The Village of Frederic is located at a major junction on the Michigan snowmobile trail system. Food, fuel and repairs are available. The Village welcomes and caters to snowmobilers.  During the height of the snowmobile season, hundreds of snowmobiles meet and enjoy each other's company in Frederic. Snowmobilers aren’t alone, Frederic is also a popular destination for cross-country skiers

Attractions: amusement parks, casinos, farms & mills, historic sites, lighthouses, museums, tours, wineries, zoos, planetariums, and waterfalls.

Hartwick Pines State Park [Wildlife Viewing Area] - Closest Towns: Frederic and Grayling. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Hartwick Pines State Park headquarters, (989) 348-7068.  From Grayling, drive north on I-75 to Exit 259. Head northbound on M-93 and proceed about 2 miles and look for the park entrance sign on the left side of the road.  Hartwick Pines State Park is the largest state park in Michigan’s northern lower peninsula. Fittingly, it also contains the largest stand of virgin white pines remaining in the lower peninsula. Visitors can relax in the Michigan Forest Visitor Center and learn more about Michigan's forests in an exhibit hall that focuses on the history of logging, forestry, and the numerous ways we utilize trees in our daily lives. It also is the main interpretive center for the 3.9 million acre state forest system managed by the DNR—the largest state forest system in the United States. Visitors are also invited to experience the Logging Museum buildings, where you are taken back in time to life in a 1880s logging camp and explore the history of the white pine logging era, when most of Michigan's northern lower peninsula was covered with the huge, majestic trees that still can be seen here.  In addition to the virgin pines, the park has a good mixture of other forest types that typically grow on the sandy soils found in this part of Michigan. These habitats include northern hardwood forests (beech and maple), jack pine and oak forests, and lowland conifer forests (cedar, spruce and tamarack). Several small lakes, the East Branch of the Au Sable River and its associated streams and wetlands further add to the diversity that makes this park very attractive to wildlife.  A 50-acre stand of virgin pine trees is one of the premier attractions of this site. These trees were saved from the lumberman's axe. Stroll the Old Growth Forest Foot Trail and let your mind imagine how much of northern Michigan must have looked when these forest monarchs stretched from shore to shore. Because of its age, this vestige of virgin pines is gradually dying, and some are dead. These dead trees are not totally dead, however, since they continue to provide habitat for woodpeckers, chipmunks, woodland mice, bats, salamanders, dozens of insects, and other smaller life forms that thrive on dead or dying trees. Watch for the hairy and downy woodpeckers, the red and white breasted nuthatches, the northern flicker, even the crow-sized pileated woodpecker foraging for insects in the dead snags or downed trees along the trails.  Throughout the spring and into the summer, you cannot walk more than a few feet along the trail without hearing the resident solitary vireo, blackburnian warbler, or black-throated green warbler. Also, watch and listen for the melodic trill of the pine warbler, and the raspy, robin-like call of the scarlet tanager — all popular species of these northern mature pine habitats. Red and black squirrels are very common in the park, and can be seen from dawn to dusk. Black squirrels are actually just a dark color phase of the gray squirrel that is common throughout the eastern United States. Larger mammals like white-tailed deer, bobcats, coyotes, and black bear are also found here. Stop at the visitor center for more information and maps, and ask about these and the other wildlife viewing opportunities available in this special state park.

DINING & FOOD:  BREWERIES, DINER TRAINS & CRUISES, CASUAL DINING, FINE DINING AND ETHNIC RESTAURANTS

Happi Days Diner and Campground, 7486 W. Batterson Rd., Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-8172

Frederic Inn, 6516 N. Old 27, PO Box 16, Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-8636

Places to Stay:  Bed & Breakfasts, Cabins & Cottages, Condos & Vacation Rentals, Historic Inns, Hotels & Motels, Resorts

Tell Them You Found Them in the Enchanted Forest Guide to Northern Michigan

Michigan Bed & Breakfast Guide [Bed & Breakfast Inns], 3980 Curtisville Road, Curtisville, South Branch, MI 48761, Phone: (989) 725-4416

Northern Michigan Cabin & Cottage Rentals [Cabin & Cottage Rentals], 3980 Curtisville Road, Curtisville, South Branch, MI 48761, Phone: (989) 725-4416

Pineview Motel, 7328 North Old 27, Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-8300

Patty's Place Frederic [Bed & Breakfast], 6464 North Old 27, Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-8980

Three Creeks Bed & Breakfast [Bed & Breakfast], 7963 Twin Peaks Road, Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 619-6351

Wayside Inn Cottage, 8148 Finch Lane, Lake Margrethe, Grayling, MI 49738, Phone: (989) 348-8627

Whispering Pines Resort, 11763 W.Co. Rd. 612, Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-2044

Community Organizations: civic, fraternal, veteran, etc

Michigan Area Retiree Activities Office (RAO) [Support Services for Military Retirees], 5671 Skeel Avenue, Suite 12, Oscoda, Michigan 48750, (989) 739-2777

Michigan Tree Farm System, 501 Norway Street, Grayling, MI 49738, (989) 348-9319

OUTDOORS: BEACHES, BIKING, BOATING, CAMPING, CANOEING, DOG-SLEDDING, FISHING, GOLFING, HIKING, HUNTING, KAYAKING, ORV, NATURE & PARKS, RENTALS,  SCUBA DIVING, SKIING, SNOWMOBILING, ETC.

Golfing Michigan [Public Golf Courses], 3980 Curtisville Road, Curtisville, South Branch, MI 48761, Phone: (989) 725-4416

Goose Creek State Forest Trail Camp, Co Road 612 and Manistee River Road, Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-6371

Happi Days Diner and Campground, 7486 W. Batterson Rd., Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-8172

Jones Lake State Forest Campground, County Road 612 and Jones Lake Road, 9 miles East of Frederic, Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-6371

Michigan Paddlesports Directory [Canoeing & Kayaking], 3980 Curtisville Road, Curtisville, South Branch, MI 48761, Phone: (989) 725-4416

Trails Campground, 4066 Old 27 N., Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-8692

Sledheads of Frederic [Snowmobile Rentals], 6636 Old US 27 North, Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 344-7669

Upper Manistee River State Forest Campground, Co Road 612 & Goose Creek Road, 8 miles SW of Frederic, Frederic, MI 49733, Phone: (989) 348-6371

Services

Enchanted Forest Web Page Design Service [Domain Names, Web Hosting, Online Marketing Services and Website Design], 3980 Curtisville Road, Curtisville, South Branch, MI 48761, Phone: (989) 725-4416

Shopping:  antique shops, art galleries, arts & crafts shops, flea markets, gift shops, outlet malls, shopping centers, shopping districts, and specialty shops

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