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• Great place for a family reunion

  Great place for a family reunion

  • Guest Bill and Judy
  • Date of stay 12/27/12
  • Review Submitted 02/28/13
  For the past eight years our family has come to Open Acres Lodge for our family Christmas. We love that the two families with children can have their own suite. We all eat together in the common area/gathering room. And that room is more than big enough for some to play fussball, some to play a board game, some to read by the fireplace, some to watch TV.... well I think you get the idea. The children enjoy sledding on the hill behind the lodge and the adults like to cross country ski. We hope to continue this annual outing.

  Recommended for: Families with young children.

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• Great place for a family reunion

  Great place for a family reunion

  • Guest Bill and Judy
  • Date of stay 12/27/12
  • Review Submitted 02/28/13
  For the past eight years our family has come to Open Acres Lodge for our family Christmas. We love that the two families with children can have their own suite. We all eat together in the common area/gathering room. And that room is more than big enough for some to play fussball, some to play a board game, some to read by the fireplace, some to watch TV.... well I think you get the idea. The children enjoy sledding on the hill behind the lodge and the adults like to cross country ski. We hope to continue this annual outing.

  Recommended for: Families with young children.

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• Another fantastic stay at Open Acres!

  Another fantastic stay at Open Acres!

  • Guest Deirdre Laura
  • Date of stay 01/18/13
  • Review Submitted 02/05/13
  Thank you, Monica, for the wonderful weekend at Open Acres! My husband, children and I have enjoyed the beautiful Lodge for 3 years now and love it. The suites are very nicely appointed with lots of space, kitchenettes, and clean linens - perfect for families! (My sister and her family and my parents also joined us. Now that it has become a tradition, we all look forward to our "time up north" every year.) We especially like having the Gathering Lodge for meals, games, and time together by the fire. (With children it is also nice to be able to get back to the separate suite for quiet time or naps. Lots of privacy.) The kitchen in the Gathering Lodge has EVERYTHING you would need and it is such a treat to be able to arrive with a bag of groceries and not have to eat out. Finally, I have to mention that the Lodge is located in a clearing within the Manistee National Forest - the drive to and from is glorious. A perfect spot. We come to Open Acres to ski at Caberfae Peaks, snowshoe, and winter hike. Before finding the Lodge, we stayed in a variety of places which were far inferior and did not provide the flexibility of preparing our own meals or spending time together as a group. And, we can bring our dog - Perfection! It was a pleasure working with Monica, as always, and we highly recommend Open Acres to anyone looking for a well maintained and beautiful retreat.

  Recommended for: Families with teenagers, adventure seekers, age 55+, pet owners, romantic getaway, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children.

  Owner response: I am always touched by the comments each of you place in the guest book left at the lodge as well as here online. To know that guests enjoy and appreciate what the lodge has to offer means a great deal to us. We enjoy the lodge as well but to have others respond in this manner makes it so much more worth it!!! Thank you!

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• Cozy cabins!

  Cozy cabins!

  • Guest Sister
  • Date of stay 01/11/13
  • Review Submitted 01/30/13
  Great Family lodging! Very roomy and cozy too. Just be careful of freezing ice/snow; no salt for the steps and I am still healing! Overall; great family/friend house!

  Recommended for: Tourists without a car, families with teenagers, adventure seekers, age 55+, pet owners, romantic getaway, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children.

  Owner response: I am so glad you enjoyed Open Acres! Thank you so much for posting your comment. I am so sorry to hear you had a problem! I wish you mentioned that it was as bad as you stated here the couple of times that we spoke that weekend; I would have made certain that someone would have gotten you ice-melt. I am also sorry that the salt I did have there did not make it to the porch from the pole barn, normally there is a bag accessible when weather gets bad. Unfortunately the cleaning and preparations were done before the snow hit. Anytime a guest needs something I always have people accessible within reason to make certain things are taken care of.

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• Nice getaway

  Nice getaway

  • Guest Susan
  • Date of stay 12/30/12
  • Review Submitted 01/30/13
  We stayed for 2 nights over and found the lodge to be perfect for a weekend get away to ski in Northern Michigan. Close enough to the slopes yet in a peaceful setting.

  Recommended for: Families with teenagers, adventure seekers, pet owners, girls getaway.

