The most beautiful natural sites to discover Michigan

The park is located at the junction of the St. Joseph River and Lake Michigan. You can swim on a beautiful white sandy beach or simply watch the waves crash into the city's two lighthouses. In winter, a very surprising spectacle amazes the local population. The outer lighthouse, the one furthest forward from the lake, is covered with ice. Given its position and the wind that whips it, the frozen water redraws this house of light into a spectacular dream sculpture. To see if you're not cautious!

Situated between Silver Lake and Lake Michigan, the sand dunes occupy more than 800 hectares of a coastline more than 6 km long. There's plenty to do here, including swimming, hiking, fishing, water sports, fatbike riding (in winter) and more, but the star of the park is the ORV Scramble Area. These are the only dunes east of the Mississippi River accessible to these vehicles. The park also features a campground, Silver Lake Modern.

Designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who designed Central Park in New York, it is a superb natural haven just north of the city centre, on a peninsula extending into Lake Superior. The place is very famous for the Blackrocks, a cliff of volcanic rock 4.5 meters high and from the top of which the most courageous dive into the lake. You can also hike or tease the fish, for example. To see the most beautiful sunsets, go to Sunset Point.