Baker Island

Baker Island: 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 sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Baker Island

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

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 Baker Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.68245, -86.48122. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Baker Island

• Silver Lake State Park · lake · Oceana · ~4 km · Must-see
• Little Sable Point Lighthouse · fort · Oceana · ~7 km · Must-see
• Pentwater Lake · lake · Oceana · ~14 km · Must-see
• Charles Mears State Park · park · Oceana · ~15 km · Must-see
• Lake Michigan · lake · Mason · ~25 km · Must-see
• Pleiness Lake · lake · Mason · ~34 km · Must-see
• North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~38 km · Must-see
• Dockery Lake · lake · Mason · ~39 km · Must-see
• White Lake · lake · Muskegon · ~41 km · Must-see
• Manistee National Forest · sanctuary · Oceana · ~41 km · Must-see
• White River Light Station · lake · Muskegon · ~43 km · Must-see
• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~44 km · Must-see
• Duck Lake State Park · lake · Muskegon · ~47 km · Must-see
• Ludington State Park · sanctuary · Mason · ~50 km · Must-see
• Hamlin Lake · lake · Mason · ~50 km · Must-see
• Michigan's Adventure · park · Muskegon · ~51 km · Must-see
• Big Sable Point Lighthouse · museum · Mason · ~52 km · Must-see
• Rollway Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~52 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Baker Island

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Baker Island

• Manistee National Forest · sanctuary · Oceana · ~41 km · Must-see
• Ludington State Park · sanctuary · Mason · ~50 km · Must-see
• Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness · sanctuary · Mason · ~58 km · Must-see
• Hackley Park · sanctuary · Muskegon · ~66 km · Must-see
• Bass River Recreation Area · sanctuary · Ottawa · ~105 km · Must-see
• Kohler-Andrae State Park · sanctuary · Sheboygan · ~125 km · Must-see
• Hopewell Indian Mounds Park · sanctuary · Kent · ~129 km · Must-see
• Fischer Creek State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Manitowoc · ~129 km · Must-see
• Holland Harbor Light · sanctuary · Ottawa · ~129 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Park Zoo · sanctuary · Manitowoc · ~131 km · Must-see

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