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Grayling Vacation Guide

Grayling is noted as the "Canoe Capital of the World". There are a number of canoe liveries there. Cross country skiing is an important opportunity in Grayling. It is blessed with two of the top-rated cross country venues in Michigan, namely Hartwick Pines State Park Trails and Mason Tract Pathway. The Grayling are gone, but the rainbow trout, brook trout and steelhead remain. Grayling is a hotbed of fly fishing and angling on the edge of some world class streams, rivers and lakes. Particularly notable are two nearby rivers which parallel each other: the Au Sable River which runs East to Lake Huron and the Manistee River which runs West to Lake Michigan. Trout and steelhead abound, driven to a feeding frenzy by prolific and multiple insect hatches. As is true in the rest of Michigan, White-tailed deer hunting is locally considered to be a 'sacrament' and the firearms deer opener (November 15) its 'holy day of obligation.' With 70% of Crawford County owned by federal and state government, and open to the public, it is a hunter's dream. Various terrain types yield trophy bucks, and other fauna, from squirrels to waterfowl. Grayling is a sportmen's paradise.Snow shoeing and snow mobile riding are activities that fit right in to the local weather and topograph. Michigan Shore to Shore Riding & Hiking Trail passes through Grayling. It runs from Empire to Oscoda, and points north and south. It is a 500 mile interconnected system of trails.