Beautiful Lakefront Home, Central AC, Paddle to Lake Michigan, Dock, Beach, Raft

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A room with wooden flooring, a large cabinet, and a sliding glass door leading to an outdoor area with a chair and a table.
A spacious kitchen with a large island, wooden cabinets, and a view of a lake through glass doors.
A spacious living area with a kitchen, a dining table, and a sofa.
A spacious kitchen with a dining area, a large wooden table, and a view of the outdoors through the sliding glass doors.
A wooden-paneled bedroom with a bed, nightstands, and a view through a glass door to an outdoor patio.

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Scenic water view
    Relax and unwind with top-rated water views, offering a scenic experience.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue
  • Internet access
  • Air-conditioning
  • Refrigerator
  • Washing machine

Explore the area

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Frankfort, MI
  • Place, Lower Herring Lake
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Place, Point Betsie Lighthouse
    ‪22 min drive‬
  • Airport, Manistee, MI (MBL-Manistee County-Blacker)
    ‪32 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 4

2 Single Beds

Den

2 Single Beds

3 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 3

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Balcony
Dining area

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About the area

Arcadia

Located in Arcadia, this holiday home is on the waterfront. Arcadia Area Historical Museum and Benzie Area Historical Museum are cultural highlights, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Crystal Mountain and Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course.
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Map
Frankfort, MI

What's nearby

  • Lower Herring Lake - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Arcadia Bluffs Golf Course - 13 min drive - 17.9 km
  • Frankfort Beach - 15 min drive - 16.9 km
  • Crystal Mountain - 18 min drive - 27.4 km
  • Point Betsie Lighthouse - 22 min drive - 24.4 km

Getting around

  • Manistee, MI (MBL-Manistee County-Blacker) - 37 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪A&W Restaurant - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Villa Marine Bar & Grill - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Stormcloud Brewing Company - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Chestnut Hills Golf Course - ‬17 min drive
  • ‪MT Plate Diner - ‬8 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Beautiful Lakefront Home, Central AC, Paddle to Lake Michigan, Dock, Beach, Raft pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Beautiful Lakefront Home, Central AC, Paddle to Lake Michigan, Dock, Beach, Raft?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Beautiful Lakefront Home, Central AC, Paddle to Lake Michigan, Dock, Beach, Raft?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Beautiful Lakefront Home, Central AC, Paddle to Lake Michigan, Dock, Beach, Raft?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Beautiful Lakefront Home, Central AC, Paddle to Lake Michigan, Dock, Beach, Raft located?

Situated on the waterfront, this holiday home is within 1 mi (2 km) of Lower Herring Lake and Lake Michigan. Upper Herring Lake and Green Point Dunes Nature Preserve are also within 3 miles (5 km).

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 30 out of 34 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 34 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 34 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 34 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 34 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This place is an amazing property with a beautiful lake, dock access and easy to use kayaks and paddle boards. Great fire pit and a lot of outdoor seating. House is spacious, with lots of rooms, beds and bathrooms.. Well stocked kitchen, lots of towels and space to hang out.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The location is good, the house is OK.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Beautiful

Great place! Perfect area for our kids to swim. Great family vacation!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017
Response from VrboOwner on 3 Apr 2020
Thanks!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Arcadia Adventure

Super accommodations for our family vacation along with beautiful weather made for a wonderful week on Herring Lake.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

A nice house in an amazing location

We loved our stay here with family and friends. House sits along the lake with glass doors and windows giving us a beautiful view of the Lower herring lake. We used provided kayaks, canoe and boat to go from the house to the Lake Michigan beach. Amazing part is that is it is private access with no one to disturb except Watervale guests. Pete was in touch with us during whole stay and gave a complementary a wine bottle.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Wonderful property

This is a great property on Lower Herring Lake with the ability to kayak over to Lake Michigan…which is beautiful! Kids loved the boat, canoe, kayaks, paddleboards, and floating dock. The house worked for us perfectly because we had six adults upstairs and all the kids downstairs. The downstairs level is chilly so bring extra blankets! Kitchen was fully stocked so we could make meals at the house. We would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Really good and could be great with fairly small improvements

