Skiing & Snowboarding

Alpine Valley

6775 East Highland Road 
White Lake, MI 48383
(248) 887-4183

25 Different slopes, with 10 chair lifts and six tow ropes.

State Parks and Camping in Michigan

Highland State Park

Local History

The township was named from its largest lake, whose waters are clear and beautiful.  The area was first settled by Harley Olmsted, from Monroe County, New York in 1830.  The first houses on the village site were built by Jesse Seeley and Cornelius G. Wyckoff in 1833.

It was given a post office as White Lake on June 17, 1836, with Marfield Ludlow as its first postmaster.  It was renamed Mayville on June 10, 1840.  The Plainville post office was changed to White Lake on May 29, 1841 and operated until January 31, 1910.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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