GRAND RAPIDS, HOLLAND, GRAND HAVEN AND MUSKEGON,MICHIGAN

Best Time Visit Michigan

Grand Rapids, Holland and Muskegon are Michigan's West Coast cities. Grand Rapids - the second largest city in the state - is a city of congresses and events (music, theater, dance, sports...) with lively nightlife, dining and shopping. Due to its position in the Michigan's West Cost, Grand Rapids is also a major gateway to west Michigan's Lake region, namely to the nearby cities of Holland, Grand Haven and Muskegon, with their beaches, dunes, water and amusement parks.

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Best time to travel to Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Grand Haven and Holland
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See also:
Best time to visit Detroit
Best time to visit Ann Arbor
Best time to visit Lake Michigan
Best time to visit Traverse
Best time to visit the Michigan Upper Peninsula


WHAT TO VISIT IN GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN AND HOLLAND

Downtown Grand Rapids is the main travel reference in the city. River walks, bridges and a charming architecture are the backdrop of lively districts where good food and music abound.

Holland (with its Dutch look and its Dutch village theme park, Tulip Time FestivalDutch Museum and a set of Dutch traditions),Grand Haven (with its magnificent sandy beaches and spectacular sunsets) and Muskegon (with its theme and amusement parks or the Muskegon’s Summer Celebration) are also top travel references in the Lake Michigan shoreline.

See: Map of Michigan State
  

BEST TIME TO VISIT GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN AND HOLLAND

If you want to esperience the animation, sea life and sports then Summer (and late Spring and early Fall) is the right season to visit Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Grand Haven and Holland.  

Weather wise, Autumn or late spring - with agreeable and warm days and temperatures - are excellent times to visit the region.  

Great Lakes' winters are severe, with occasional snowstorms and intense rainfalls, and winters in the Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Grand Haven and Holland are no exception to the rule, obviously. Snowstorms and ice storms are frequent in December, January and February.


WHEN NOT TO GO TO GRAND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN AND HOLLAND

You may want to avoid the winter months, when temperatures attain very low levels, and occasional snowstorms strike Michigan.

If you're looking for low accommodation rates, then July and August aren't the best months to visit the region. See the Weather Data Map below, for details.


Grand Rapids, Holland, Grand Haven and Muskegon Weather Map
Grand Rapids, Holland, Grand Haven, Muskegon Weather Map


HOTELS AND FLIGHTS 

Grand Rapids, Holland, Muskegon and Grand Haven offer a reasonable range of hotels and are served by the Grand Rapids airport: Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GFIA), Michigan's second busiest commercial airport.

 

 

 

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