Dean Lake

At one time Dean Lake was a day trip into the countryside from the small, but growing city of Grand Rapids.

Today, the city of Grand Rapids completely surrounds this 110 acre Michigan lake. The northeast Grand Rapids neighborhood is home for shopping, schools and work. Year-round homes with year-round residents line the lakefront of Dean Lake.

There is something very rewarding to coming home every evening after work, enjoying the pontoon after dinner or speeding twice around the lake on a pair of skis. Lake front living within a city offers the advantage of having only one lawn to cut and only one home to care for.

On the other hand, a convincing argument could be made to hop in the car, get away from it all  and make the trip to that special Northern Michigan place that you could never take for granted.