Get to know Honor via the Platte River: The river flows through town and offers opportunities for fishing. Canoe trips and rentals for outings on the river are also available. The National Coho Salmon Festival adds a special event to your trip.
Canoe trips: two stretches of river, different time estimates
Riverside Canoes offers a two-hour, family-friendly trip on the Lower Platte River, ending at Lake Michigan. It departs from the Platte River at M-22 in Honor, Michigan, within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Both the duration and endpoint are specified for this trip, making it easy to account for as a clearly defined block of time in your day’s plans. Check current availability separately.
Riverside Canoes’ faster trip on the Upper Platte River takes approximately three to four hours. By comparison, the Lower Platte trip is listed as taking two hours and ends at Lake Michigan. The comparison therefore covers both the time estimate and the named stretch of river and endpoint. Treat the Upper trip’s duration as an estimate, while the Lower trip is listed as taking two hours.
Rental options and fishing on the river
The Honor Trading Post rents canoes, kayaks, and inner tubes for trips on the Platte River. In Honor, you can choose between trips offered by Riverside Canoes on named stretches of river and rentals for outings on the river. At the Trading Post, you can choose from the listed boats and inner tubes; check rental availability again seasonally.
Fishing is also possible on the Platte River in Honor. If you’re more interested in fishing than in a canoe trip, it’s a reason in its own right to include the town in your travel plans. The river brings together several different interests without equating fishing with any of the trips described.
The National Coho Salmon Festival
The National Coho Salmon Festival has been held in the community of Honor for more than 50 years. It offers a different reason to visit than the river activities and can influence when you want to stay. If the festival is a deciding factor in your trip, check the dates for your preferred year before planning your stay around it. In the broader region, the Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theatre opened in northwestern Michigan in 1953.
When searching for hotels in Honor, you can start by deciding what brings you to the area. For a Riverside trip, the chosen stretch of river and the stated duration are relevant planning details; for a festival trip, the specific event dates are key.
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