Hardwick Drive

Hardwick Drive: 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 Hardwick Drive

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 Hardwick Drive — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.67011, -85.67213. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Hardwick Drive

• Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery · museum · Mecosta · ~19 km · Must-see
• Rogers Dam · lake · Mecosta · ~21 km · Must-see
• Townline Lake · lake · Mecosta · ~24 km · Must-see
• Hardy Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~26 km · Must-see
• Rollway Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~29 km · Must-see
• Shrine of the Pines · museum · Lake · ~32 km · Must-see
• Croton Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~32 km · Must-see
• Hess Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~41 km · Must-see
• Cowden Lake · lake · Montcalm · ~54 km · Must-see
• Manistee National Forest · sanctuary · Oceana · ~58 km · Must-see
• Pleiness Lake · lake · Mason · ~63 km · Must-see
• Dockery Lake · lake · Mason · ~65 km · Must-see
• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~66 km · Must-see
• Weidman Millpond · lake · Isabella · ~71 km · Must-see
• Lost Lake · lake · Clare · ~72 km · Must-see
• Brush Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~5 km
• Toogood Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~5 km
• Hungerford Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~7 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Hardwick Drive

Other forts & heritage near Hardwick Drive

• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~66 km · Must-see
• Little Sable Point Lighthouse · fort · Oceana · ~87 km · Must-see
• North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~89 km · Must-see
• Frankfort North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~146 km · Must-see
• Hardy Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~26 km
• Toft Lake Village Site · fort · Newaygo · ~26 km
• Croton Dam Mound Group · fort · Newaygo · ~32 km
• Croton Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~32 km
• US 31–Pentwater River Bridge · fort · Oceana · ~69 km
• North Oceana Drive · fort · Oceana · ~69 km

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