Deer Park - Michigan's Upper Peninsula

<html> <head> <title>Deer Park - Michigan's Upper Peninsula</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <META Pragma: No-Cache> <META name="Pragma" No-Cache> <META Cache-control: No-Cache> <META HTTP-EQUIV="expires" CONTENT="Wed, 26 Feb 1997 08:21:57 GMT"> <META name="description" content="Profile of Deer Park, with candid descriptions of attractions, recommended restaurants, lodgings, campgrounds."> <base href="http://hunts-upguide.com/"> <link href="/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <center> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#F5F5D5" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0> <tr> <td width="18%" colspan=2 height=82 bgcolor="#306799" valign="top"> <table width="100%" cellpadding=22 cellspacing=0 border=0> <tr> <td align="left"> <b><font size="-2" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <font color="#FEE384">We welcome<br> your comments<br> experiences &<br> corrections.<br></font> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=10 height=8 alt="---"><br> <a class="whitelinkunderlined" target="_top" href="http://hunts-upguide.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/dehunt/feedback.pl">E-mail us</a> </font> </b> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="63%" height=82 bgcolor="#306799" align="center" valign="top"> <table cellpadding=22 cellspacing=0 border=0> <tr> <td align="center"> <img src="/images/online_words.gif" width=386 height=13 alt="The online version of the popular regional travel book""><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=500 height=2 alt="---"><br> <nobr><font color="#FFFFFF" size="+2" face="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times"><b>Hunts' Guide to Michigan's UPPER PENINSULA</b></font></nobr><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=500 height=7 alt="---"><br> <img src="/images/candid_words.gif" width=391 height=13 alt="A candid guide to enjoying and understanding the U.P."> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign=top width="1%" bgcolor="#F5F5D5" rowspan=3>  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=9 height=25 alt="|"></td> <td width="18%" rowspan=3 valign="top"> <a target="_top" href="/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/dehunt/click.pl?nextfile=http://hunts-upguide.com/up_travel_map.html"><img src="/ads/Small_map_ad_ver_6.gif" border=0 ALT="UP Travel Map ad" width=160 height=418></a> <p>  <center> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=5 width="100%" height=9> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=790 height=9 alt="---"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="17%">  <table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top">  <table width="100%" cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 border=0 bgcolor="#306799"> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#306799"> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <b> <a class="sidebar" href="/" target="_top">Home</a><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="85" height="5"><br> <a class="sidebar" href="tahquamenon___seney__grand_marais___whitefish_point.html" target="_top">Back to Tahquamenon & Seney, Grand Marais & Whitefish Point</a> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="85" height="20"><br> </b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="100%"> <table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=10 bgcolor="#FFE09B"> <tr> <td align="left"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=100 height=10 alt="-"><br> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"> <center><font color="#C82F2C"><b>DEER PARK<br>POINTS<BR>OF INTEREST</b></font><br> </center> <font color="#263692" size="-2"> <p> <a name="e393"><b>North Country Trail: Grand Marais to Muskallonge Lake.</b></a> Less used than the North Country Trail through Pictured Rocks, this wild yet conveniently reachable section goes up and down sand ridges near <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> beaches rich in interesting rocks ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/deer_park_north_country_trail__grand_marais_to_muskallonge_lake.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e394"><b>Blind Sucker Flooding canoeing & fishing.</b></a> Paddle six miles from river’s mouth to its source in marshlands. The sandy south shore has blueberries in August, and fishing for pike and yellow perch is excellent ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/deer_park_blind_sucker_flooding_canoeing___fishing.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e395"><b>Lake Superior Campground beach.</b></a> A beautiful <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/toivola_agate_beach.html" target="_top">agate beach</a> with sandy patches. The North Country Trail through here lets you explore a bit ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/deer_park_lake_superior_campground_beach.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e396"><b>Muskallonge Lake State Park.</b></a> In a remote area, a picnic area and modern campground on a 170-acre-warm-water inland lake with fishing for pike and walleye. Across the road, a Lake Superior beach, sandy and rocky (some agates) and the North Country Trail on a wooded ridge. ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/deer_park_muskallonge_lake_state_park.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <a name="e397"><b>Pretty Lakes Quiet Area path and canoeing.