Harbor View Trail in Harbor Beach, Michigan

Harbor View Trail in Harbor Beach is an asphalted bike path. It runs in a north-south direction and crosses Ritchie Drive, Huron Avenue, Pack Street, Lytle Avenue, Buell Street, Water Street and State Street. It ends in a cul-de-sac and is a footpath between Huron Avenue and Pack Street and not passable by car. Nearby you can find 5 tourist information centers and 2 boat rentals.

Road Type
bike path
Route
north-south

Tourist information centers

  • Harbor Beach Lighthouse. On October 25, 1876, a lighthouse was erected on the north side of the main entrance of the harbor. A light, visible for 3 miles, guided ships to the safety of the new Government Harbor of Refuge....
  • Shipwrecks of the Harbor Beach Area. As much as Lake Huron has been an asset, it has also been a deadly force to reckon with. Ships have foundered in huge storm waves; collisions have occurred in thick fog and blinding snow and some ships simply left port never to be seen again.....
  • The Great Storm of 1913. "The Great Storm of 1913". The storm is referred to as a "White Hurricane"; a storm on freshwater with winds of hurricane intensity. The 1913 storm left in its wake 19 vessels lost and 19 others grounded and an estimated 248 sailors .
  • Judge James H. Lincoln.
  • Harbor Beach Harbor of Refuge. After a large number of shipwrecks in the Upper Thumb area, the Federal Government, in 1871, selected Sand Beach (in 1899 Sand Beach was renamed Harbor Beach) as the best location for a new Harbor of Refuge. Construction of the breakwall began in 1873..

Boat rentals