Snowmobile hubs for Northern Michigan sledders are the hot spots for eating, drinking and kicking back in community with fellow sledders of the trail. Arranged generally from south to north, plan your next Northern Michigan vacation along this route of restaurants and pubs.
Lost Pines Lodge Harrietta, 231.389.2222,
 lostpinelodge.com, bar, restaurant, rooms, chalets, gas
Crossroads Grill Harrietta, 231.389.2239, food 
and spirits
Coyote Crossing Cadillac, 231.862.3212, coyotecrossingresort.com, food, spirits, cottages, guided snowmobile tours
Yuma Bar Cadillac, 231.389.2200, food, spirits, entertainment Fri & Sat night
Bucksnort Bar Mesick, 231.885.2314, food, spirits, homemade soups
Sparks Restaurant Mesick, 231.885.1675, facebook, smoked meats, homemade cinnamon rolls & more
Peegeo’s Traverse City, 231.941.0313, peegeos.com, food and spirits
Ranch Rudolf Traverse City, 231.947.9529, ranchrudolf.com, food, spirits, lodging
Hideaway Mancelona (Starvation Lake), 231.587.1052, food and spirits
The Swamp Frederic, 989.348.8816, food and spirits
Stafford’s Crooked River Lodge, Alanson, 231.548.5000, staffords.com/crookedriverlodge, lodging
Special thanks to longtime snowmobile devotee Bill Gay for several of the wayside recommendations.
Rascal Jakk’s is now closed.