Acorn Retreat is a small cozy heated cabin located on the southeast side of Hogback Mountain. It has 2 double beds, one bedroom and a loft bed, both have linens. The cabin also has a small rustic kitchen with water, microwave, electric griddle with crockpot option, weber gas grill for cooking, refrigerator/freezer, and best of all a hot tub. It has a heated outhouse that is very adorable. This is the place to come and reset! There are hiking and biking trails right out the door, and a boat launch for the Dead River within 3 miles. Snowmobile or ORV access to trails straight from the site.

Things to expect, crowing roosters at dawn, 12 year old boy running or riding around, free range chickens, we have two resident dogs and two indoor kitties, with occasional sightings of porcupine, bear, barred owls, bald eagles and more. Wildlife is abundant, you may hear barred owls hooting at night, coyotes yipping in the distance, see tons of chipmunks, red squirrels, birds, especially hummingbirds. In winter we see more deer come in and hear wolves occasionally in the far distance.

There are trails leading to Hogback, Lily Pond and Harlow Lake. Surrounded by ridges on the backside and a prairie on the front side, there is plenty of places to explore. It is just 2 miles from the Noquemanon Trail Network (north trailhead), which has hundreds of miles of summer mountain biking, hiking trails and winter xc skiing, fat tire biking and skijoring trails. For more information on the trails visit noquetrails.org.

We offer ORV guided tours for both dirt bikes and snowmobiles depending on the season or go on your own with the Michigan maps. ORV vehicles must have a current trail sticker to be legal, these can be purchased at many local businesses.

***Disclaimer: the road to our site is a seasonal, non-maintained county road of gravel, sometimes pot holes and mud puddles or even a downed tree happen. Almost any car can make it to our house, but low profile tires and cars could be a challenge in dry weather due to deep sand or fresh deep snow in winter.

Best Hipcamp in Michigan 2022 runner-up.