Guidebook for Union Pier
Food Scene
Milda's Corner Market
9901 Town Line AveNani's Café
16117 Red Arrow HwyEXCELLENT meatballs, fresh sausages and antipasto salads. I'm sure their pizza is great, too. East coast style. GREAT people. Play Pac Man while you wait.
It's more of a lunch place that you can eat in if you want but they're also open for bfast and dinner. Try it!
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Mario's Pizza
16170 Red Arrow HwyEXCELLENT meatballs, fresh sausages and antipasto salads. I'm sure their pizza is great, too. East coast style. GREAT people. Play Pac Man while you wait.
It's more of a lunch place that you can eat in if you want but they're also open for bfast and dinner. Try it!
Timothy's Restaurant
16409 Red Arrow HwyGordon Beach Inn
16220 Lakeshore RdVery good deals T-TH. $12 entrees.
Shopping
Union Pier Market
9905 Town Line AveLighthouse Place Premium Outlets
601 Wabash StI've heard GREAT things...
They sell everything here. Everything. Clothes. Christmas ornaments. Trees. Plants. Go waste the day!
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Sawyer Home & Garden Center
5865 Sawyer RdThey sell everything here. Everything. Clothes. Christmas ornaments. Trees. Plants. Go waste the day!
Sawyer Market
5864 Sawyer RdBarney's
10 N Thompson StFood and spirits.
Parks & Nature
Terrific place to go the the beach. $10 for parking. Well worth it. Has a bathroom on site.
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Weko Beach Campground
5239 Lake StTerrific place to go the the beach. $10 for parking. Well worth it. Has a bathroom on site.
park is smaller than Indiana Dunes, but the actual dunes themselves are A LOT bigger which amounts to more fun. About $10 for parking. Well worth it. A bathroom is on site, and hiking too.
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I-Warren Dunes State Park
12032 Red Arrow Hwypark is smaller than Indiana Dunes, but the actual dunes themselves are A LOT bigger which amounts to more fun. About $10 for parking. Well worth it. A bathroom is on site, and hiking too.
Park is much larger than Warren Dunes but the dunes themselves are a lot smaller. This is a better place than Warren for camping and offers more miles to hike, though. The park is huge and goes on for miles and miles.
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Park is much larger than Warren Dunes but the dunes themselves are a lot smaller. This is a better place than Warren for camping and offers more miles to hike, though. The park is huge and goes on for miles and miles.
The township office holds yoga on Saturday mornings. Go online to learn more.
If you can hold class on your own, there is a MAGICAL place BEHIND the office (walk the trail) that has a new wooden overlook in a tree that is AMAZING for yoga-- especially in the early morning hours when there is NOBODY around.
For tots, there is an AWESOME TOT SPLASH PAD and park here. It's all new and very nice. It is the closest (and only) access to public water in the area, besides the beach. Harbor County does not have public pools like Chicago does so this splash pad is a real gem.
Also go online to look for the free concert series there in the summer. They have some really good bands are all is FREE.
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New Buffalo Township Office
17425 Red Arrow HwyThe township office holds yoga on Saturday mornings. Go online to learn more.
If you can hold class on your own, there is a MAGICAL place BEHIND the office (walk the trail) that has a new wooden overlook in a tree that is AMAZING for yoga-- especially in the early morning hours when there is NOBODY around.
For tots, there is an AWESOME TOT SPLASH PAD and park here. It's all new and very nice. It is the closest (and only) access to public water in the area, besides the beach. Harbor County does not have public pools like Chicago does so this splash pad is a real gem.
Also go online to look for the free concert series there in the summer. They have some really good bands are all is FREE.
Galien River County Park
17424 Red Arrow HwyAWESOME. FREE. Do it.
Kayaking nearby for a fee.
Sightseeing
Beverly Shores is an Indiana community, on the boarder of MI and IN that uses a lot of golf carts to get around. Residents seem to love camping and the outdoors. A nice place to drive around and check out.
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Beverly Shores
Beverly Shores is an Indiana community, on the boarder of MI and IN that uses a lot of golf carts to get around. Residents seem to love camping and the outdoors. A nice place to drive around and check out.
nice homes. you have to drive around a bit to make it in, but once you're there it's awesome-- and the glacial formations make the houses even cooler because they're on cliffs-- like San Fran. kind of.
Long Beach
nice homes. you have to drive around a bit to make it in, but once you're there it's awesome-- and the glacial formations make the houses even cooler because they're on cliffs-- like San Fran. kind of.
Wow. Find a way in here (follow Grand Avenue and don't stop until you see the water) and you'll be glad you did. It's like San Francisco with all the glacial formations that the super fancy homes sit on. Trust me. Go there.
Grand Beach
Wow. Find a way in here (follow Grand Avenue and don't stop until you see the water) and you'll be glad you did. It's like San Francisco with all the glacial formations that the super fancy homes sit on. Trust me. Go there.
New Buffalo is the city hub of Harbor Country. In it you can find many, many shops and grocery shopping-- festivals and so on.
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New Buffalo
New Buffalo is the city hub of Harbor Country. In it you can find many, many shops and grocery shopping-- festivals and so on.
Silver Beach is the prettiest and largest pristine beach in SW MI. Union Pier's beaches are equally pristine, but smaller and have a more unincorporated (wild) feel. You can make a fire on the beach in Union Pier, and not so in St Joe.
St. Joe is the largest city in the area, and much bigger than New Buffalo. The public offerings (beach) are plentiful if you value a GREAT public beach like we do and the city run indoor carousel is only $2 a ride-- it's worth it to spend the day in St Joe to go to the beach, visit the cafes, buy a scoop of ice cream, visit their farmer's market and walk around--- after your'e cleaned up from laying on the hammock and making fires in Union Pier, that is.
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Silver Beach
Silver Beach is the prettiest and largest pristine beach in SW MI. Union Pier's beaches are equally pristine, but smaller and have a more unincorporated (wild) feel. You can make a fire on the beach in Union Pier, and not so in St Joe.
St. Joe is the largest city in the area, and much bigger than New Buffalo. The public offerings (beach) are plentiful if you value a GREAT public beach like we do and the city run indoor carousel is only $2 a ride-- it's worth it to spend the day in St Joe to go to the beach, visit the cafes, buy a scoop of ice cream, visit their farmer's market and walk around--- after your'e cleaned up from laying on the hammock and making fires in Union Pier, that is.
Arts & Culture
Check out the library (yes library) especially if you have kids 0-17. The basement is exclusively for kids, featuring magical boats and lighthouses and toys galore. The teen area has awesome seating and nooks and life sized chess and checker sets.
The library is funded by the casinos and is therefore AMAZING. They have all kinds of free events for adults, too. I once went to a wine tasting there. Yes, at the library.
Done early? Go to Barney's and get a bottle of wine with the free literature you've picked up. Score.
New Buffalo Township Library
33 N Thompson StCheck out the library (yes library) especially if you have kids 0-17. The basement is exclusively for kids, featuring magical boats and lighthouses and toys galore. The teen area has awesome seating and nooks and life sized chess and checker sets.
The library is funded by the casinos and is therefore AMAZING. They have all kinds of free events for adults, too. I once went to a wine tasting there. Yes, at the library.
Done early? Go to Barney's and get a bottle of wine with the free literature you've picked up. Score.
Essentials
US Post Office
16201 Red Arrow HwyDune Park
1068 W Dunes Hwy