Set for August 9 through August 11 is Michigan’s Longest Garage Sale all along US-12 from New Buffalo to Detroit. The Southwest Michigan Planning Commission’s Kris Martin tells WSJM News the event is a chance for people and businesses along the historic road to clean out their attics and stake out their front yards. You can find items for sale all along US-12’s 180 miles in Michigan.
“It’s a great way to bring the route together, and it’s a fun annual event everyone likes participating in,” Marin said.
Martin says US-12 is the nation’s second oldest highway, an old Native American trail.
“Now it’s kind of adapted to be a route of beautiful little small towns and farmland and forests and things like that.”
US-12 is now one of 16 Michigan State Scenic Byways as designated by the Michigan Legislature. Since Michigan’s Longest Garage Sale started in 2003, it has taken place during the second weekend of every August. You can find out more at US12HeritageTrail.org.
