Although there is plenty to see and do in the Capital City area, there’s no need to limit yourself. Lansing was chosen as the site for Michigan’s Capital City because it is centrally located. Whichever direction you choose, East or West, you are less than 90 minutes from a Great Lake. Take a trip to Saugatuck and hike the Lake Michigan Dunes. Drive to the Detroit area and visit the “Detroit Institute of Arts” or the world famous “Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Historical Museum”. Visit “America’s Beer City”, Grand Rapids, and attend a summer concert at the Frederick Meijer Garden. You are in the middle of a “water-winter wonderland”. Whatever your interests, we can offer suggestions for mid-Michigan day trips that will exceed your expectations.

Explore Recommended Mid-Michigan Day Trips

West towards Michigan’s Gold Coast

Grand Haven Beach Town www.visitgrandhaven.com
Saugatuck Beach Town www.saugatuck.com
Saugatuck Dunes State Park www.michigan.org/property/saugatuck-dunes-state-park
Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park www.meijergardens.org
Summer Concerts www.meijergardens.org/calendar/summer-concerts-at-meijer-gardens
Gilmore Car Museum www.gilmorecarmuseum.org/
Grand Rapids Beer City Tours www.grbeertours.com/
Meyer May House Tour (Frank Lloyd Wright) www.meyermayhouse.steelcase.com/
Gerald Ford Presidential Museum https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/
Grand Rapids Public Museum www.grpm.org

East towards Motown & Michigan’s Thumb

Detroit Institute of Art www.dia.org/
Detroit Historical Museum http://detroithistorical.org/
Detroit Motown Museum www.motownmuseum.org/
Detroit Fox Theater www.olympiaentertainment.com/fox-theatre
Detroit Pistons, Red Wings, Tigers, Lions www.olympiaentertainment.com/comerica-park
Detroit Zoo https://detroitzoo.org/
Detroit Casinos – MGM – Motor City – Greek Town https://www.greektowncasino.com/
Detroit’s Greek Town www.greektowndetroit.org/
Lafayette Coney Island
Detroit City Eastern Market https://www.easternmarket.com
Greenfield Village https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/greenfield-village/
Henry Ford Museum https://www.thehenryford.org
U of M Law Library and Downtown Ann Arbor https://www.visitannarbor.org/
Frankenmuth Bavarian Village www.frankenmuth.org/
Dow Gardens and Pines House Tour www.dowgardens.org/
Alden Dow Home and Studio Tour https://www.abdow.org/tours