Rustic Lake Michigan Cottage With Private Beach

For a Lake Michigan beach property, there is much to enjoy: lake view, private beach, rustic character, sleeps a dozen if needed, wonderful wooded location, lots of quiet, wonderful deck with lake views, easy beach walk to Fishtown, excellent bikes for bikers. We happened to have some chilly and damp weather which impacted our enjoyment of the property. Great place to unplug in the warmer weather.

Beautiful spot and one that we continue to treasure year after year.

What a wonderful and comfortable place to enjoy the beauty of Lake Michigan. My family absolutely loves Pineacres!

Another wonderfully relaxing week at PIneacres. A traditional summer cottage, maintained as it was 75 years ago. Great location, excellent views of the lake, beautiful walks on the Indiana Woods Road. We like to go back every year!

Escape is the reality. Gets better every year

We keep coming back to Pineacres: the coziest cottage, the most beautiful beach, the best location, the greatest place to be with family and friends. No TV, no internet. Just conversation, sun and sand, fresh fish from Carlson's in Leland, views of the Manitous and Pyramid Point, and above all: a week with Lake Michigan in all her many moods. The very best.

Fantastic location and responsive host. This property needs a good clean out as it has many years of owners personal items. Paring down the broken or worn out kitchen and linen items would improve the experience! Lastly the electrical seems a bit dodgy with MANY extension cords even in the bathrooms. We loved the location but house needs some attention.

We look forward to this trip every year. Pineacres is magical.

The perfect place to spend time with friends and family. Kayaking, swimming, collecting even more rocks, walking to Leland for ice cream, savoring lake trout from Carlson's, playing games, reading a book from the cottage collection, and just sitting on the beach anticipating another beautiful sunset, framed by the Manitous and Pyramid Point. Every year we remember how very lucky we are to be there.

We hade another great week, with beautiful balmy weather. Time on the beach, walking into town, the pleasant post-Labor Day time with fewer people in Leland. The cottage is always a great touchstone to return to--authentically summer cottage, the Leland of my childhood.

Leland is great. Lake Michigan is beautiful. And Pineacres is absolutely the best!

We love everything about Pineacres and can’t wait to hopefully return next year. Thank you Mandy and family for sharing this peace of paradise with us.

The most beautiful beach, the best location. So much to do. From Pineacres it's an easy walk to the Village of Leland, where you can get fish from Carlson's fresh off the boat, pick up some M Salt from the Mercantile, and enjoy a Moomers' ice cream cone while you check out the boats at the marina. The trail to Pyramid Point, which offers a spectacular view of Sleeping Bear dunes, the Manitou Islands, and our magnificent Lake Michigan, is only a short drive away. And there's the Mission Peninsula cutting through Grand Traverse Bay, where you can stop at a winery or two and have a fish taco for lunch. Best of all are days at the cottage, on the beach with family and friends, the canoes in the water, stones at the shoreline waiting to be collected, kids splashing in the waves, and the sun slowly sinking in the west. Heaven.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Pine Acres! We hope to be back next year!

Every year, my friends and family vacation together in northern Michigan and this year was our first stay at Mandy's cottage. Leland and the surrounding area are very charming and beautiful. The cottage is uniquely historical, full of lovely antiques and interesting creative art items all about. Creative people have lived here in the past and you can see there have been many good family times had. The location is quite private as it is tucked hidden in the woods yet it still a short walk to downtown Leland, which provides a convenient mixture of experiences. I think my favorite part of staying here was falling asleep to the sound of Lake Michigan waves and tree breezes! So special and totally relaxing.