If you love fishing, you'll love Curtis, Michigan and our lakes and streams.
Curtis is surrounded by Upper Peninsula's largest lake complex, The Manistique Lakes.
The Erickson Center for the Arts enriches the lives of both residents and tourists alike.
Your water-filled adventure is limitless here in Curtis. Let's go jet skiing, swimming, boating, along with tubing.
Find tranquility here in Curtis and listen to the waves gently roll into shore.
2024-07-29 - 2026-07-29 Curtis Historical Society Museum Open
2026-06-01 - 2026-09-30 Portage Twp Recycling - Summer Hrs
2026-06-04 - 2026-10-26 Bingo in Curtis!
2026-06-04 - 2034-05-04 Curtis Area Chamber of Commerce Board meeting
2026-06-10 - 2026-08-26 Music in the Park at ECA
2026-06-10 Music in the Park Engadine High Jazz Band
2026-06-13 Portage Township Clean up Day
2026-06-17 Music in the park Angels and Outlaws
2026-06-24 Music in the Park Eric Engblade & Friends
2026-07-01 Music in the Park Project 906
2026-07-04 2-Man Scramble Golf Tournament
2026-07-05 53rd Annual Independence Day Celebration Vendor Field/Beer Tent
2026-07-05 Lions Chicken BBQ
2026-07-08 Music in the Park Kate HInote trio
2026-07-15 Music in the Park Side Trak'd Detroit
2026-07-22 Music in the Park NO BS
2026-07-29 Music in the Park The Knockabouts
2026-08-01 Art in the Park 906 Festival
2026-08-05 Music in the Park Three Wheel Drive
2026-08-29 Curtis Show & Shine Car Show
2026-09-07 Three Bridge Walk
2026-10-03 Curtis Fall Festival
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Welcome to Curtis Michigan and the Manistique Lakes Area Year-Round Recreation Curtis Michigan's Recreational Activities Welcome to Curtis Michigan's Recreation page, where we help our vacationers plan for year-round fun! |
| Year-Round fun for all ages & all seasons! We have soft adventure and excitement all waiting for you here in our, "Unique Waterfront Village!" Its going to be a great time here in Curtis. |
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Spring in Curtis As temperatures warm up around the Manistique Lakes Area, guests enjoy fishing on our many lakes and streams, mushrooming, smelt dipping, and ATVing. ATV / ORV / Motorcycle trails are lightly groomed and enthusiasts can enjoy our local Sandtown Motorcycle trail. Grab a boat, the family and find your Pure Michigan moment, here in Curtis. |
Enjoy fishing, boating, tubing, jet-skiing, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, biking and ATVing. |
| Summer in Curtis The Erickson Center for the arts also offers a nice hiking trail along with the Helen Newberry Joy Curtis Clinic and Wellness Center. Activities for the Curtis area include fishing, boating, tubing, jet-skiing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, biking and ATV / ORV / Motorcycle riding. At Northland Outfitters you can rent a canoe, kayak, or double kayak and paddle the beautiful Manistique River. River trips range from one to four hours, and from one to seven days. The four-hour trip takes you right through the Seney National Wildlife Refuge! Visit: www.northoutfitters.com Get the gang together, grab your kayaks and experience the tranquil waters that surround Curtis! |
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| Pure Curtis in the Fall Activities include fishing, hiking, biking, boating, canoeing, ATV / ORV / Motorcycle riding, along with many great area events. Our fall season is celebrated with our Curtis Chamber of Commerce Annual Oktoberfest. Autumn colors offer fantastic views along all of our surrounding lakes and forests. Make sure to bring your camera, there is a digital library of beauty to capture of fall colors along the lake shore here in Curtis! |
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Winter in Curtis |
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