Baldwin Avenue

Baldwin 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 Baldwin 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 Baldwin Avenue — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.65174, -85.86723. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Baldwin Avenue

• Rollway Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~10 km · Must-see
• Shrine of the Pines · museum · Lake · ~29 km · Must-see
• Hardy Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~33 km · Must-see
• Croton Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~36 km · Must-see
• Hess Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~38 km · Must-see
• Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery · museum · Mecosta · ~39 km · Must-see
• Rogers Dam · lake · Mecosta · ~39 km · Must-see
• Manistee National Forest · sanctuary · Oceana · ~40 km · Must-see
• Townline Lake · lake · Mecosta · ~44 km · Must-see
• Pleiness Lake · lake · Mason · ~48 km · Must-see
• Dockery Lake · lake · Mason · ~50 km · Must-see
• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~53 km · Must-see
• Pentwater Lake · lake · Oceana · ~59 km · Must-see
• Michigan's Adventure · park · Muskegon · ~60 km · Must-see
• Charles Mears State Park · park · Oceana · ~60 km · Must-see
• Lake Michigan · lake · Mason · ~60 km · Must-see
• White Lake · lake · Muskegon · ~62 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake State Park · lake · Oceana · ~65 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Baldwin Avenue

Other forts & heritage near Baldwin Avenue

• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~53 km · Must-see
• Little Sable Point Lighthouse · fort · Oceana · ~68 km · Must-see
• North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~74 km · Must-see
• Frankfort North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~141 km · Must-see
• Toft Lake Village Site · fort · Newaygo · ~26 km
• Hardy Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~33 km
• Croton Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~36 km
• Croton Dam Mound Group · fort · Newaygo · ~36 km
• US 31–Pentwater River Bridge · fort · Oceana · ~50 km
• North Oceana Drive · fort · Oceana · ~50 km

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