The current time in Chicago is 5:37 am and the current time in Idlewild is 6:37 am. Shelby Gemstone Factory, with furnaces that burn at 5,040 degrees Fahrenheit--almost twice the temperature needed to melt steel--challenges visitors to tell the difference between its factory-made diamonds and the real thing.

Average USA gas price used for calculation is $2.18 per gallon of regular gas. Chicago Midway International Airport is an airport in Chicago, Illinois, United States, located on the city's southwest side, eight miles (13 km) from Chicago's Loop. It does this by There are also plenty of decent inns, like Inn Wick-A-Te-Wah, a restored resort, four-room bed and breakfast, and retirement home of Len and Marge Carlson, just north of Manistee on the shores of Portage Lake.
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You might wish to revisit it someday again, to take a break and relax at Idlewild. You'll find his shrine on M-37 two miles south of Baldwin (616-745-7892).

It is also one of the few places where you can see evidence of the former Idlewild. Check out our hotel recommendations: If you want to meet halfway between Chicago, IL and Idlewild, MI or just make a stop in the middle of your trip, the exact coordinates of the halfway point of this route are 42.487408 and -86.221786, or 42º 29' 14.6688" N, 86º 13' 18.4296" W. This location is 130.06 miles away from Chicago, IL and Idlewild, MI and it would take approximately 2 hours 16 mins to reach the halfway point from both locations.

Open daily through November 1. Using all fresh ingredients, the Nickerson offers a sumptuous Sunday brunch as well as hearty lunches and dinners that attract locals--including a former state governor who lives nearby. Proudly serving Chicago and suburbs with car service and stretch limousines, party buses and luxury sedans. One of them, a Michigan man named Erastus G. Branch, homesteaded a plot of land along a peaceful mile-wide lake (then called Crooked Lake) then surrounded by undeveloped forest.

Riding the railways from the west is easier than you would think. Prices may not valid for over the phone or email inquiries. Western Michigan is fruit-and-vegetable-growing country, and from now through October something is always in season. Idlewild lies within Michigan's poorest county, with a 15 percent poverty rate, double the statewide rate.


The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get The total driving distance from Idlewild, MI to Chicago, IL is 260 miles or 418 kilometers.