Have you ever seen an orchard on a beach? Me neither! But this state park near Manistee is called Orchard Beach because it was first laid out among an apple tree orchard near Lake Michigan. Today it has no fruit trees, only ash, oak and cottonwood. We traveled here from Holland after taking one more trek up Mt. Pisgah and then around the side of the dune and back to the campground for a 1.6 mile hike.
We are not exactly on the beach as we have to descend a very steep wood stairway 75 steps to a lovely small, white sand beach at the bottom of the steps. We walked the narrow shoreline for about a mile north where we found a US flag in the sand. We had reached a residential area outside of the park. Then the walk back - that’s 2 miles plus some. As the park was filling up with campers, we drove into town for dinner and afterward walked the river boardwalk a short distance. Short, because I’ve had enough walking for one day!
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