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Presque Isle County Porch Notes
Stories, practical details, outdoor places, tax quirks, and local history connected to Presque Isle County. This shelf has 5 practical notes and 10 local stories.
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- Outdoors Forty Mile Point and the Hoeft shore Rogers Township's Lake Huron shore includes P.H. Hoeft State Park, the Huron Sunrise Trail, and the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse.
- Money and taxes No city income tax in Onaway Onaway levies no city income tax — the nearest city that does is Grayling, some 60 miles off — leaving property taxes as the local bill.
- Money and taxes No city income tax in Rogers City Rogers City charges no city income tax, and neither does Onaway; the nearest of Michigan's 24 taxing cities is Grayling, about 85 miles southwest.
- Outdoors Ocqueoc Falls, the Lower Peninsula's biggest waterfall Ocqueoc Falls is the Lower Peninsula's largest waterfall, a family-friendly swimming spot, and an accessible state-forest destination.
- Outdoors Onaway State Park on Black Lake Onaway State Park gives North Allis Township a historic Black Lake shoreline park with CCC-era stonework, camping, beach, and wooded trails.
- History and culture Posen, "Little Poland," and the Potato Festival Posen's Polish roots and long-running Potato Festival give this small Presque Isle village one of northeast Michigan's best-known local traditions.
- History and culture Rogers City and the world's largest limestone quarry Rogers City is tied to the vast Calcite limestone quarry, a Lake Huron industrial landmark and long-running local employer.
- History and culture The little town that steered the world Onaway once made wooden steering wheels for the auto industry, a boom remembered today in Awakon Park and the old courthouse downtown.
- History and culture The Presque Isle lighthouses and the old harbor Presque Isle Township's namesake peninsula has a historic Lake Huron harbor, two museum lighthouses, and one of the prettiest shoreline communities in the county.
- Outdoors The Sinkholes Pathway and karst country The Sinkholes Pathway near Shoepac Lake shows off Presque Isle County's karst country, deep forest, and unusual collapsed limestone terrain.
- Outdoors Thompson's Harbor State Park Thompson's Harbor State Park protects a wild Lake Huron shoreline in Krakow Township, with quiet trails, dwarf lake iris, cabins, and dark skies.
- Outdoors Ocqueoc Falls, the Lower Peninsula's Only Waterfall The Lower Peninsula's one and only named waterfall is a five-foot limestone cascade near Rogers City — and the first fully accessible, barrier-free waterfall in the country.
- Home and property Wells and septic in the townships Presque Isle County township buyers should understand private wells, septic systems, DHD#4 permits, and the lack of a sale-time inspection rule.
- Money and taxes Buying in a township? Watch for special assessments on top of your taxes Michigan township buyers should check for special assessments that can add separate road, sewer, water, lighting, sidewalk, or drain charges.
- Money and taxes In Michigan, you get two property-tax bills a year — not one Most Michigan property owners get separate summer and winter tax bills, with local rules deciding what lands on each bill.