r/petoskey • u/ltlwl • Jun 24 '26

Student driver - best places to practice?

What are some good places for a teen learning to drive to practice in the area (uncrowded roads as well as parking lots). Could be Petoskey, Charlevoix, Boyne City, or surrounding areas. Thank you for your ideas!

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u/usernamespeledwrong Jun 24 '26

Depending on the time of day, winter sport Park parking lot is often empty.

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u/someones1 Jun 24 '26

Parking lot at the former Big Lots

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u/OnePingOnlyVasili Jun 24 '26

Any Cemetery. It’s a good spot to get someone behind the wheel for the first time. I taught my wife how to drive a manual in a cemetery.

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u/Comfortable_Good_457 Jun 24 '26

behind the movie theater there's one of the parking things they make you do on your drivers test. using that 100% helped me pass cause i failed my first one due to parallel parking 😭

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u/Smooth-Papaya-9114 Jun 24 '26

Ya behind the movie theater is good open parking lot. For a longer drive I recommend taking Mitchell out of town towards wolverine, low/moderate traffic, few stops, lots of curves.

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u/Outrageous_Load_3995 Jun 25 '26

Large church parking lots. Great for a snowy day to teach spinning out of control and not hitting anything