Carefree Travel Guide 2024

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Mackinaw City/ Mackinac Island 6 Mackinac Island Ferry Company 800.638.9892 • MackinacFerry.com Your Mackinac Island Adventure Begins Here! Choose from our thrilling Hydro-jet® ferries, the majestic catamaran, or the pirate ship Good Fortune . We offer FREE luggage handling, parking, and shuttle service. Good Fortune Pirate Ship 800.638.9892 • MackinacFerry.com Ahoy, matey! Get ready for a swashbuckling adventure aboard the pirate ship Good Fortune . Sail the Straits to Mackinac Island or embark from the Island on our Family Cruise or 21 & over nauti-cruise . Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry 231.436.5023 • SheplersFerry.com The best way to explore and a first-rate start to your getaway. Family founded and operated. Ferrying to Mackinac Island from Mackinaw City and St. Ignace for over 75 years! Manistee 16 S.S. City of Milwaukee Montague 21 Happy Mohawk Canoe Livery Munising 2 Pictured Rocks Boat Cruises Muskegon 22 Aquastar Cruises Lake Express High Speed Ferry Newaygo 20 Wisner Rents Canoes Oden 7 Windjammer Marina Saugatuck 27 Star of Saugatuck Boat Cruises 269.857.4261 • SaugatuckBoatCruises.com Sit back, relax, and enjoy a drink on one of Star of Saugatuck’s scenic cruises. Great for private parties and corporate events too. Sault Ste. Marie 3 Famous Soo Locks Boat Tours 906.632.2512 • FamousSooLocks.com Come aboard for a relaxing and educational maritime adventure! Make your Sault Ste. Marie’s visit memorable with the experience of locking through the Soo Locks aboard Famous Soo Locks Boat Tours! South Haven 28 Michigan Maritime Museum St. Ignace 4 Mackinac Island Ferry Company Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry Suttons Bay 13 Grand Traverse Bike Tours Inland Seas Education Association

Bay Harbor 9 Bay Harbor Lake Marina

231.439.2544 • BayHarborLakeMarina.com Adjoining the pristine waters of Lake Michigan, offering superior amenities & services to seasonal and transient boaters, BHLM is recognized as one of the Top 10 ports in North America. Belding 23 Double R Ranch Bellaire 12 Grass River Natural Area 231.533.8576 • GrassRiver.org 1,492 acres surrounding Grass River in Antrim County. Seven miles of well-maintained trails including 1.5 miles of boardwalk floating above northern fen. An outdoor living laboratory and indoor learning center. Boyne Falls 11 Boyne Mountain Resort Charlevoix 10 Beaver Island Boat Co. Copper Harbor 1 Kew naw Adventure Company Drummond Island 5 Drummond Island Resort Elk Rapids 14 Chain of Lakes Water Trail Fennville 26 WaterTrail Ventures Kayak & Canoe Rental Grand Haven 24 MACkite Boardsports Center Holland 25 Holland Aquatic Center Honor 15 Riverside Canoe Trips 231.325.5622 • CanoeMichigan.com Experience the beautiful Platte River with family-friendly canoeing, kayaking, tubing, SUPing, and rafting in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Sault Ste. Marie 3

Munising 2

Drummond Island 5

St. Ignace 4

Mackinac Island

Mackinaw

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Oden 7

Indian River 8

Bay Harbor 9

Charlevoix 10

Boyne Falls 11

Elk Rapids Bellaire 12

Suttons Bay 13

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Honor 15

Houghton Lake 18

Manistee

Wellston 17

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Ludington

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Newaygo

Muskegon 22 Montague 21

Belding 23

Grand Haven 24

Holland 25

Fennville 26

Houghton Lake 18 Houghton Lake Area 989.422.2002 • VisitHoughtonLake.com/canoe.shtml

Saugatuck 27

South Haven 28

Nestled in Roscommon County are gentle rivers flowing through beautiful forested wilderness. Float or paddle the South Branch of the AuSable River, or take an excursion on the Muskegon River, both memorable outdoor experiences.

Indian River 8 Big Bear Adventures Ludington 19 Port of Ludington Maritime Museum S.S. Badger- Lake Michigan Carferry

Wellston 17 Pine River Paddlesport Center Statewide Michigan Charter Boat Association

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