Best Small Towns Driving Tour

Distance: 445 miles Driving Time: 8 hours, 40 minutes (plus a ferry ride to and from the island)   Midwest Living published an article “These are the 20 Best Small Towns for a Great Lakes Vacation” in June 2025. Not surprisingly, a dozen of those destinations were located in Michigan. This road trip takes you [...]

Midwest Living: Best Small Towns Driving Tour2025-07-08T07:49:50-04:00

Southeast Michigan Walking & Driving Tour: Monroe

Distance: 7.6 miles Walking time: 2 hours, 47 minutes Driving time: 19 minutes If you love history, then drive approximately 40 miles south of metro Detroit (or just over the Ohio border if you’re coming from the south) to “Michigan’s Cornerstone,” the city of Monroe. Known in the early days as Frenchtown, this settlement was [...]

Southeast Michigan Walking & Driving Tour: Monroe2025-05-05T08:53:20-04:00

Wellness on the Road

“According to the KOA 2024 Camping & Outdoor Hospitality Report on Outdoors and Wellness, campers who bring along their children say that spending time outdoors improves the children's emotional well-being, relationships, and physical health. “The health benefits of nature… have been attributed to ‘reduction in air pollution; increased physical activity, including walking and biking; and improved [...]

Wellness on the Road2025-04-02T12:38:52-04:00

Outdoor Spaces

Although we love exploring sights and trails and waterways and beaches and museums (for starters) when we’re RVing, there is something special, too, about staying on site and simply putting your feet up or exploring the immediate area. Many private campgrounds and RV resorts have high quality amenities and activities, such as pools, arcades, fishing [...]

Outdoor Spaces2025-03-12T05:39:52-04:00

Driving Tour: From Light to Light Along West Michigan’s Gold Coast – Mears to Ludington

Distance: 39.6 miles Travel Time: 1 hour, 9 minutes Lake Michigan, for all its beauty and serenity it has inspired, has a treacherous history. The area between Little Sable Point Lighthouse near Silver Lake Sand Dunes and Big Sable Point Lighthouse in Ludington is known as the “Graveyard of Ships,” as there were more than [...]

Driving Tour: From Light to Light Along West Michigan’s Gold Coast – Mears to Ludington2025-01-13T11:21:13-05:00

South-Central Walking Tour: Marshall

Photo: Roberto - stock.adobe.com. Marshall, Michigan, USA - October 21, 2021: The business district on Michigan Avenue Distance: 1.6 miles Walking time: 36 minutes This walking tour will take you past some historic structures and sights as well as some unique museums within this beautiful little Michigan town. The town’s website has several well-organized and [...]

South-Central Walking Tour: Marshall2024-10-07T10:06:12-04:00
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