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GOREC

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· Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan
500 acres hosted by Staff @.
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GO·REC (Greilick Outdoor Recreation & Education Center) is 500 wooded, lakeside acres in the midst of the Great Lakes Basin and multiple outdoor destinations...and we achieve social good through outdoor education. Here you can freely fish the lakes, watch wildlife, hike or mountain bike 6 miles of trails. You can rent campsites to pitch your tent, experience our tree tents and stay in our cottages or bunkhouses. And more than all that, you can learn something while having fun. We host events like hammock movie nights and workshops like orienteering (for when your phone dies!). We offer definitive training of the outdoor industry like paddlesports facilitation by the American Canoe Association. We are a “remote” experience but only 10 miles from downtown Traverse City.  We offer you a controlled environment where you can find space to grow, take off your training wheels to the backcountry and level up in the great outdoors. Traverse City Rotary purchased this land in 1923 to benefit children and our community with "wood lore". The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) fulfilled this aim over the past 94 years. Today we continue that legacy through recreation opportunities and distinctive outdoor education.
Activities
Biking
Fishing
Hiking
Paddling
Natural features
Forest
Lake
River, stream, or creek
Wetlands
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60 ratings · 35 reviews
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Joe W.recommends
February 9, 2020
Bunkhouse 5
All the amenities
Cabin 5 was great for our Boy Scouts’ weekend, actually more luxurious than we’re used to - full kitchen (large fridge/freezer, microwave, stove/oven, no toaster), big bathroom (2 toilet stalls, 2 showers, long counter with 2 sinks), comfortable couch & couple recliners, bunk beds with comfortable mattresses (but noisy plastic covers), lots of room for tables to eat & play games, plenty warm, large separate entry mud room. Many activities available even in winter - human foosball, climbing wall, beautiful wooded hiking & snowshoe trails, disc golf course, open fields for capture the flag and other games. Community park 3 miles down the road has a great sledding hill too. Staff friendly and available. Huge parking lot makes it easy to get in & out with big trailers. Wifi signal was too weak to connect but we were getting away from electronics anyway.
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Katie S.
January 26, 2020
Bunkhouse 5
We had a great time. I’ve been out there before with Girl Scouts and liked the site. We did have an issue with unsecured rodent poison however and our puppy got into it. Rodent poison shouldn’t be used where kids and pets have access to it.
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Troop 8.recommends
November 11, 2019
Bunkhouses
Very clean facility with friendly staff. Heated cabins do get very warm, which is nice after a long, winter day outside!
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Shari H.recommends
October 21, 2019
Cottage 5
Great!
Very enjoyable weekend
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Shari H.recommends
October 20, 2019
Cottage 4
GOREC is great!
The cottages at GOREC are a great venue for a weekend away. There are lots of outdoor amenities to enjoy (disc golf, hiking, etc.), and it’s nice to have a roof over your head in case of inclement weather, but still enjoy being immersed in the greater outdoors. Bonus was the greeting each morning from a few neighborly does keeping an eye on us.
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Todd F.recommends
October 16, 2019
Cottage 4
It was a nice wooded and secluded feel on the beautiful property, but yet only a few minutes drive to town if we wanted.
Location
Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ and Odawa First Nations according to To respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking
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