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• We love Open Acers!

  We love Open Acers!

  • Guest James
  • Date of stay 08/06/12
  • Review Submitted 01/29/13
  A truly awesome place that works great for all of your needs. A beautiful location, scenic views and quite surroundings, lots of room for all sorts of outside activities. Open Acres is perfect for our group, three separate suites and the main lodge make for lots of room for inside events, and if people want to stay up late, others can get some sleep without being impacted. Always clean accommodations, excellent heat and A/C in the suites, and Monica has never easy to work with. This will be our 6th year coming to Open Acres!

  Recommended for: Tourists without a car, adventure seekers, pet owners, sightseeing, families with young children.

  Owner response: Love the fact that you contiue to return to Open Acres! Laughed really hard when I saw your miststated comment about "Monica has never easy to work with." You just have to love auto-correct with words! I am sure you meant to say that I am very easy to work with otherwise I am sure you wouldn't have returned for 6 years in a row! All of my repeat groups as well as the new groups make it enjoyable for me to do what I have to do to run Open Acres! Thanks so much!

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• Awesome Place to stay

  Awesome Place to stay

  • Guest sal1
  • Date of stay 01/11/13
  • Review Submitted 01/29/13
  This place was amazing, we have a huge family and it was so big that we all had seperate sleeping areas and a huge meeting room. It was very very close to the ski resort. We had an excellent time. I would definetely go back there even in the summer...

  Recommended for: Families with teenagers, age 55+, romantic getaway, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children.

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• The perfect place for large groups!!!

  The perfect place for large groups!!!

  • Guest Brandon
  • Date of stay 10/05/12
  • Review Submitted 01/29/13
  Wow!! The pictures do not do it justice. I have owned a cottage in Cadillac my entire life. We recently sold it and wanted to continue our annual golf trip at McGuires. We usually have 12-16 guys that stay at my cottage. Trying to find a place to accomodate all our guys and not pay alot of money was very hard. The lodge was perfect!!! Its set back in a field and allowed us to stay out all night playing games and having fires. The 3 separate suites made it ideal for the guys who wanted to get to bed early. The gathering room was great for cooking all our meals and sat us all comfortably. I have recently booked out 2nd trip there and may be going in May as well. This place is an absolute hidden gem. The service is great! Monica really makes you feel like family! I would recommend this place to anybody and everybody!!

  Recommended for: Families with teenagers, age 55+, pet owners, girls getaway, sightseeing, people with disabilities, families with young children.

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• Thank you for the wonderful holiday!

  Thank you for the wonderful holiday!

  • Guest Deirdre Laura
  • Date of stay 01/17/10
  • Review Submitted 04/23/10
  My husband and I like to take the children skiing at Caberfae every winter and we've been looking for a nice place to stay. Open Acres Lodge offered everything we could have hoped for and so much more. Monica made the arrangements so easy and we were thrilled by the spacious, well-appointed, and very clean accommodations. The loft with its four beds was ideal for our children and the kitchen area made it possible to enjoy family meals without the hassle and expense of restaurant dining. My sister and her family stayed in the suite next door and a wonderful time was had by all. Thank you so much! We look forward to staying at Open Acres Lodge again next year.

  Recommended for: Families with teenagers, age 55+, pet owners, romantic getaway, sightseeing, families with young children.

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• • Guest Anonymous
  • Date of stay 02/19/08
  • Review Submitted 02/19/08
  We had a great time. We were up there for a x-country ski week-end and there are a lot of trails in the area. The suite was larger than it looked in the pictures, very clean and it had everything we could possibly need. The gathering lodge is well worth the extra fee and very cozy. We saw a lot of deer on the drive into the lodge - drive carefully!!!

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Suites - Nightly.. $125/night (up to 4 people), plus $20 for each add'l person.
Suites - Weekly.. $600/week (up to 6 people), plus $50/week for each add'l person
Gathering Lodge available with rental of 1 or more suite(s)
Gathering Lodge - Nightly.. $100/night additional $500/wk additional
Weekly rates include 6 nights & 7 days.  Longer stays priced individually
Discounts available for Preferred referrals/Non-profit Organizations
Checkout is 11:00 a.m. the day of departure unless otherwise arranged.

Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.

Sorry this information is not available. Please contact the owner/manager for more information.