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Naubinway Basecamp - 40 miles west of Mackinac Bridge on US 2

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Base your Upper Peninsula adventure at this Naubinway home, where central air conditioning keeps you cool and a free Pastie meal from Hiawatha Pasties awaits. Explore the surrounding area with easy access to US 2 and discover local attractions like the Garlyn Zoo, ATV trails, or Public Access Sandy Beach.

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10 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire home

3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 6

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning

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About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Naubinway Basecamp - 40 miles west of Mackinac Bridge on US 2

Explore the UP from your base camp in Naubinway! Super clean 3 bedroom home with 2 full bathrooms. Central air conditioned. And all registered guests receive a free Pastie meal from Hiawatha Pasties! (Over $60 value)

Centrally located in the eastern UP and easy access to US 2 will get you on the road exploring in any direction!

1hr20min to Pictures Rocks National Lakeshore!

45 min. to Tahquamenon Falls

Additional info and attractions below. We look forward to providing you with a worry free and fun experience on your trip! Feel free to reach out with any questions or additional recommendations. Too many to list here!

Local attractions include:

Garlyn Zoo - https://www.garlynzoo.com/

Hiawatha Sportsmen’s Club 9 hole Golf Course
(open to public) https://www.hiawathaclub.com/Golf

Public Access Sandy Beach w/ restrooms
(3 mi. East on US 2)

ATV Trails - (trail accessible at front of property)
https://topofthelake.org/explore/recreation/atv-trails/

Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum -
https://www.snowmobilemuseum.com/

Top of Lake Michigan Designation Monument (Great for a family photo located in the Naubinway Marina)

Seney National Wildlife Refuge - (free of charge)
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/seney/visit-us

Kings Smoked Fish, Souvenirs, Sporting Goods

Bar/Restaurants:
-Hiawatha Pasties
-MooFinFries (Locally sourced burgers, fish, hand cut fries, ice cream)
-Village Pizza (Pizza, wings, subs, salads)
Cove Bar-Naubinway
Angels Bar

Attractions within 90 min. or less:

Seul Choix Lighthouse - (40 min.) Haunted???
https://www.exploringthenorth.com/seulchoix/seul.html

Mackinac Island - (40 min.) Ranked #1 Best Island in continental U.S.! https://www.mackinacisland.org/

Castle Rock in St. Ignace - (40 min.)
http://www.castlerockmi.com/

Tahquamenon Falls State Park - (45 min.)
https://www.michigan.org/property/tahquamenon-falls-state-park

Kitch-iti-Kipi Big Springs - (60 min.) https://www.uptravel.com/things-to-do/attractions/kitch-iti-kipi/

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore - (1hr10min)
https://www.munising.org/pictured-rocks/

Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum/Whitefish Point - (1h15min) https://shipwreckmuseum.com/

Soo Locks, Sault Ste Marie - (1hr20min)
https://saultstemarie.com/attractions/soo-locks/

Fayette Historic State Park/Ghost Town - (1hr15min)
https://www.uptravel.com/things-to-do/attractions/fayette-historic-state-park-townsite/

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the house: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site

Kitchen

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Electric kettle
  • Hob
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Paper towels
  • Refrigerator
  • Spices
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 3 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 2 bathrooms
  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Living room

Entertainment

  • Smart TV

Outdoor areas

  • Barbecue grill
  • Firepit
  • Patio

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Pets

  • Pet friendly
  • 2 pets total

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoke-free property

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • Near a zoo
  • Near the marina

Things to do

  • Golfing nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Hunting nearby
  • Motor boating nearby
  • Snowmobiling nearby
  • Swimming nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)

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Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM

Minimum check-in age - 25

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Pets

Pets are allowed

Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

2 total pets

Note from host: Pets leashed outside all times No pets on beds

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation

Frequently asked questions

Is Naubinway Basecamp - 40 miles west of Mackinac Bridge on US 2 pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows pets (limit 2 total).

How much is parking at Naubinway Basecamp - 40 miles west of Mackinac Bridge on US 2?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Naubinway Basecamp - 40 miles west of Mackinac Bridge on US 2?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Naubinway Basecamp - 40 miles west of Mackinac Bridge on US 2?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Naubinway Basecamp - 40 miles west of Mackinac Bridge on US 2 located?

Situated in Naubinway, this holiday home is within a 10-minute walk of Top of the Lake Snowmobile Museum and Lake Michigan. Millecoquins Point is 0.5 mi (0.9 km) away.

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Reviews

Reviews

Exceptional

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Rating 10 - Excellent. 52 out of 57 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 57 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 57 reviews
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 57 reviews

9.8

Cleanliness

9.8

Location

8.0

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jeff H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Wonderful property and location. Will definitely stay there again.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kelly N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location - comfortable and all amenities were as stated. Great communication. Will definitely return for future adventures.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great homebase to visit area attractions. Owner was amazing to work with.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Property was clean and our host was terrific highly recommend this place if your plannng your UP tour!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Danette

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
A great home base to explore the UP for the first time! Comfortable and clean with thoughtful amenities. A great property!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Leigh R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great trip!

