Holiday Inn Express & Suites Alpena - Downtown Local area

Name: Holiday Inn Express & Suites Alpena - Downtown
Address: 225 River Street, Alpena, Michigan, 49707, United States
Telephone: 1-989-3401800
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Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary
Downtown Alpena
Alpena: Experience the great outdoors

Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary

We invite you to come and explore the Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary. This tourist attraction is located within walking distance from our hotel and offers many things for all ages to enjoy!

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Downtown Alpena

Downtown Alpena is home to over 200 businesses, including six art galleries, two live theaters, a movie theater, a winery, headquarters to the only Marine Sanctuary located on the Great Lakes, and a variety of coffee shops, restaurants, pubs, and boutique shops. The summer months bring local musicians, festivals and activities for all ages.

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Alpena: Experience the great outdoors

Alpena is your ticket to outdoor adventures. Alpena county has 3 dark sky preserves, hundreds of miles of trails for hiking, biking, snowshoeing and cross country skiing, 300,000 acres of open water for kayaking, fishing, swimming and paddle boarding, 7 lighthouses and much more! You're next adventure awaits!

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Things to do

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

500 W. Fletcher, Alpena, MI 49707

Thunder Bay is adjacent to one of the most treacherous stretches of water within the Great Lakes system. Unpredictable weather, murky fog banks, sudden gales, and rocky shoals earned the area the name "Shipwreck Alley." Today, the 4300-square-mile Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary protects one of America's best-preserved and nationally-significant collections of shipwrecks. Fire, ice, collisions, and storms have claimed over 200 vessels in and around Thunder Bay.

Dinosaur Gardens

11160 US 23 South, Ossineke, MI 49766

Built in 1935 by Paul Domke it includes 22 life size exhibits -mini golf--NEW Self serve yogurt bar. The nation's only roadside dinosaur park, Dinosaur Gardens.

Rockport State Park

Alpena, Mi 49707

Rockport State Park, Michigan’s 100th State Park and an official Dark Sky Preserve, has over 4,237 acres of land located on the shores of Lake Huron north of Alpena. The property includes a deep-water protected harbor, an old limestone quarry of approximately 300 acres, a unique series of sinkholes, Devonian Era fossils, the Besser Natural Area, and a broad range of land types, vegetative cover, cultural resources and recreation opportunities.

Alpena Shipwreck Tours

500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, mi 49707

Explore the shipwrecks of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The crystal clear waters and our large ‘glass bottom’ viewing wells allow you to dive the wrecks – without getting wet. During our 2 hour cruise you will experience the magnificently preserved shipwrecks and the scenic shorelines of Thunder Bay. Learn the exciting tales of many famous ships and the history, legends and lore of Lake Huron.