Freda Sands

Freda Sands: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Freda Sands

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Freda Sands — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 47.12997, -88.82813. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Freda Sands

• Redridge Steel Dam · lake · Houghton · ~7 km · Must-see
• Agate Beach · beach · Houghton · ~16 km · Must-see
• Robert T. Brown Plant Preserve · sanctuary · Houghton · ~17 km · Must-see
• North Canal Township Park · park · Houghton · ~23 km · Must-see
• Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light · fort · Michigan · ~24 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Church · church · Houghton · ~24 km · Must-see
• Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw · museum · Houghton · ~25 km · Must-see
• Saint Ignatius Loyala Church · church · Houghton · ~25 km · Must-see
• McLain State Park · sanctuary · Houghton · ~26 km · Must-see
• Twin Lakes State Park · park · Houghton · ~33 km · Must-see
• Torch Bay · beach · Houghton · ~36 km · Must-see
• Torch Lake · lake · Houghton · ~38 km · Must-see
• Italian Hall Memorial Park · park · Houghton · ~39 km · Must-see
• Upper Peninsula Firefighters Museum · museum · Houghton · ~39 km · Must-see
• Big Annie Statue · attraction · Houghton · ~39 km · Must-see
• Black Creek Nature Sanctuary · sanctuary · Keweenaw · ~44 km · Must-see
• Saint Henrys Church · church · Houghton · ~51 km · Must-see
• Sand Hills Lighthouse · fort · Keweenaw · ~56 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Freda Sands

Other beaches & coast near Freda Sands

• Agate Beach · beach · Houghton · ~16 km · Must-see
• Torch Bay · beach · Houghton · ~36 km · Must-see
• Eagle River Lighthouse · beach · Keweenaw · ~64 km · Must-see
• Bete Grise (Mendota) Lighthouse · beach · Keweenaw · ~88 km · Must-see
• Copper Harbor Front Range Light · beach · Keweenaw · ~102 km · Must-see
• PS Cumberland · beach · Michigan · ~111 km · Must-see
• Big Bay Point Lighthouse · beach · Marquette · ~116 km · Must-see
• Rice Bay · beach · Gogebic · ~139 km · Must-see
• Little Trout Bay · beach · Northwestern Ontario · ~143 km · Must-see
• High Point · beach · Houghton · ~19 km

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