The nearly 9,000-acre, weedy Fletcher Pond prohibits large boats from plying its waters. As a result, the impoundment creates a peaceful environment for sport fishing, bird-watching and connecting to nature. Resorts surrounding what is often called Fletcher Floodwaters provide outdoor-loving families with a year-round nature escape.
Fourteen comfortable waterfront cabins at Fletcher's Landing situate families within the scenic wooded setting surrounding Fletcher Pond. Cabins offer kitchens or kitchenettes, private bathrooms, televisions, picnic tables and fire rings. The units sleep up to six adults and children. Fletcher's Landing offers a boat launch and rents boats and motors for fishing and birding and ice shanties for ice fishing. Boat docks and a fish cleaning station, along with bait and lure sales, provide an angler with all the necessities. Fletcher's Landing also serves as a base station for game bird and deer hunters pursuing their catch at surrounding public lands.
Hugging the northern shores of Fletcher Pond, Paradise Lodge is a resort that spans 16 acres. Accommodation choices include 14 cabins ranging from rustic to modern. The units sleep four to 10 people. Camping families have the option of selecting sites with or without electricity, plus water. A dump station is also available. Start the day at the resort's lodge with a hearty breakfast. For convenient access to Fletcher Pond, Paradise Lodge provides a boat launch, boat and pontoon rentals and paddleboats supporting low impact water play. The resort's season spans from May through September.
Bring the entire clan to Lyon's Landing Fishing Resort and Campground along the shores of Fletcher Pond. Its five-bedroom rental house sleeps 12. Other resort lodging options accommodate two to six people and include one-room cabins, mobile homes and apartments. Lyon's 75 campsites, some with electricity and showers, can be booked nightly or monthly. Two boat launches, pontoon, boat and motor rentals, as well as two fish cleaning stations, support anglers and birders.
Thunder Bay Resort in Hillman provides experiences such as horse-drawn carriage rides through the forest where Michigan's elk herd roams. The tour stops at the rustic Elk Antler Cabin for a five-course meal prepared on a vintage woodstove. Samplings of local wines round out the four-hour adventure. Thunder Bay's 18-hole golf course sits among a classic northern Michigan landscape. Settle the family in at resort suites sleeping up to eight people with kitchenettes, fireplaces, Wi-Fi and air conditioning. A luxury cabin, chalets and villas sleep up to 10 guests. Thunder Bay RV Park provides 23 full service pull-through sites accommodating rigs up to 93 feet in length. Recreation options include hiking, biking, trail riding and tubing Thunder bay River.
