Stewart'S Idlewild

Hungerford Lake sits practically on your doorstep here—a four-minute walk puts you at the recreation area if you feel like escaping without actually leaving—and Lake Michigan itself is barely a tenth of a mile away, which means the water defines the whole atmosphere whether you're actively using it or just breathing it in. The nearest restaurant is a couple miles down the road, which is either a feature or a bug depending on whether you came out here for solitude or grudgingly accept it as the price of admission. The subdivision itself is straightforward: platted land in West Michigan where you've got space and proximity to actual water without the crush of being smack in a resort town.