With the rivers and lakes within and around the village of Bellaire, Michigan, it is an attractive area for recreational tourism, particularly during the summer months when its population swells with vacation visitors. Summer hikers, bikers, backpackers, and wildlife enthusiasts come to partake of nearly 44,000 acres of nearby state forest land, as well as the Grass River Natural Area. Boardwalks and trails provide access to marshes, creeks, rivers, and cedar forests.
Swimming, boating and fishing are common summer activities for residents and visitors alike. In the fall, driving tours bring visitors along some of the state's most scenic back roads. With the winter, comes snowmobiling, sledding, and nearby ski slopes.
As the county seat, people from other parts of the county are often brought to Bellaire.
Visitors are accommodated by several local hotels, motels, guest inns, bed and breakfast facilities, resorts, cabin rentals, RV parks, and campgrounds, and these are the focus of topics found in this category.
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Applesauce Inn Bed & Breakfast
Situated in Bellaire, in the Chain of Lakes region of Northern Michigan, the B&B is open year-round, for biking, hiking, kayaking, bird watching, fishing, or skiing. Its location is shown on a map, the accommodations are described, including photos of each of the rooms, and rates and policy information are presented on the site. In-house meals and suggestions for local restaurants are posted, along with a guide to things to do and places to go in Bellaire and the surrounding region.
https://www.applesauceinn.com/
Situated in Bellaire, the guest inn is centrally located to Traverse City, Charlevoix, Elk Rapids, and Torch Lake. The lodging facility offers five guest accommodations in the main house, and four in the carriage house, each of which are highlighted, with photographs, descriptions, and a list of features and amenities. Rates, gift certificates, and online bookings are available, a calendar of events is posted to the site, and a guide to the local community is included.
https://bellairebandb.com/
Located in the village of Bellaire, the Northern Michigan motel is only two miles from Shanty Creek and Schuss Mountain, a day trip away from Alden, Charlevoix, Elk Rapids, Gaylord, Mackinac City, Petoskey, and Traverse City, and near Torch Lake, an 18 mile-long lake that offers several recreational opportunities. The types of rooms available at the motel are featured, with representative photos and a list of amenities. A guide to the community is included.
http://www.bellaireinn.com/
The fully furnished vacation rental is situated on forty acres, on a hill overlooking a valley, only about four miles from the village of Bellaire, Michigan, and five miles from Shanty Creek and Schuss Mountain Resorts. Rates, maps, details, contacts, a photo gallery, and a calendar of events are published to the site, along with guest reviews. The business also offers pontoon boat rentals on Torch Lake, Clam Lake, and Lake Bellaire. Reservations may be booked online.
http://www.bellairelogcabin.com/
The campground features sites large enough to accommodate big rigs, full hook-up sites, rental cabins, and tents, each of which are described here, including a map of the campground, a list of features and amenities, rates, and rules, and online reservations. A community calendar, outdoor recreational opportunities, and other area information are provided, along with directions, photos and descriptions of each of its rental cabins, and scheduled activities and events.
http://chainolakescamp.com/
Owned by the Village of Bellaire and operated by self-registration, the municipal campground features several fully functioning recreational vehicle sites with electric and water, as well as more primitive sites. Situated one mile east of downtown Bellaire, the campground is near the Glacial Hill Pathway and Natural Area and its network of hiking and mountain biking trails. Camping spaces are first-come, first-served. Instructions for self-registration are posted on the bathhouse.
http://www.bellairemichigan.com/craven.html
Grand Victorian Bed & Breakfast Inn
Built for Henry Richardi between 1893 and 1895, the Richardi House was registered with the US Department of the Interior’s National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and it became the Richardi House Bed and Breakfast Inn in 1989, taking its current name when it was acquired by new owners in 1991. Its history, recognitions, policies, and guest accommodations are highlighted, with photos, rates, special offers, and directions. Recipes are also posted on the site.
http://www.grandvictorian.com/
The Summit Mountain ski hill and the Lodge at Shanty Creek were opened by Roy Deskin in the early 1960s, and a golf course was later added to it. In the mid-1960s Daniel Iannotti opened the Kingdom of Schuss, a ski resort that also included a golf course. Purchased by Club Corporation of America in 1985, the two were merged, and a third Shanty Creek village was added in 1999. Trip planning information, lodging rates, and online bookings are available.
https://www.shantycreek.com/
Once a garage, an auto parts store, and an antique store, the upper and lower suites were added in the 1990s, now featuring three suites and seven rooms, each uniquely themed, as well as condo accommodations at Shanty Creek Resort, off-site. Guest lodging facilities are highlighted, with photos, descriptions, and a list of amenities. Prices, special offers, and online bookings are available, along with add-on packages, policy information, and a calendar of events.
https://www.stonewatersinn.com/
Local and family-owned, the pet-friendly motel is located on South Division in the village of Bellaire, Michigan. Its most affordable rooms include either a queen bed, a king bed, or two full-sized beds, while its standard rooms are a little larger but furnished similarly, and its deluxe rooms have two queen-sized beds, except for one room that has a king-sized bed designed to be accessible to the disabled. Its location, room descriptions, rates, and an introduction to the area are included.
http://www.allseasonsbellaire.com/
Featuring two queen beds, a small desk with a chair, two comfortable chairs, a small table, television, coffeemaker, mini-refrigerator, microwave, alarm clock, bath, and air conditioning, with WiFi provided free of charge, the hotel is located on Shanty Creek Road in Bellaire, Michigan. Photos and a video are featured, a list of amenities is posted to the site, and a guide to nearby places to visit, and other rental options, are included. Reservations may be made online.
http://www.legendcottageinn.com/
