Manistee North Pier Lighthouse — Attraction in Manistee

• Please Note * If you are trying to visit the Lighthouse, enter 5th Avenue Beach or US Coast Station on 5th Avenue in your GPS/Google Maps. Otherwise, you may be directed to the side of the park that does not offer direct access to the Lighthouse Pier.

Such a beautiful and scenic place. Visit during the week on a Monday or Tuesday and you might have the pier almost entirely to yourself during the early morning hours. The grounds of the park are well-kept with rules prominently-posted. The restrooms are older, but clean and in working-order. There is wheelchair-accessible stall and a baby changing station. The bathroom is stocked with soap and paper products.

It’s a short walk out to the lighthouse. The pier itself is in good repair with a an extra-wide walking surface, which is great! There’s also a playground with older playground equipment, several small pavilions for picnicking with social-distancing, and a small...

Very beautiful and very cold visit to the lighthouse in January. The sunset provided for some excellent photos. Not surprisingly, you can't get in the light house and are not supposed to go on the catwalk (which was recently restored). You can walk all the way out to the light on the breakwater. Definitely worth a visit for lighthouse enthusiasts! Nice views on the Arcadia Dunes in the distance, as well. As an aside, the square tower in some of the photos on this listing is actually the Ludington light...

I had to deliver a painting to Pentwater, Michigan and decided to spend some time on the west side of Michigan coast. It was absolutely beautiful and was a wonderful place to do plein air painting. This was just one spot of many that we visited. I will definitely be traveling up to Michigan again. I live in Ohio and OSU OH-IO is still number one but the state of Michigan is much prettier overall...