Beech Avenue

Beech Avenue: 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 fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Beech Avenue

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

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 Beech Avenue — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.73837, -85.58553. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Beech Avenue

• Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery · museum · Mecosta · ~13 km · Must-see
• Townline Lake · lake · Mecosta · ~15 km · Must-see
• Rogers Dam · lake · Mecosta · ~20 km · Must-see
• Shrine of the Pines · museum · Lake · ~31 km · Must-see
• Hardy Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~35 km · Must-see
• Rollway Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~40 km · Must-see
• Croton Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~43 km · Must-see
• Hess Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~52 km · Must-see
• Cowden Lake · lake · Montcalm · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lost Lake · lake · Clare · ~60 km · Must-see
• Weidman Millpond · lake · Isabella · ~63 km · Must-see
• Pleiness Lake · lake · Mason · ~68 km · Must-see
• Dockery Lake · lake · Mason · ~69 km · Must-see
• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~69 km · Must-see
• Manistee National Forest · sanctuary · Oceana · ~71 km · Must-see
• Lake Mitchell · lake · Wexford · ~71 km · Must-see
• William Mitchell State Park · park · Wexford · ~71 km · Must-see
• Lake Cadillac · lake · Wexford · ~72 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Beech Avenue

Other forts & heritage near Beech Avenue

• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~69 km · Must-see
• North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~94 km · Must-see
• Little Sable Point Lighthouse · fort · Oceana · ~97 km · Must-see
• Frankfort North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~141 km · Must-see
• Hardy Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~35 km
• Toft Lake Village Site · fort · Newaygo · ~38 km
• Croton Dam Mound Group · fort · Newaygo · ~43 km
• Croton Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~43 km
• US 31–Pentwater River Bridge · fort · Oceana · ~78 km
• North Oceana Drive · fort · Oceana · ~78 km

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