Kerry Kelly 2005

Charles Olsen Farm from the Bay View Trail

The Charles Olsen Farm is located on M-22 and is home to Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear. As you can see from the photo, the Bay View Trail runs just behind the barn and silo. Stop and walk around the buildings and stop in at the house to learn more about the Port Oneida area while you are hiking the Bay View Trail.

Kerry Kelly 2006

Port Oneida School

The Port Oneida School is located near the Bay View Trail.  Stop and pump some water and rest your weary bones on the front porch or a picnic table under a tree near the school. 

Kerry Kelly 2006

Miller Barn from the Bay View Trail

The Miller Barn is located near the Bay View Trail.  Take a short detour from the trail and walk around the barn and explore the site of the Miller Homestead.  You will see where the house used to be and be able to find some old farm machinery near the barn.  Looking over the fields, you can begin to feel what it might have been like to live and farm this land.

Kerry Kelly 2006

View of South Manitou Island from the Bay View Trail Overlook.

Hiking the Bay View trail gives you several beautiful vistas of Lake Michigan, the farms, and North and South Manitou Islands. This view is from the bench on top of the hill just across Thoreson Road from the trailhead. The hike to the overlook is about 0.5 miles from the trailhead.