Alpena (Michigan) - city in and county seat of Alpena County, Michigan, United States

Alpena (dead link: January 2023) is a city in Northeastern Michigan.

Get in

Get around

See

• Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan, 491 Johnson St, 45.0808°, -83.4485°, +1 989 356-2202. 2020-01-22
• Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, 500 W. Fletcher St, +1 989 356-8805. 2020-01-22

Do

• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve. A 4,300-sq-mi (11,000 km²) area that protects an estimated 116 historically significant shipwrecks ranging from nineteenth-century wooden side-wheelers to 20th-century steel-hulled steamers. 2021-09-03

Buy

Eat

• The Fresh Palate, 109 N. 2nd Ave., +1 989-358-1400. Gourmet food with a creative menu. Has a nice lounge in the same building that serves food from the same kitchen. 2018-06-28
• Downtown Scoops Ice Cream Shoppe (Scoops), 101 N 2nd Ave (downtown), +1 989 340 0274. A small ice cream shop. USD $5-20 2023-03-07

Drink

• Austin Brothers Beer Company, 821 W Miller St., +1 989-340-2300. Nice brewery on the outskirts of town. Decent food menu as well. 2018-06-28

Sleep

• Holiday Inn Alpena, 1000 US 23 North (From town center, north on US 23.). $60-80/n

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