Grayling Attractions

Housed in a restored passenger/ freight depot, the Crawford County Historical Museum in Grayling features exhibits of lumberman tools and historical photos. The rooms in the Crawford County Historical Museum are dedicated to the one-room schoolhouse, a grocery store, old-fashioned entertainment, Fred Bear memorabilia and the history of the Department of Natural Resources. Other exhibits highlight life as a trapper's wife, a seamstress, and a doctor.

Hartwick Pines State Park features one of the few remaining tracts of virgin pines in the Midwest. Hiking, mountain bike trails and fishing opportunities are available. Hartwick Pines Logging Museum is located within the park and visitors can return to the state's 19th-century logging era. Within the forest visitor center and logging camp buildings, exhibits and period rooms tell the stories of the loggers, rivermen, and entrepreneurs who powered Michigan's white pine industry.