The property was just like it was described. It was clean and comfortable. The location was close to popular attractions and pet friendly! The host was super nice and helpful!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rachelle V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Easy and convenient

Property owner was great to work with and location worked great for us. The pasties were a nice extra touch.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

8/10 Good

Robin S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

UP Adventure

It was a great location for our stay. Check in was an easy process. Sam is a great owner!! Thank you for allowing us to use your home.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

R K F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun stay in the UP during off season

We were coming to Michigan for a graduation and added a few days on the UP to get some hiking and sightseeing in. It was hauntingly beautiful to see all the trees without their leaves and the summer cottages empty. Hiking was amazing with lots of gushing waterfalls. This place was warm, cozy, easy to get to and well stocked. The Pasties were yum too.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

8/10 Good

Jim S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Right across the street from the Northern point of Lake Michigan

Really enjoyed our stay. Sam is a great host. We went to many local attractions including the snowmobile museum which we walked to from our place. Nice accommodations and located close to the Ship wreck museum and other attractions.The dog beach is just down the street. Our dogs loved the experience.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Bradley H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent location!

Great house and host! Perfect location for exploring, very centrally located! We had a great time and also enjoyed meeting several locals! We will be back!!! Thank you to Sam for having everything ready!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Samantha T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Vacation to UP

We had a wonderful family vacation. property is perfectly located to hit major Tourist attraction around the UP in a very easy day trip! Sam was attentive and courteous. Would highly recommend to anyone!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Brian L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Naubinway base camp YES!

Had a great stay at Naubinway base camp. Everything as described! Great location and very comfortable. Most important the AMAZING hospitality from the owner Sam! Not something you find much these days. Personally - Thanks for everything Sam!!! Its worth the stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Long weekend

My family enjoyed a long weekend in the Upper Peninsula with Naubinway as our home base. The drives to other locations were not too far and we enjoyed some of the local dining Naubinway had to offer. The home had beds a bathroom, and the comfort we needed. Good property!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Stacey K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

SXS Riding in eastern UP

We spent 4 days exploring trails and visiting attractions during our stay in Naubinway! This place worked great for us. Sam was awesome to work with and we appreciate that! We also enjoyed the wonderful pasties from his family business, Hiawatha Pasties. Note, our stay was made much easier being that our SXS is street legal. We highly recommend Sam’s place!!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paul H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Naubin”way”

This was a great spot centrally located to visiting different areas. Sam was a super friendly host who accommodated us in every way. We enjoyed the space and found it very comfortable. A tasty bonus were the pasties Sam added…and Hiawatha pasties are the best! Our two dachshunds came with us and the back yard was great for them. Truly a memorable vacation at this place. Thanks Sam.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Phil B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun place

The house was a great place to stay. The kitchen may have been short on silverware, 5 forks for 6 people, but that would be our only complaint! Sam was a fantastic Host, he went out of his way to make sure we got our pasties, opening early for us on our checkout morning so we could take some home with us! The house was very neat and clean, it was a great place to come back to each day after our site seeing tours. We enjoyed campfires at night and barbecuing on the deck, weather was fantastic. A great place to relax and enjoy Michigans U.P.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Brad H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Naubinway Base Camp

We enjoyed our stay. Loved the wide open layout of the home. Loved the location and all the things to do. The only thing we didn't enjoy was the spiders and other bugs on the outside of the door to the backyard to go to the dog walk. Sweeping those off with a broom before guests arrive would be ideal. Especially since I have arachnophobia! Thank you for the pasties! :-) <3
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Terry W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

"Base Camp" is the perfect name.

This property is exactly as advertised. Clean, charming, safe and centrally located to explore the Eastern UP. Sam is almost as awesome as his Pasties. My group stayed 3 days and 4 nights. We went to Mackinaw Island one day, we went to see the Soo Locks the second day and on the third day we went to shipwreck museum and lighthouse at Whitefish Point. This place was the perfect "Base Camp" and more than worth the money. I highly recommend it and don't forget to claim your free Pastie from Sam. They are truly amazing...like Sam.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Shane H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect spot for UP travels for a fair price

A lovely little home for the family to come back to after adventuring for the day or to stay in if you feel like relaxing. Well equipped kitchen gave us plenty of opportunity to cook our own meals. Plenty of amenities made everything comfortable for us. The fenced in area in the back allowed our dogs some freedom to run around and use the bathroom. The provided scooper and mini rake made clean up easy. The location made it very easy to access many of the places we wanted to see. Local searches showed us many other places that proved to be very fun. We will definitely be keeping this location saved if we travel to that area again. Thank you for the wonderful stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ann D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing place!

My fiancé and I stayed at this house for a quick UP trip in June 2024. It was a pet friendly house which was great for our two dogs to come with us. The house is really long and big—bigger than we expected! The pictures are exactly what the house looks like interior/exterior. The owner also has a fenced in area in the back of the house for any dogs that attend the trip with you. The location is perfect for any sightseeing you want to go to in the UP. Make sure to bring bug spray- the mosquitos are pretty bad around this time of year. Overall it was a fantastic house to stay in and we plan to book when we come back to the UP!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect mid-point

The house was great! Very well furnished, had supplies that I haven’t run across in any of my vacations! ALL soaps for kitchen and bathroom! All condiments that you would need for any kind of cooking! Great locations to restaurants! Great location to get out and see whatever you want to see! Longest drive was to Whitefish Point and it was only just over an hour! Honestly didn’t have time to do everything that we wanted to do so a second trip is in our future! Sam was a wonderful host and his pasties were great! Came home with some!
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Richard B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Great place, host was very accomodating
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sandra R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This pet friendly home was perfect for our stay visiting family in the area for the holidays. Nice, well equipped kitchen space, and spacious dining area, plenty of comfortable seating in the living area. Host was very helpful and responded quickly to any inquiries. Would definitely recommend!
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

ANDY M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Beautiful space, great kitchen, peaceful view, hot tub a plus!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025