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Old fashioned cottage short walk from Pentwater beach

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A beautiful sunset every night!
Front of cottage - Welcome!
Exterior
Exterior
Back of cottage

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
2 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 5

Popular amenities

  • Onsite parking available
  • Dogs and cats allowed
  • Kitchen
  • Air-conditioning
  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden

Explore the area

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Pentwater, MI
  • Place, Charles Mears State Park
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Pentwater Lake
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Channel Lane Park
    ‪1 min walk‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 5)

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Spaces

Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Old fashioned cottage short walk from Pentwater beach

Old fashioned cottage close to Mears State Park and only a short walk to the beach and Channel Park. Close to Old Baldy. One large sleeping area and a master bedrooom with enough room to accommodate 8 people. Living room and dining areas are connected off of the kitchen. One bathroom. Nice backyard area for sitting and enjoying the beautiful weather. Rentals by the week or daily. Two dedicated parking spots.

No pets or smoking allowed. No large parties or gatherings on the premises. Check in at 3 and check out before 11 am. Self checkin with a lockbox.
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About the area

Pentwater

Pentwater is home to this holiday home. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Lake Michigan and Silver Lake State Park. Craig's Cruisers Family Fun Center and Ludington Waterfront Park are also worth visiting. Looking to get your feet wet? Kayaking, water tubing and sailing adventures can be found near the property.
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Pentwater, MI

What's nearby

  • Charles Mears State Park - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Pentwater Lake - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Channel Lane Park - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Watertower Green - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Lemon Lake - 3 min drive - 1.8 km

Getting around

  • Manistee, MI (MBL-Manistee County-Blacker) - 53 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Murphy's Tavern - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Green Isaac’s - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪The Brown Bear - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪The Antler Bar - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Bortell's - ‬12 min drive

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 31 out of 41 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 41 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 41 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 41 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 41 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Candice K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect!

Great place to stay. Have stayed here multiple times. Clean and great location. Kathy is very easy to work with.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jeanelle F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Location!!!

Close to everything. Perfect for my family. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lauren B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

wonderful trip

We loved our trip and will be coming back again next year!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Candice K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Simple but nice

Great location, cottage was clean. Walk to town, shops and beach.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Norm P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quaint cottage

Quaint, old fashioned cottage with all the amenities. Had a great time.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 6 Mar 2020
Thank you for staying with us! It was great to work with you. I hope that you will come again!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

paul w.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very Clean and Great Location!

Very clean cottage that was a one minute walk to beach and a 5 minute walk to town. Lots of room inside with super comfortable beds! The toilet was a little cramped but small price to pay for this location. Thank you for a great couple of days.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Brenda K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pentwater Charm

Its a great little cottage for easy access to Mears State Park!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Candice K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

Nice cottage. Great location. Walk to the beach or into town. Cottage is quaint, and clean. Have stayed here a few times. Highly recommend & hope to return. Host is always accommodating.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Karen S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Rest and relaxation

The family home was an excellant location for us. Great lixatipn to get to the beach, go for walks and walk to town. The house was nicely furnished and comfortable.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 9 Jul 2020
Karen was a wonderful guest! I hope that she will stay again. Very clean and respectful of the cottage. An owner could not ask for a nicer guest.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jason S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Old fashioned cottage

Nice and clean cottage very close to Lake Michigan. Bathroom is very small. Sleeping area large and easily accommodated our family.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Joe B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Cabin was great everything we expected. Parking was very tight with one truck and trailer being a shared driveway with the next door neighbor but we made it work they were very nice. Its a 25min drive to Silver lake sand dunes. The check in time at 5:00 pm was later than most. But overall we had a great time. Thank You!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

joseph b.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pentwater Cabin

A+
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Verified

8/10 Good

Kelli F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The key word to this property is “location”! We walked everywhere. Drank coffee on the beach, walked to breakfast, and back to the beach for the sunset. The cottage is cute and clean. The only draw back is the size of the bathroom in relation to the number of guests. For just a couple it works fine, but if all the beds are full it could be an issue. Overall we enjoyed this property and would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rosemary B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

All of us enjoyed our stay at the property (including the pup!). The location was great being so close to the beach. The cottage was very clean, and we had everything we needed to enjoy our stay. We did have a little difficulty in finding the place as we kept looking for a light green house. That is what the place looked like in the pictures on the website. We did finally realize the house was a light grey! Perhaps some updated pictures on the website would be recommended. We would definitely recommend this place as a great place to stay in Pentwater. And would definitely stay there again!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

2/10 Terrible

Merrill M.

