Paradise Lodgings

CLOUD NINE COTTAGES
(906) 492-3434
This small resort has a pleasantly woodsy feel, a quiet family atmosphere, and almost 300 feet of sand beach. Three of the 4 attractive, pine-paneled housekeeping cottages have water views. Most have 2 bedrooms, a microwave, stove, full-sized refrigerator, cutlery, linens, and a TV with no channel reception (Paradise has no cable TV) but with VCR & DVD players (over 500 videos and DVDs free of charge). $75-$100/night for two people; 20% off in April & Nov. Furnishings are 1970s rustic. Cottages come with picnic tables, grills, and lawn furniture. Reserve early; lots of repeat customers. Owners Jim and Eve Taulbee appreciate having a quiet clientele. They do not rent to groups of over 4 adults.

BEST WESTERN LAKE FRONT INN & SUITES
(877) 538-2313; (906) 492-3770
It's more upscale than any place Paradise had known before: a cushy 41-room hotel with an impressive lobby, a breakfast area with a lake view (and a handy microwave), and a smallish indoor pool. It's smaller and more personal than it seems from the road. Luxurious rooms are richly decorated. Half the rooms, those overlooking Whitefish Bay, have balconies or patios. Rooms have phones, satellite TV, and WiFi. Owned by the longtime owners of Cedar Lodge and Little Falls Restaurant. Breakfast includes cereal, bagels, choice of bread for toast, muffins, danish, oatmeal, and fruit. The rooms are wonderful, and so is the location. There's a beachside deck and a beautiful 400' sandy beach below the bluff. Rooms have either two queens or one king. One-room suites have a living area with upholstered chairs and pullout sofa, a minifridge and microwave, and a queen bed. Rates in July and August summer are $148 (no view), $165 (lake view), and $175 (suite with living area, pullout sofa, minifridge and microwave). Consult the Best Western website for manager's off-season specials.

CURLEY'S PARADISE MOTEL
(906) 492-3445
This one-story motel has 26 quite modern rooms and many resort amenities: a lakeside picnic area with grills and fire pits, 700 feet of sand beach, a tennis court, an arcade game room, a heated garage for snowmobile repairs, and a small room with exercise machines. For divers an air station is on the premises. Ten motel rooms have picture windows with a lake views. Four comfortable, attractive housekeeping cottages and two full-size houses all have full kitchens, gas fireplaces, picnic tables, and fire rings. They are all almost on the beach; some have decks.
     All motel rooms, cottages, and houses have phones, wi-fi internet, TV (10 channels, some premium), and in-room tea and coffee. Rates vary with seasons: $55-80 for one queen, $75-99 for two queens. Some kings. Guests can use the microwave and refrigerator in the office. One of the large houses has four bedrooms (3 kings, 1 queen) for up to 8 adults ($300/night), one has two bedrooms (one king, one with 2 queens) for up to 6 adults ($200/night). Proprietors Bill "Curley" and Lynda Ferguson stayed here on their honeymoon in 1962 and bought it years later from the late Curley Lewis, the can-do Chippewa County Road commissioner. He worked to pave the scenic Lake Shore Road/Curley Lewis Highway along Whitefish Bay from Brimley to M-123, opened in 1983.

HARMON'S BIRCHWOOD RESORT
(906) 492-3320
The ambiance is woodsy and unfussy at this vintage family resort on Whitefish Bay, with 11 housekeeping cabins. Host Steve Harmon, an area resident for over 30 years, knows a lot about local recreational possibilities: birding, fishing, boat-watching, and more. His collection of free videos (each cabin has a VCR/DVD player) is most interesting. Guests are provided with lots of extras: inner tubes, badminton, volleyball, horseshoes, shuffleboard, and tetherball. All cabins have individual fire pits, grills, picnic tables, and WiFi internet. Stairs go down to the sandy beach. It's an easy walk to the center of Paradise. The cabins are gas-heated and well insulated. Half have knotty pine interiors. Guests can use the office phone. Two lakeside cabins have stone fireplaces. Cabins sleep from 2 to 6 and are generally rented by the week in summer. Typical summer rates are from around $450/week for two people to around $800/week for a lakefront 2-bedroom cabin with fireplace, for 4 people. Minimum stay requested; call for overnights.

FREIGHTERS' VIEW RESORT
(800) 236-3277; (906) 492-3266 (in season only)
Big picture windows let occupants of the 4 one-room units in 2 duplex buildings look right out on Whitefish Bay. Grounds are sunny. At the lake side of a 50' deep lawn are two shared decks for sitting. A fire pit is nearby. A ladder leads down a low breakwall to a shallow area good for wading and swimming. Two buildings have kitchenette units ($80/night or so depending on length of stay, season). Two motel rooms without cooking facilities cost less. There's a 4-person maximum occupancy, including children. Each unit has a coffeemaker, small fridge, satellite TV, and WiFi internet. Units come with picnic tables and gas grills right outside. Guests can use the office phone. Quite close to Whitefish Point Road, which is audible from 9 a.m. or so ‘til 7 p.m. in summer.

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