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Travel Bureau Sites
Pure Michigan, Michigan's official travel site.
West Michigan Tourist Council. Information about Michigan's west side.

State and Federal Park and Forest Sites
Michigan Department of Natural Resources. State Parks, State Forests, campsites, boat launches and trail information.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Camping, hiking and beaches in Benzie and Leelanau Counties.
Manistee National Forest. Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness and Lake Michigan Recreation Area in Manistee County.
Mackinac State Historic Parks. Fort Michlimackinac, Mackinac Island, Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse and others.

County Park Systems. Counties are listed from south to north.
Berrien County Parks. New Buffalo, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor..
Allegan County Parks. Saugatuck and surrounds.
Ottawa County Parks. Holland, Grand Haven and in between
Muskegon County Parks. Muskegon, Whitehall and Montague areas.
Oceana County Park List. Silver Lake Dunes and Mears area.
Manistee County Parks List. Near Manistee.
Grand Traverse County Parks. The Traverse City area.
Antrim County Parks. The Elk Rapids area.
Emmet County Parks. Petoskey to Mackinaw City.

Local Chambers of Commerce or Visitor Bureaus
Beaver Island. A northern island.
Benzie County. North coast.
Berrien County. South coast.
Charlevoix. North coast
Grand Haven. Central coast in Ottawa County.
Holland. Central coast in Ottawa County
Leelanau County. North coast peninsula.
Ludington. Central coast in Mason County. Ferry port.
Mackinaw City. Bridges Lakes Michigan and Huron
Manistee. Central coast area.
Muskegon. Central coast and ferry port.
Pentwater. Central coast in Oceana County.
Petoskey-Harbor Springs-Boyne. North Coast in Emmet County.
Saugatuck-Douglas. South coast in Allegan County.
Silver Lake Dunes-Hart-Mears. Central coast in Oceana County.
South Haven. South coast in Van Buren County.
Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council. South coast in Berrien area.
St. Joseph. South coast in Berrien County.
Suttons Bay. North coast in Leelanau county.
Traverse City. North Coast in Grand Traverse County.
Traverse City Downtown. North Coast in Grand Traverse County.
White Lake-Whitehall-Montague. Central coast in Muskegon County.

Lakeshore Land Conservancies
Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy. Includes Berrien, Van Buren, Allegan as well as several inland counties.
Land Conservancy of West Michigan. Includes Ottawa, Muskegon, Oceana as well as several inland counties.
Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy. Includes Manistee, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Antrim and Kalkaska Counties.
Leelanau Land Conservancy. Leelanau County.
Little Traverse Land Conservancy. Includes Charlevoix, Emmet as well as Cheboygan on Lake Huron and Chippewa and Mackinac Counties in the UP.
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