Liked: Location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy
We spent one night here on our way up from Grand Rapids to Northern Michigan. This was one of the worst places I have ever stayed. When we walked in, the whole house strongly smelled like bug spray. When we pulled down the covers on one bed, we found a dead bug. The bathroom was nasty. The entryway to the house was held together with duct tape. Under the bathroom sink, a hole was patched with what looked like toilet paper. It was hard to find light switches. The whole experience was so awful that we barely slept and couldn't wait to leave. I have no idea how this place has such high ratings.
Toilet paper plugging a hole in the wall.
Nasty bathtub.
Duct tape on entryway.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on 16 Sept 2025
I’m sorry that you had such a bad time. If you would have contacted me when you arrived, I would have tried to rectify the issues that you listed. Again, I am sorry for the inconvenience. This is an older property and rustic.
Verified

8/10 Good

P-B T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Location Location Location!

Perfect location, close to Mears State Park, shopping and dining. Easy to navigate check in, and host was very communicative. Everything you need was provided. Dishes, towels etc. The only downside for us, was the mattress in what would be the master. It was quite uncomfortable. Keep in mind, we are older, so it may not be a problem for younger folk under 60. Great experience otherwise!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Starr R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This review is for the house next door…1house closer to the lake -not this house. Due to a glitch in booking we were asked to stay in the 4 bedroom, 2 bath house next door. I can’t remember the booking title but I’m sure you could contact the hostess and ask about it if you need bigger accommodations.Location is key here! So close to Lk. Mi, the State park, a cute park on the channel, easy walk to town. The big covered porch is great for people watching and relaxing. The street there is busy but you don’t notice it inside. Nice large living room, dining and kitchen. Nice having 2 bathrooms even though they are small. The hostess was very quick to respond to my questions and ready to make accommodations since I entered the wrong year on my reservation! The instructions for parking confused me but once there it was perfectly clear-there are 3 houses grouped together and there are 3 parking spots at the back door. Super convenient!Comfy beds.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jess L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cute little house

Super easy to understand instructions on where it’s located, where to park & how to get in. It sleeps quite a few for how small it is which is nice for sure! But just us two best friends it was really perfect. I took the bedroom & my friend the, early riser had the whole house to herself in the morning. She would walk down to Lake Michigan which was just about a block away & have her morning coffee. It was a super peaceful time of year. The neighborhood & town were really quiet. Bathroom was a little cramped but you can tell it is a really old house. Everything was updated just fine in it. I would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 1 Jun 2022
Thank you for staying! Jess is a wonderful guest. I hope that she stays again.
Verified

8/10 Good

anne h.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very easy beach access

The location is perfect, near the entrance to the state park so within easy walking to the beach. The house is small but that is in the description. The bathroom is very small, it may be difficult for taller or larger people. One bedroom with a full size bed and the other bedroom has several beds. It is separated by a saloon type door so not very private. The dishes are eclectic but some are chipped and need replaced. Great supply of bath and kitchen towels, so no issues there. Not a lot of info on trash pickup, sort of figure it out on your own and the parking was vague. Looks to be a 3 space spot that is shared. The home had a faint smell of cat, but it was on and off. Overall it was good, location made up for other issues.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ryan K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cozy Beach Cottage

Great communication and accommodation to our travel plans. We had bad weather but didn’t mind spending the time inside with the dogs and watching the nice tv and streaming services. Thank you!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Brenda K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pentwater Cottage

Great location! There was 3 of us and we enjoyed the cottage very much!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Arthir C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice location

My wife and I had a great stay, property location is easy walking distance to beach, and town. Bathroom needs a make over.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mitch T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Deserves 10 * review. Perspective here brings all the joy in the world!

My husband and I were staying to save on gas because he was working for Insignia on homes in the area. My daughter and her 5 little girls came to surprise us as they had a day off during the week and being only 1.5hrs from GR and 4 homes from one of the best state parks in Michigan she couldn't pass up the chance to see the lakeshore one more time before the snow fell with the kids.. The weather turned out to be spectacular for sweatshirts and a stroll along the beach shore. The kids found stones and sticks, saw a deer come down for a drink and all the ladybugs they could ever imagine. Then since its fall in MI and the sun goes down by 6p we took a short drive into the quaint town that is Pentwater and shopped at the toy store(yes it is open until New Years). Then home for dinner and fun inside the cozy just like home only better cottage. My granddaughters loved the big open space that had bunk beds and a cool fold out foam couch bed. They danced and played hide and seek throughout the home for hours and slept peacefully after watching Netflix on the big flat screen in the living area. In the AM before leaving the kids played some more and begged to come back for Christmas and in the summer. My daughter went down to watch the storm roll in across Lake MI which was soothing to her busy momma soul. I will definitely be booking again as will my daughter and her family. It was such a blessing for her to have a place for everyone to stay without the balk she is used to getting whenever she tries to take her family on an adventure. The hospitality will not be forgotten by her big family of love!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Matthew A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice place to stay

Over all the saty was nice, comfortable for 3 adult men looking to spend the end of a week at the dunes.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kris S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing location

Great value. Steps from the beach and easy walk into town. Loved it!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021
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