Optimist Park

Optimist Park: 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 park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Optimist Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

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 Optimist Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.95364, -86.28140. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Optimist Park

• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~7 km · Must-see
• Dockery Lake · lake · Mason · ~9 km · Must-see
• Pleiness Lake · lake · Mason · ~14 km · Must-see
• Lake Michigan · lake · Mason · ~18 km · Must-see
• North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~19 km · Must-see
• Hamlin Lake · lake · Mason · ~20 km · Must-see
• Gun Lake · lake · Mason · ~21 km · Must-see
• Ludington State Park · sanctuary · Mason · ~25 km · Must-see
• Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness · sanctuary · Mason · ~26 km · Must-see
• Big Sable Point Lighthouse · museum · Mason · ~27 km · Must-see
• Charles Mears State Park · park · Oceana · ~28 km · Must-see
• Pentwater Lake · lake · Oceana · ~29 km · Must-see
• Manistee Lake · lake · Manistee · ~39 km · Must-see
• North Pierhead Light · attraction · Michigan · ~42 km · Must-see
• United States Coast Guard Cutter Acacia · attraction · Manistee · ~43 km · Must-see
• SS City of Milwaukee · attraction · Manistee · ~43 km · Must-see
• Shrine of the Pines · museum · Lake · ~45 km · Must-see
• Orchard Beach State Park · beach · Manistee · ~45 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Optimist Park

Other parks near Optimist Park

• Charles Mears State Park · park · Oceana · ~28 km · Must-see
• Michigan's Adventure · park · Muskegon · ~85 km · Must-see
• William Mitchell State Park · park · Wexford · ~92 km · Must-see
• Muskegon State Park · park · Muskegon · ~99 km · Must-see
• Interlochen State Park · park · Grand Traverse · ~107 km · Must-see
• P.J. Hoffmaster State Park · park · Muskegon · ~115 km · Must-see
• Grand Haven State Park · park · Ottawa · ~125 km · Must-see
• Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park · park · Grand Traverse · ~132 km · Must-see
• Bruemmer County Park · park · Kewaunee · ~145 km · Must-see
• Wilson State Park · park · Clare · ~148 km · Must-see

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