Lady Tiger
I'm looking for place for weekend (2 days) camping (no RV) with family about 50-200 miles from Chicago by Lake Michigan. Any suggestions?
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Why not Wisconsin?
Harrington Beach State Park
http://www.yelp.com/biz/harrington-beach-state-park-belgium
Kohler-Andrae State Park
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/ka/camping.htm
Point Beach State Forest
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/pointbeach/camping.html
Door County: There are a variety of state parks in this county right on the lake.
In Michigan, there is Saugatuck Dunes State Park:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/saugatuck-dunes-state-park-holland
If you want something unique, you can camp at Mississippi Palisades State Park in Savanna, IL.
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/r1/palisade.htm
Why not Wisconsin?
Harrington Beach State Park
http://www.yelp.com/biz/harrington-beach-state-park-belgium
Kohler-Andrae State Park
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/ka/camping.htm
Point Beach State Forest
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/pointbeach/camping.html
Door County: There are a variety of state parks in this county right on the lake.
In Michigan, there is Saugatuck Dunes State Park:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/saugatuck-dunes-state-park-holland
If you want something unique, you can camp at Mississippi Palisades State Park in Savanna, IL.
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/r1/palisade.htm
What Are Your Local favorites in Holland?
Grim Deer
I am going to The Netherlands and Belgium at the end of April. I am going with a band that's touring and will have a bit of free time as well. I'm just wondering, mainly if you are a resident or know a lot about the area, what places are really awesome for hiking and camping near Amsterdam (the main city I'll be in). I'm probably going to go to some of the places tourists go to...just for kicks.
But I would like to go off the beaten path a little and explore places that locals know about such as national parks, unique landmarks (landscape, building,etc.), restaurants, beautiful areas, etc. whatever you think is worthy of visiting.
Thank you for your feedback.
Cheers!
Thank you Willeke! Sounds great!
Answer
A good place for hikes are the Dunes. You can take a train to Zandvoort or Santpoort Noord, and in both cases the train station is near an entrance to one of the big parks into which the dunes is divided.
Or you can go for one of the many walks/hikes that are signposted and written down into leaflets, (only in Dutch as far as I know.) Here a link to a page where they are mentioned.
http://www.eropuit.nl/wandelen Be careful, not all of the walks on this site are easy to reach by train.
There are also 46 walks from station to station, again you are send to the same site, where you can print your own booklet. Or you can go to the station mentioned with the walk and buy the route there: http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/reizigers/alles-over-uw-reis/wandelen-van-station-naar-station/lange-afstand-wandelpad?packedargs=language%3Dnl#routes-downloaden-en-uitprinten-via-wwweropuitnl-id
It directs you to the same page with walks I already gave a link to.
Look for the letters NS, those walks will start from a station, either going round to the same station or going to an other one.
You can also rent a bike, again, the Dunes are a good place to ride, but in that case I would go farther north and try to rent a bike from Castricum or Alkmaar.
It will not be needed to camp, but if you want to, you can. Most of the Netherlands is no more than an hour by train from Amsterdam, and the rest at most 3 hours. Only if you go to one of the islands you might not be able to return to Amsterdam on the same day. Some of the walks are 2 day walks, but they expect you to stay in a little hotel underway, not to carry your tent all through nature.
For train information: http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers
The Dutch version gives a little more help for finding things, like those walks, but only in Dutch: http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/reizigers
A good place for hikes are the Dunes. You can take a train to Zandvoort or Santpoort Noord, and in both cases the train station is near an entrance to one of the big parks into which the dunes is divided.
Or you can go for one of the many walks/hikes that are signposted and written down into leaflets, (only in Dutch as far as I know.) Here a link to a page where they are mentioned.
http://www.eropuit.nl/wandelen Be careful, not all of the walks on this site are easy to reach by train.
There are also 46 walks from station to station, again you are send to the same site, where you can print your own booklet. Or you can go to the station mentioned with the walk and buy the route there: http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/reizigers/alles-over-uw-reis/wandelen-van-station-naar-station/lange-afstand-wandelpad?packedargs=language%3Dnl#routes-downloaden-en-uitprinten-via-wwweropuitnl-id
It directs you to the same page with walks I already gave a link to.
Look for the letters NS, those walks will start from a station, either going round to the same station or going to an other one.
You can also rent a bike, again, the Dunes are a good place to ride, but in that case I would go farther north and try to rent a bike from Castricum or Alkmaar.
It will not be needed to camp, but if you want to, you can. Most of the Netherlands is no more than an hour by train from Amsterdam, and the rest at most 3 hours. Only if you go to one of the islands you might not be able to return to Amsterdam on the same day. Some of the walks are 2 day walks, but they expect you to stay in a little hotel underway, not to carry your tent all through nature.
For train information: http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers
The Dutch version gives a little more help for finding things, like those walks, but only in Dutch: http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/reizigers
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