US-12 Byway: The Route 66 of Michigan!

Pulaski Highway – U.S. Route 12 Heritage Trail (Western Section)

• • • Pulaski Highway (Western US-12 Byway)
    • Chicago Road (Central US-12 Byway)
    • Michigan Avenue (Eastern US-12 Byway)

West to east – from Indiana-Michigan state line to Detroit:

1. Michiana

• • • Stop 40 Village of Michiana Lake Michigan Beach – Seminole Trail
    • Stop 41 Village of Michiana Lake Michigan Beach – Tahoma Trail
    • Stop 42 Village of Michiana Lake Michigan Beach – Avalon Trail
    • Stop 43 Village of Michiana Lake Michigan Beach – Court Drive

2. Grand Beach

• • • Lake Michigan Village Beaches
    • Grand Beach Golf Course
    • Grand Beach Marsh Nature Preserve
    • Grand Beach Playground

3. New Buffalo – Gateway to Michigan

• • • New Buffalo Harbor
    • New Buffalo Lakefront Park
    • Galien River Marsh Water Trail
    • Downtown New Buffalo

4. Three Oaks – The town that revolutionized the corset business

• • • Vickers Theatre and the Three Oaks Theater Festival
    • Acorn Theater and Three Oaks art galleries
    • Three Oaks Arts and Education Center at Dewey Cannon Park – Home to Music in the Park and the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival
    • Three Oaks Spokes Bicycle Club, Dewey Cannon Bicycle Museum, and the annual Apple Cider Century bicycle ride

5. Galien – Emerald green pastures and farmlands

• • • Galien Woods Historical Society
    • Village of Galien Park
    • Downtown Galien
    • Burns Prairie Preserve

6. Dayton

• • • Dayton Lake
    • Burns Prairie Preserve (Chikaming Open Lands)
    • Mud Lake Bog Nature Preserve (Buchanan Township)
    • Dayton Wet Prairie Preserve (no trails) (Chikaming Open Lands)

7. Buchanan – National Register of Historic Places

• • • Pears Mill and Pears Millrace
    • Downtown National Historic District
    • Buchanan Art Center
    • McCoy Creek, McCoy Creek Trail, McCoy Pond Park, McCoy Creek Park, and the McCoy Creek Fen

8. Niles – A confluence of transportation and cultures

• • • Downtown Niles great food scene!
    • Wonderland Cinema
    • Niles Riverfront
    • Niles festivals and special events

9. Edwardsburg – A charming village close to Indiana state line

• • • Edwardsburg Area Historical Museum
    • Barn Swallow Theatre
    • Lindbergh Park & Gunn Park on Pleasent Lake
    • Presbyterian Church of Edwardsburg – Historic Marker

10. Union

• • • Mason District #5 School House – Historic Marker
    • Rosco’s Pizza & Barbecue
    • Around The Corner café
    • A-mazing Acres pumpkin patch

Further east: Chicago Road (Central US-12 Byway)