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Burt Lake · When it rains

When the lake's grey.

The tasting room with a fire going. The bookstore that doesn't mind if you stay two hours. The museum nobody on TripAdvisor mentions. Rain on a lake is one of the better problems to have.

Iconic stops

1 stop
  • Indian River
    Cross in the Woods National Shrine

    A 55-foot crucifix over a woodland shrine two miles east of the state park on M-68 — a Catholic national shrine, but the grounds and gift shop draw visitors well outside any specific faith, dawn to dusk, every day of the year. Mass runs most days; the gift shop keeps separate, shorter hours. Worth the short drive east even as a break from the water for an hour.

    Daily 7am–8pm summer, 7am–5pm winter(231) 238-8973Visit ↗