Gladstone Lodgings

Bay View Motel
(906) 786-2843
A woodsy location back from U.S. 2/U.S. 41 makes for a pleasant front picnic and BBQ area. There's no bay view, contrary to the name. Most of the 19 nicely furnished rooms are on ground level. All have phones, air-conditioning, WiFi internet, and cable TV with HBO. Some have mini-fridges and microwaves. A microwave is also in the common room. Amenities include a sun deck, a fish-cleaning station, and bait shop. DNR licenses sold on-site. Summer rates for 2: $55 (one bed), $65 (2 beds). Winter $10 less.

Gladstone Motel
(906) 428-1100
This trim, attractive 14-unit motel is in the heart of Gladstone, an easy walk to downtown and the beach. Attentive owners. Each room includes WiFi, minifridge, microwave, desk and table. One king room. Others have one queen or two doubles.

Kipling House Bed & Breakfast
(906) 428-1120
Built in 1892, this B&B is an impressive, comfortable place with a wide front porch and rockers, and ample common rooms, including a beautiful big sun porch, suitable for family gatherings, receptions, and seminars.
   Robert Micheau is a Gladstone native. Wife Meghan attended culinary school and makes custom breakfasts at times guests choose. She can also put on dinners with a single entrée, for $25. All 6 flowery guest rooms ($100/night) have private baths and cable TVs, and all are on the second floor. There's Wi-Fi internet throughout the B&B. A charming one-bedroom guest house with loft ($155/night, is in the rear garden.
   The Kipling House is the only remaining boarding house of six built by mining behemoth Cleveland Cliffs Iron in Kipling, founded as the company town of a busy blast furnace and chemical plant. Even CCI's workaday buildings like this were typically well crafted and architecturally distinguished.

Terrace Bay Inn
(906) 786-7554
A wonderful waterfront location between Escanaba and Gladstone at this older full-service family-owned hotel with character and good service. Half the rooms have beautiful views of Little Bay de Noc. All 71 rooms have phones, Wi-Fi, in-room coffee, and balconies. The big dining room and lounge have bay views. There's a full dinner menu and good food. An ample free continental breakfast (cereal, fruit, muffins, etc.) is served in the comfortable large entrance area. The motel is a block off the highway on a residential street.
   An attractive swimming pool room has a small kidney-shaped pool, spa, sauna, and game room. (Nearby Van Cleve Park in Gladstone has a long, sandy beach.) There's a fish-cleaning station, and a dock and launch area for ice fishing. Typical summer rates for 2: $90 in summer (less for no bay view), $69 in winter. Guests can use facilities at the nearby Terrace Bluff Country Club: 18 holes of golf for about $27. There's also a driving range and free weekly golf clinics. Showing a room key allows access to the swimming pool, horseshoes, tennis and more.
   The original nucleus of the Terrace Inn was billed as "Escanaba's Wonder Ballroom" when it opened in 1933. The two-story north motel wing from the 1970s has soundproof block construction. The older south wing is used when occupancy is high.

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