This is a REALLY nice property in a SUPERB location. It lacks some attention to detail. (The sports equipment needs attention and the well water is horrible--the owner says he plans to drill a new well and add air conditioning for next year. A sliding screen door needs replacement, etc.)
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 20 Aug 2020
Replacing water softener and iron removal systems this wk at a cost of $4,219. Water is safe just full of minerals. My apologies for the system fail, a new well may or may not solve it, so we're replacing. Didn't know about the screen, on the case, kayak seat as well, fix in work. Thanks.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great home & location for family vacation

This is our second time staying at this property on Lower Herring. We are an extended family of eight adults and two toddlers. Pete’s communication is quick and thorough, when needed. There were plenty of comfortable beds for all of us. We really appreciated the cute cottage style bedrooms, new linens and lots of dresser space to unpack. Since the last time we stayed at this property, the bathroom upstairs has been completely updated. That was such a nice surprise! With three full bathrooms, each family got to choose their own. The kitchen is fully stocked with a gas grill on the upper deck for easy grilling. We took advantage of all the different recreational boats that are available at the property. Some of us paddled across the lake to Lake, Michigan a couple of times, which is our favorite thing to do on Lower Herring lake. We also rowed the row boat out and fished a few times. Great place and highly recommended.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Our New Happy Place in Northern Michigan

This was our first time staying in Arcadia and on Lower Herring Lake and it did not disappoint. We have stayed on Crystal Lake, but always had to cross the street to our cottage and trips to Frankfort take longer from Crystal than from this cottage (which surprised us). This cottage is right on the water with a decent sized beach/ (rare on many lakes in the area) and a huge lakefront yard for family games (we brought our own lawn games). You are provided with many poaddleboards, kayaks and a canoe to provide hours of lake fun! The house layout was perfect for us and everyone commented on how comfortable their beds were! 3 full baths was a big plus. Kitchen was equipped with enough plates etc to feed a huge group. One small issue was that our group was 7 adults and we had to pull seating from an outside deck table to eat together at the dining table together as it only seats 6. We will definitely come back!
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 17 July 2022
Installing a new dining table. Thx
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Arcadia 8/28 to 9/4 2021

Very easy check in. The house was beautiful and very clean. Kitchen was stocked with whatever you need for utensils and pots and pans. The view from the living room and deck were beautiful and stunning. Plenty of bedrooms and baths for our large group. Very peaceful and relaxing area around the house. The location is close to so many places to visit and shop. Also some outstanding restaurants in the area! We took many walks along Lake Michigan over to the outlet from Lower Herring Lake. Sunsets were outstanding and relaxing. We created many memories and will definitely be coming back!
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2021
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness

Lovely lake with access to Lake Michigan. House needs cleaning.

We enjoyed the lake and the access to Lake Michigan and Frankfort. We also liked the firepit and the many boats available for use. The house, could have been very nice, but it was dirty and the lower level musty. The carpet and bedspreads were stained. The beds in the open area in the basement were uncomfortable and we feared that the bunkbed would collapse, so we needed to rent a hotel room in Frankfort to accommodate our family.
Response from VrboOwner on 24 Aug 2021
1. $300 professional cleaning, have receipt. The house was clean except staff forgot dish towels, which I dropped off right away. 2. Guests cranked AC to 66 degrees, then opened doors on the the lake, warm, saturated air caused condensation on the tile. 3. Children's bunk beds not intended for a 240 lb adult. Bunk beds are gone because they broke them. The sleeping arrangements are accurately described.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Awesome!

