HISTORIC LOCATIONS 
Site name Site location County Description
Greenbush Country School
 
Alcona
 
Sturgeon Point Lighthouse
 
Alcona
 
Jesse Besser Museum 491 Johnson St Alpena Accredited by the American Association of Museums, this site features Michigan's science, art, and history collections as well as a planetarium.
Avery Park Second Ave and Oldfield St. Alpena The historic features of interest include a four-faced bronze clock, gas lights, and historic park benches setting the theme for the reconstructed N. 2nd Ave.
Thunder Bay Divers 400 East Chisholm Alpena This diving charter service offers a firsthand opportunity to view the historic shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay Bottomland Preserve.
Middle Island Lighthouse
 
Alpena The lighthouse is owned by the Coast Guard while the rest of the island is privately owned. The keepers quarters, tool shed, & two privies are restored.
Thunder Bay Island
 
Alpena The island is located 4 miles East (offshore) of Section 36. It is about 11 miles East of the City of Alpena.
Rockport Property
 
Alpena It offers hiking trails, eight large limestone sinkholes, and several square miles of forested land.
Middle Island
 
Alpena
 
Harbor Lights, LLC 7406 US 23N Alpena The old Alpena Township Hall was once located here. The hall is now privately owned and is being converted to a lighthouse museum.
Great Lakes Bottomland Preserve Thunder Bay and Lake Huron Alpena This site has one of the highest densities of shipwrecks in Michigan. The preserve is 288 square miles & protects historic, ecologic, & scenic resources
Veterans Memorial Park Court Street Cheboygan Veterans Memorial
Alexander Henry Waterfront Park
 
Cheboygan Interpretive Trail, Bridge / Straits viewing area Picnic facilities, telescope, Old Mackinaw Point Lighthouse
Fishing & Observation pier (State Dock) Huron Ave. Cheboygan Development of the pier is still being considered; Could be site of Great Lakes Lighthouse Museum; proposed band shell.
Fort Michilimackinac State Park
 
Emmet Historic Fort; Open May 15 to October 15 and some winter weekends.
McGulpin Pt. Lighthouse Headlands Road Emmet Historical lighthouse, converted to a single family home. On the shore of the straits of Mackinaw
French Farm Lake Flooding
 
Emmet
 
Birch Hill Park Grand Lake Boulevard Presque Isle Boat dock, volleyball courts, basketball courts, tennis court Historic Kauffman House on site
Ocqueoc Outdoor Center
 
Presque Isle
 
Hammond Bay Biological Station
 
Presque Isle
 
Sacred Rock
 
Presque Isle
 
Presque Isle Lighthouse Park Grand Lake Road Presque Isle New Presque Isle Light, picnic areas, tip of Presque Isle Peninsula Museum in Lighthouse Keepers quarters
Old Presque Isle Light
 
Presque Isle Privately owned and operated, the lighthouse and museum are open to the public for a fee; Lighthouse is a State Historic Site.
Besser Natural Area Bell Bay Road Presque Isle Site of abandoned Village of Bell, Virgin Pine Forest