Destination Guide

Destination: Northeast Michigan

While Michigan's northwest may be the more nationally known vacation region, the northeast -- or "Sunrise Coast" -- boasts a collection of small towns and natural wonders worth exploring, too.

With just more than 11,000 residents, Alpena is the Northeast's largest city on Lake Huron. Here, the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary has preserved more than 100 shipwrecks. Mackinaw City is where you can pick up a ferry to head to historic Mackinac Island, situated between the lower and upper peninsulas.

In the town of Grayling, you can set up camp to fish trout or simply explore the 129-mile Au Sable River. The only elk herd east of the Mississippi can also be found here.

Further inland, Gaylord has emerged as one of the Midwest's top destinations thanks to a mix of great golf courses and nationally acclaimed resorts. Modeled after an alpine village, it's a favorite winter getaway because of its hilly terrain. Cross-country skiing and snowmobiling are also popular when the snow falls.

Treetops Resort is the most well known of Gaylord offerings and a former host to the nationally acclaimed Threetops Shootout. The resort, which features dramatic mountain courses, includes designs from Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Tom Fazio and Rick Smith.

The Garland Resort, in the small town of Lewiston, is famous for its large cabin main lodge and four tree-lined, secluded golf courses within steps of each other.

To the east, toward Lake Huron, the golf is a little less known but is more convenient for people coming from Metro Detroit and Port Huron. A favorite retreat is Lakewood Shores Resort, which recreates the look and feel of the fames seaside courses of Scotland.

Michigan's northeast is hardly as widely known and visited compared to the northwest cities of Petoskey and Traverse City. Those who have discovered it like it that way.
 

Recommended: Treetops Resort in Gaylord


Offering 81 holes of award-winning golf by Rick Smith, Tom Fazio and Robert Trent Jones, Sr.; Treetops Resort's five courses include The Masterpiece, Premier, Signature, Tradition and America's number one par-3 course, Threetops. Treetops is the home of Rick Smith's Golf Academy (rated in the top 25 nationally) and home of the Par-3 shootout, which was televised nationally on ESPN.

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The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort
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Gaylord $25
Gaylord Golf Club
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Gaylord $30
Classic Course at Otsego Club Conference & Resort
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Gaylord $15 - $35
Black Lake Golf Club
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Onaway $34
Black Bear Golf Club
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Vanderbilt $30 - $45
Thunder Bay Golf Resort
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Hillman $18 - $33
Alpena Golf Club
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Alpena $40
Michaywe Pines Golf Course Gaylord $15 - $52
Forest Dunes Golf Club - Black Course at The Loop Roscommon $95 - $185
Wicker Hills Golf Course Hale $35
Indian River Golf Club
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Indian River $25
White Deer Country Club Prudenville $20
Tamaracks Golf Club
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Harrison $10
Forest Dunes Golf Club - Red Course at The Loop Roscommon $95 - $185
Loon Golf Resort - The Ridge Course Gaylord $32 - $49
Quest Golf Club
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Houghton Lake $20 - $37
Fairview Hills Golf Club Mio $8 - $34
Sugar Springs Country Club Gladwin $27 - $44
Eagle Ridge Golf Club of Glennie
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Glennie $14
Forest Dunes Golf Club
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Roscommon $119
Lakes Golf Course Gaylord $38
Loon Golf Club Gaylord $45
Tribute Course at Otsego Club Conference & Resort Gaylord $45 - $69
Springport Hills Golf Course Harrisville $20 - $25
Burning Oak Country Club
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Roscommon $18
Fazio Premier at Treetops Resort Gaylord $65 - $145
Knoll View Golf Course & Driving Range
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Au Gres $12
The Blackshire at Lakewood Shores Resort Oscoda $55
The Signature at Treetops Resort Gaylord $65 - $145
Maple River Resort Brutus $15
Wawashkamo Golf Club Mackinac Island $25 - $50
White Pine National Golf Club
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Spruce $24
Cedar Valley Golf Club
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Comins $12
Singing Bridge Golf Course Tawas City $16 - $27
Monarch Course at Garland Resort
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Lewiston $70
Reflections Course at Garland Lodge & Golf Resort
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Lewiston $70
St. Ignace Golf & Country Club St Ignace $14 - $24
Forest Dunes Golf Club - Bootlegger Short Course Roscommon $39
Edgewood Greens Golf Course Prescott $19
Alpine Meadows Golf Course Gaylord $23
The Nightmare Golf Course
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West Branch $27
Fox Run Country Club Grayling $22 - $25
Swampfire Course at Garland Resort
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Lewiston $70
The Gailes at Lakewood Shores Resort Oscoda $55
Ye Olde Country Club Roscommon $13
Rogers City Country Club Rogers City $20 - $42
Cheboygan Golf & Country Club Cheboygan $19 - $39
Green Briar Golf Course Lupton $18 - $25
Lost Lake Woods Golf Club Lincoln $18 - $29
Pine River Golf Club Standish $19 - $23
The Wee-Links at Lakewood Shores Resort Au Sable $8
Huron Breeze Golf Club Au Gres $17 - $34
Stoney Links Onaway $27 - $42
The Tradition at Treetops Resort Gaylord $55 - $110
Threetops Par-3 at Treetops Resort Gaylord $35 - $55
Jones Masterpiece at Treetops Resort Gaylord $65 - $145
Wildwood Lakes Golf Course Wolverine $12 - $13
Lakeside Golf Course Gladwin $16
The Serradella at Lakewood Shores Resort Oscoda $28
Pine View Highlands Golf Club Houghton Lake $20
Apple Valley Golf Course West Branch $20 - $27
Grayling Country Club Grayling $19 - $29
Devil's Knob Golf Course Harrison $5 - $11
River's Edge Golf Club Alpena $35
Fountains Course at Garland Resort
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Lewiston $95
Mackinaw Club Carp Lake $25 - $45
Rippling Rapids Golf Course Cheboygan $15 - $25
Jewel Golf Course Mackinac Island $105 - $145
Birch Point Golf Club Saint Helen $17.50
Greenbush Golf Course Greenbush $9
Hidden River Golf & Casting Club
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Brutus $35
The Dream Golf Course West Branch $40 - $65
Tawas Creek Golf Course
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Tawas City $10
Red Hawk Golf Club East Tawas $29 - $59
West Branch Country Club West Branch $32 - $42
Mullett Lake Golf & Country Club Mullett Lake $15 - $30
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