</b></a> A choice state forest area with five lakes, linked by short portages, that take paddlers away from it all ... <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/deer_park_pretty_lakes_quiet_area_path_and_canoeing.html"><font color="#C82F2C">more</font></a> <p> <p>   </font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td>   </td> </tr>  <tr> <td align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> <td valign=top width="1%" bgcolor="#F5F5D5">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="9" height=500 alt="|"> </td> <td valign=top width="63%">  <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0> <tr> <td valign=top align=center bgcolor="#018650" colspan=2> <center> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="30" height=8 alt="-"><br> <b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1"><a class="whitelink" href="tahquamenon___seney__grand_marais___whitefish_point.html" target="_top">Region: Tahquamenon & Seney, Grand Marais & Whitefish Point</a></font></b><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="100%" height=3 alt="-"><br> <h1>DEER PARK</h1> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width="30" height=8 alt="-"></center></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="63%">  <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8 border=0> <tr> <td align="left">  <font face="Georgia"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=6 alt="-"><br> <table align="right" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=250> <tr> <td> <a href="pretty_lakes_map.html" target="_top"><img src="http://hunts-upguide.com/photos/170.gif" width=250 height=150 alt="Pretty Lakes minimap" border=0></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> <a href="pretty_lakes_map.html" target="_top"><b>Click to enlarge</b></a> </font> </td> </tr> </table> No trace except a huge pile of sawdust remains of the small <B>sawmill town of Deer Park</B>, on the site of the current-day <B><a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/deer_park_muskallonge_lake_state_park.html" target="_top">Muskallonge Lake State Park</a></B>. Muskallonge Lake was the <B>holding pond for logs </B>brought from the nearby area by narrow-gauge railroad. Finished lumber was shipped from the <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> dock. <br><br>The <B><a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> shore here</B> is unaffected by nearby roads, yet easily accessible to hikers along the <B>North Country Trail</B>. The long hiking trail follows the lakeshore for some 30 miles east of Grand Marais, past Muskallonge Lake and the <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/two_hearted_river_mouth_area_mouth_of_the_two_hearted_river.html" target="_top">mouth of the Two Hearted River</a>. <B>Unusually varied rocks</B>, including agates, attract rockhounds. The woods are a diverse mix of species, with good <B>fall color</B> added by oak and maple. <B>Wild blueberries</B> (ripe in August) flourish on the sand ridges. <br><br>Because of the unpaved roads, it's <I>really</I> a long way to a store of any size. That's what makes the tackle shop and <B>general store</B> at the <B>Deer Park Lodge</B> (906-658-3341) near the state park so wonderful. The owners have figured out everything people forgot or need – camping supplies, groceries, cooking utensils, board games and art projects for a rainy day – in addition to a good supply of alcoholic beverages. <br><br>This area is an overlooked treasure for many local people and outdoors-lovers who feel pressed-in by the summer crowds of visitors attracted to the more spectacular and famous beauty spots at nearby Pictured Rocks and Tahquamenon Falls. No wonder people were incensed when Massachusetts developer Ben Benson erected his trademark white fencing along his New England-style lakeshore development in Luce County along H-58 east of Grand Marais. That fence hit all the hot buttons of area natives and transplants alike. It flaunted private ownership of land that everyone regards as the public domain, open to all, and it flaunted upscale Eastern ways in a region that's traditionally low-key and unassuming. <br clear="all"> <hr> <center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center> <hr> <p align="right"><a href="tahquamenon___seney__grand_marais___whitefish_point.html" target="_top">Back to Tahquamenon & Seney, Grand Marais & Whitefish Point</a></p> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="37%" valign="top"> <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8 border=0> <tr> <td height="4" width="37%">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=1 alt="-"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" bgcolor="#C7302D" width="37%">  <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"> <b> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <font size="-1"> DEER PARK<br> RESTAURANTS,<br> LODGINGS<br> & CAMPGROUNDS </font> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=6 alt="-"><br> <font size="-2">These are our choices, not ads.</font><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> </b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top bgcolor="#FFE09B" width="37%">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>DEER PARK<br>RESTAURANTS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> </font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CDCCAD" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>DEER PARK<br>LODGINGS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> </font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B6DBA4" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>DEER PARK<br>CAMPGROUNDS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> See also: <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/grand_marais.html" target="_top">Grand Marais</a>, Half-Way Lake Resort in <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/newberry.html" target="_top">Newberry</a>.