Staying in Merritt
A dot in Missaukee County where the young Muskegon River pools behind a 1940 dam. Fishing, a dirt track, and deep quiet.
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Where to eat in and around Merritt
One sit-down spot in town, plus the short drives to Falmouth and Lake City worth the gas.
The Dead Stream Flooding and the Reedsburg Dam
A Depression-era dam turned the upper Muskegon into a shallow, stump-filled flooding thick with pike, bass, and bluegill.
Merritt Speedway
A three-eighths-mile clay oval off Houghton Lake Road that has run Saturday-night stock cars since 1968.
Merritt when the season turns
The Dead Stream Flooding turns cold, the maples come in October, the fishing holds, and the speedway closes for the year.
A long weekend in Merritt
Three nights around one Merritt house: a fishing morning on the flooding, a drive west, a Saturday at the races, a burger on the crossroads.