Pere Marquette Oaks RV Condominium Park

Loads of options are within easy day trip distance of The Oaks, including boating, fishing, off-road driving and – if you care to test your luck – two casinos within 90 minutes' drive. Michigan is a popular place for four-wheeling and off-road driving: if you care to test your skill, the best place for it is at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Area 50 minutes away, for a 2,000-acre sand mountain to roar around via a jeep rental or dune tour. The dunes are part of a vast recreation area too, with golf, a petting zoo, horse riding and markets all at your disposal, and boating, fishing and Lake Michigan beaches just inland at Silver Lake. An hour's drive from The Oaks will take you to Big Star Lake for more of the same, or to sightseeing days at Ludington or Big Rapids. Within an hour and 20 minutes is the riverside city of Grand Rapids, once named as the top tourist destination in the US: head here for events and concerts, the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, and the Van Andel Museum Center, one of the oldest museums in the country.