Dowling Drive

Dowling 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 Dowling 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 Dowling Drive — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.63291, -85.87153. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dowling Drive

• Rollway Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~9 km · Must-see
• Hardy Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~32 km · Must-see
• Shrine of the Pines · museum · Lake · ~32 km · Must-see
• Croton Dam · lake · Newaygo · ~34 km · Must-see
• Hess Lake · lake · Newaygo · ~36 km · Must-see
• Manistee National Forest · sanctuary · Oceana · ~38 km · Must-see
• Rogers Dam · lake · Mecosta · ~40 km · Must-see
• Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery · museum · Mecosta · ~40 km · Must-see
• Townline Lake · lake · Mecosta · ~45 km · Must-see
• Pleiness Lake · lake · Mason · ~49 km · Must-see
• Dockery Lake · lake · Mason · ~52 km · Must-see
• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~55 km · Must-see
• Michigan's Adventure · park · Muskegon · ~57 km · Must-see
• Pentwater Lake · lake · Oceana · ~59 km · Must-see
• White Lake · lake · Muskegon · ~60 km · Must-see
• Charles Mears State Park · park · Oceana · ~61 km · Must-see
• Lake Michigan · lake · Mason · ~61 km · Must-see
• Cowden Lake · lake · Montcalm · ~64 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Dowling Drive

Other forts & heritage near Dowling Drive

• Notipekago · fort · Mason · ~55 km · Must-see
• Little Sable Point Lighthouse · fort · Oceana · ~67 km · Must-see
• North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~75 km · Must-see
• Frankfort North Breakwater Light · fort · Michigan · ~144 km · Must-see
• Toft Lake Village Site · fort · Newaygo · ~24 km
• Hardy Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~32 km
• Croton Hydroelectric Plant · fort · Newaygo · ~34 km
• Croton Dam Mound Group · fort · Newaygo · ~34 km
• US 31–Pentwater River Bridge · fort · Oceana · ~50 km
• North Oceana Drive · fort · Oceana · ~50 km

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