Cheboygan State Park
Cheboygan, MI
Cheboygan State Park covers more than 1,200 acres on Lake Huron's Duncan Bay, east of Cheboygan. The day-use beach looks out toward the Fourteen Foot Shoal Light standing in the water offshore. A trail leads to the ruins of the original 1859 Cheboygan Point Lighthouse, whose foundation still sits in the woods near the shore.
A quiet state park with lighthouse history on the trail, though the beach itself is modest.
How we score beachesHike out to the old lighthouse ruins at Lighthouse Point. It's about a mile and a half and quiet even in July.
A Michigan Recreation Passport (or nonresident pass) is required.
The day-use lot sits close to the beach; the trail to the lighthouse ruins is a forest path.
Duncan Bay is sheltered and warms a little faster than the open Straits. Fall brings migrating waterfowl to the bay and near-empty trails.
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