Southern Gateway
Muskegon
A port city for dune hikes and beach days: state parks on both sides of town, a city beach, pier lighthouses, maritime museums and a ferry to Milwaukee.
About 6 miles away (straight line)
Attraction · Southern Gateway
Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park
A year-round adventure park inside Muskegon State Park with a luge track, lighted cross-country ski trails and skating in winter, and a zip line in summer.
The Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park is the winter play place on the southern shore, set in the dunes of Muskegon State Park on Lake Michigan. If you have never tried luge, this is the place: the park has an Olympian-designed track, along with an ice-skating trail and a sledding hill.
Cross-country skiers come for the lights. More than 15 km of marked trails are groomed for classic and skate, and three loops, from 2.5K to 5K, are lit after sunset, so you can ski after work or after dark on a short winter day. Rentals are sold in person at the lodge. Snowshoers and walkers have the lighted Hike the Lights trails, and leashed dogs are welcome there.
In summer the park switches to a 1,300-foot dual zip line launched from a sand dune, a wheel luge track, archery and a climbing wall, with more than 5 miles of marked trails.
Tickets are required for most activities, and you also need a Recreation Passport on your car to drive into the state park (see licenses and passes). The address is 462 Scenic Drive in North Muskegon. Check the park’s site for what is running before you go.
Practical information
- Managed by
- Muskegon Sports Council (nonprofit), inside Muskegon State Park
- Season
- Open in winter and summer, with activities that change by season. Tickets are required and reservations are available; check the park's site before you go.
- Adaptive sports
- The park runs adaptive sports programs with modified equipment and trained staff, and posts a universal accessibility page.
- Official website
- msports.org
Location
Map of Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park
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State park
Muskegon State Park
Three miles of shoreline on Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake, with forested dunes, two campgrounds, a CCC blockhouse and the Muskegon luge park.
About 1 miles away (straight line)
Beach
Pere Marquette Park
Muskegon's big Lake Michigan beach at the channel mouth, raked daily, with volleyball, kiteboarding, the South Breakwater Light and the Lakeshore Trail.
About 3 miles away (straight line)
Trail
Muskegon Lakeshore Trail
About 12 paved miles along Muskegon Lake from Pere Marquette Park to the Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve, with views of the channel and South Pier light.
About 5 miles away (straight line)