<br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e398"><b>LAKE SUPERIOR CAMPGROUND</b></a><br> (906) 293-5131. No reservations. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> This attractive rustic campground (no showers or electricity) offers convenient access to a beautiful <B><a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/toivola_agate_beach.html" target="_top">agate beach</a></B>, not overused, made of rocks and sand. The campground is some 300 feet from the beach, separated by low dunes forested with oak and pine. They help <B>shield the campsites</B> from a wind off the lake that can be very, very cold indeed. It's a direct walk from most of the 18 shady campsites to the beach. Some sites are perched up on the hillside. It can be cold here on a day where motorists a few miles inland turn on the air-conditioner. <br> On the <B><a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/bay_mills_north_country_trail_segment.html" target="_top">North Country Trail segment</a></B> that makes a 7.6-mile loop with the Blind Sucker Pathway (page 187). Road noise can be heard from nearby H-58. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>Just off H-58 12 miles east of Grand Marais or 7 miles west of Deer Park. Serviced May thru Nov. $6/$9 night. Handicap accessible: tables, fire rings, vault toilets. </i> <p> <a name="e399"><b>BLIND SUCKER #2 CAMPGROUND</b></a><br> 906) 293-5131. Not reservable. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> This 32-site rustic campground is desirable because of its shady, scenic setting <B>along the flooding of the Blind Sucker River</B>, close to <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> but away from its often cold winds. A small <B>boat launch</B> lets canoeists put in to explore the river flooding, pass rock bass fishing stumps, and get out on the river's south side to <B>pick blueberries</B> on exposed sand ridges. <B>Swimming </B>in the river is possible, though there's no real beach area. About 20 sites are on the river. Fishing is for pike, rock bass, bluegill, and perch. Nearby Blind Sucker Campground #1, by the dam, is more open and less scenic. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>Just south of H-58, 13 miles west of Grand Marais and 7 miles east of Deer Park. Serviced May thru Nov. $10/night. Handicap access: ADA accessible. </i> <p> <a name="e400"><b>MUSKALLONGE LAKE STATE PARK</b></a><br> (906) 658-3338. Reservations: (800) 44-PARKS; (800) 605-8295 TDD <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Muskallonge Lake is a destination campground even for people from Wisconsin and Minnesota because it has a remote feeling along with hot showers, on a large inland lake near a wild, beautiful stretch of Lake Superior. Breezes off the big lake reduce bugs.<br> 159 modern campsites (with flush toilets, 20 & 30 amp electricity, playground.) are on and just north of Lake Michigammee. Lawns and planted trees make for a suburban setting. A few sites look out onto 217-acre Muskallonge Lake. A <B>1.5-mile trail loop</B> goes from the campground along <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> and back, connecting with a beautiful stretch of the <B>North Country Trail</B>. Reserve by mid-May for a good selection of summer dates. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>At Deer Park, 18 miles east of Grand Marais on H-58 (gravel), or 29 miles north of Newberry via M-123 and H-37. State park sticker required: $6/day for Michigan residents, $8/day for others. Annual sticker: $24 and $29. Open from early May thru Oct., usually mid-Nov. Before May 15 and after Oct. 15. Handicap access: call. ADA accessible bathhouses. Adjacent sites not officially accessible, but work for many. </i> <p> <a name="e401"><b>PRETTY LAKE CAMPGROUND</b></a><br> (906) 293-5131. Not reservable. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> Of all the fine rustic state forest campgrounds on inland lakes in northern Luce County, Pretty Lake stands out. It enjoys an especially beautiful, serene setting in a mature pine and hardwood forest on <B>Pretty Lake</B>, with its <B>sandy beach</B>. It's especially beautiful in <B>fall color season</B>. The 18 rustic campsites (no running water or electricity) are very secluded, and over half are on the lakeshore. There's usually a campground host in summer. A large, open area is for <B>group campfires</B>. Pretty Lake is a quiet area – canoes only, no motors. Five small lakes are linked by short canoe portages. Clusters of three canoe campsites are at every portage and one other location on Beaver House Lake. <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_lake_superior.html" target="_top">Lake Superior</a> at Deer Park is under 10 miles away, with pristine, secluded public lakeshore close at hand. No wonder the campground often fills up in summer. More spots open up Tuesday through Thursday. Availability is good in September, and fall fishing and duck hunting is excellent. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>From H-37/CR 407 about 5 miles south of Deer Park or 23 miles northwest of Newberry, take CR 416 about 3 miles west to campground road. Serviced May thru Nov. $10/night. Handicap access: ADA accessible.</i> <p> </font> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=5 align="center">  <br> <center> <font size="+1" color="#454545" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Copyright © 1997-2007 Midwestern Guides</font> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>