Staying in Lake
A small unincorporated community in Clare County — a post office, a scatter of small fishing lakes, and real quiet.
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Where to eat in and around Lake
Four verified stops within a half-hour of Lake, on M-115 in Clare County: pizza, a deck on the water, and breakfast worth the drive.
Windover Lake and the small-lake country
Off US-10 west of Farwell, a scatter of small state-access lakes north toward M-115 — what the fishing and the water are like around Lake.
Toward Cadillac: bigger water and the trail north
Two lakes, an 1873 log-driving canal, and the North Country Trail — the bigger water a short drive north toward Cadillac.
Lake when the season turns
The cottages empty after Labor Day, the color lands over the water by mid-October, and the panfish keep biting into the cold.
A long weekend in Lake
Three nights on a small spring-fed lake in Clare County, with one afternoon drive north to Cadillac's two-lake waterfront.
A long weekend in Sears
Three nights around one Sears home: a lake morning on Big Lake, a river morning on the Muskegon, and the short drive to Evart.