Alpena County Highpoint Trip Report
Turtle Lake Peak Lookout (1,100+ feet)
Date: September 4, 2008
Author: Bill Schuler
Beaver Lake Quad section 20
DeLorme Atlas page 78-A3
The Turtle Lake LO is located east of Turtle Lake on private land. The area is
operated by the Turtle Lake Club at 5215 Turtle Lake Road. It is exclusive,
open to members and their guests only. This is a hideaway for executives and
CEOs from the Detroit area who can be fanatic about their privacy. Do not trespass.
From MI65 junction with MI72, two miles North of Curran (the black bear capitol
of Michigan), zero your odometer.
0.0 MI-65 at MI-72 Go north on MI-65.
7.0 Flynne Valley Road Turn left (west).
8.0 Flynn Valley Road Turn right (north).
9.0 Doctors Club Road Turn left (west). at the Alpena county line.
12.0 Turtle Lake Road Dirt Turn right (north).
13.0 Turtle Lake Road Keep right (north).
16.0 Turtle Lake Road makes a sharp left (west) Park.
The Club entrance is to the right. There is a large silver gate electronically
operated by a keypad. The Peak (Lookout) is about 2.5 miles to the northeast,
as the crow flies. Its closer to 4.5 miles through woods, open meadows and on
roads both shown and not shown on the topo map. A GPS unit would probably be
needed to find the Lookout Tower if permission were to be granted.
Coordinates are (44°53'10" N, 83°51'36" W) using the NAD83/WGS84 datum.