by Maralee Cook | Mar 22, 2017 | Adventure Sports, Fall, Featured, Local Parks, Outdoors, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Trails, Winter
If you’re an adventurous explorer, you’ve come to the right place. Our North Woods are in the heart of four-season natural beauty with thrill-a-minute activities. A passionate group of entrepreneurs have developed their own visions to share, creating opportunities for... 
by Manistee VB | Mar 22, 2017 | Fall, Featured, Outdoors, Spring, Summer, Winter
It’s a place you never thought of and the wedding you’ve always dreamed of. It’s the shoreline wedding with soft, sandy beaches and a deep blue water horizon that stretches as far as you can see, or the woodland wedding with rolling hills of green and an open field... 
by Manistee VB | Nov 13, 2016 | Adventure Sports, Snowmobiling, Winter, Winter Trails & Slopes
Take a weekend and take to the trails. Manistee County is a pretty great place to drop in with the sleds for a weekend. Two great snowmobiling clubs manage and maintain the trails in the area. The Wellston Snowmobiling club maintains the southern trail systems (a... 
by Brandon Jensen | Nov 1, 2016 | Winter, Winter Trails & Slopes
The snowshoeing opportunities in this area rock. Recently my wife, myself and our 9 year old Weimaraner named Jade took a trip on the Manistee River Trail and had a blast. We dropped into the trail at Red Bridge (US Forest Service Trailhead with primitive camping and... 
by Manistee VB | Sep 10, 2016 | Conversations, Fall, Featured, Local History, Summer
Farming in Manistee County is not just a job for the families who live and work here- it is part of their history and culture. Each individual farming family is unique in its own way, celebrating the traditions of ancestors through each crop they harvest and every cup... 
by Maralee Cook | Aug 10, 2016 | Beer, Wine & Sprits, Fall, Seasons
As is true of so many businesses in Manistee County, the Northern Natural Cider House and Winery in Kaleva is a family operation. When I visited, the Dad, Dennis Mackey, is still living in his great grandfather’s home built in 1905, with wife Diane, and has been an... 
by Maralee Cook | Jun 1, 2016 | Boating & Harbors, Conversations, Spring
Photos by: Chris Franckowiak From April through December, and sometimes into January, massive Great Lakes freighters will visit the port of Manistee, delighting residents and visitors, who will line the banks of the river channel to watch in awe and wonder. In... 
by Maralee Cook | May 30, 2016 | Adventure Sports, Conversations, Rivers & Paddling, Summer
Is it the opportunity to catch ‘the big one’, or the wild beauty of the area that keeps anglers returning to Manistee County’s rivers to fish? According to a few of the county’s river fishing guides, it turns out to be a combination of the two.... 
by Maralee Cook | May 25, 2016 | Golf Resorts, Golfing, Summer
Picture this. You’re relaxing with friends on the patio at Arcadia Bluffs Lodge, enjoying the warm sunlight softened by the pastel hues that signal the sunset to come. As you gaze westward toward Lake Michigan, you spot the Scottish bagpiper in full regalia, and... 
by Manistee VB | May 17, 2016 | Seasons, Summer
Great music, great people, open air and it’s all free. There are several summer-long concert series that feature a variety of musical genres in Manistee County on different days. Kick back and enjoy! FREE Summer Concerts Concerts in the Park, Onekama Village... 
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