Spacious, quiet with amazing access to Lower Herring Lake and private beach access on Lake Michigan. Property was as described with nice amenities. Owner provided good list of local activities and businesses. Highly recommend! We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Host

Excellent hospitality and response by the host
Stayed 4 nights in May 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great weekend away

We had a wonderful stay at this property. The property was clean, and the view was amazing. The neighbors were friendly, and the area was very quiet. It was nice to have equipment for the lake to go paddling and check out the area. There was a nice small beach area right at the house that the kids loved to play in. Short drive to food and other needs, the food in the area was delicious. The inside of the house was nice with all the cooking items we needed for the weekend, the layout of the house is great for having a family and being able to socialize still while cooking or at the table. We enjoyed our stay and will stay again if we are in the area!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Million dollar view

You just cannot beat the location of the house. The view off the patio is amazing. We spent most of our time on kayaks going to the outlet to Lake Michigan. Cannot say enough good things!!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Perfect for family vacation

Very impressed with this house. The location right on Lower Herring offered our family (including 10-17 year olds) a lot of fun with swim raft, kayaks, and SUP boards. Very private, wooded location with a fantastic view. Our favorite thing to do was to visit Boo Hoo sand dune and the outlet into Lake MI. Home was fully stocked, clean, and as advertised. Plenty of sleeping room and the kids area in the lower level was a hit. The owner has great information about the area and centrally located to many things. Lots of hiking nearby, jumping off the pier in Frankfort, and of course excellent beer/pizza @ Storm Cloud. Loved our stay and we had a great time. The only thing I would like to see added is central air as we had some unusually humid nights and the house was “sticky” but the lake breeze was very nice. We will definitely return. Thanks Peter!
Response from VrboOwner on 29 July 2020
Glad you had a great vacation and love to have you back again. We are adding AC for 2021. Thx Pete
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great location

We loved our stay here! My family golfed at Arcadia bluffs and visited Frankfort town. It was a great location, gorgeous lake, clean house. Peter was very easy to get ahold of, and helped us reschedule from our previous date, due to Covid. Will definitely be coming back
Stayed 3 nights in May 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Very Relaxing Vacation Stay

We really enjoyed our stay. The property was clean, quiet, and the lake was beautiful. We plan to return, and we will recommend this property to our friends and family.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Exceptional!

Our extended family of nine had an excellent week at this house. Clean, well-equipped kitchen,
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

We enjoyed our stay

Very nice and adequate for our ladies weekend. The only things we noticed were a fruit fly issue and slats on lower bunk are broken.
Response from VrboOwner on 3 Apr 2020
Thanks, we did not know about the bunk bed slats, replacing them today. Once notified about the fruit flies I stopped by promptly to treat the sink drain with booking water and vacuum up the fruit flies.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Very nice place.

If you’re particular about a place being clean, you’ll be happy with this house. Nice clean bathrooms and kitchen, plenty of towels and nice thoughtful things like fans and space heaters. (We used both) There’s a nice selection of boats to take out onto the lake. The kitchen has everything you need for meals. Unfortunately for us the wind and rain didn’t stop for most of the week. We took advantage of the short periods of sun to visit the private beach. It’s beautiful so definitely don’t miss it. There’s not a bunch of fussy rules or creepy locked doors. The owner makes you feel like he’s glad to have you. We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 3 Apr 2020
We strive for five stars, thanks for the great review. Sorry about the weather.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Excellent stay at a beautiful location!

Our stay at the end of September was amazing! The cottage had excellent amenities and comfortably housed our group of seven. The beachfront on Lower Herring Lake was sandy and shallow making it perfect for kids. We also enjoyed the private access point on Lake Michigan that provided beautiful views and decent beach combing for Petoskey stones. Frankfort was an easy drive (10 min) and had groceries, bait and tackle, and good dining options. The homeowner also responded quickly to any questions we had. Looking forward to returning in the future!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Beautiful water view and stunning sunsets!

Pete is a gracious host ready to make your stay comfortable. Close to quaint Frankfort with its nice beach, food and shopping. We had 8 in our group and there was room for everyone. It was uncharacteristically hot during our week, so it got a bit hot in the house. Fun to open all the windows and doors and hear the birds and the breeze rustling in the leaves.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2018
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Great place

Great place. Wonderful view, good fishing, cool private stream to Lake Michigan.
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2017
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Awesome for multi generational family vacation!

We enjoyed our stay at the beginning of June. Lots of beds to easily sleep everyone. Loved the private beach! Comfortable for everyone...from great grandparents to toddlers! Pete was very responsive to any requests we had. Looking forward to returning!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2017
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