Take a tour of the surounding area. Get out of the boat and stretch your legs visiting these area attractions: Itasca County Golf Courses. With four 18-hole championship courses and several more nine-hole courses found within Itasca County, you are certain to find a tee-time to suit your needs. Very few northern resort areas offer the many choices we do. Area courses include a wide variety of golf to accommodate all skill levels. For the most enjoyable time, call ahead to set a tee time. Finally, who says price doesn't matter? You'll find that Northwoods golf offers very affordable golf fees with some of the best values in the Midwest. Golf Courses in Itasca County. Eagle Ridge Golf Club. One Green Way Hwy 169 East, Coleraine. 3910 Golf Course Road Grand Rapids. Sugarbrooke Golf Club. Located at Ruttger's Sugar Lake Lodge. 750 Golf Crest Drive Grand Rapids. Blueberry Hills Golf Course. 1 mi. N of Deer River on Hwy. 6, turn E on G.C. Rd. 1.5 miles E of Bigfork Cty Rd 261 G.C. Rd. Rt. 1 Box 308 Pengilly Directly off Hwy. 65. Indian gaming casinos are in abundance in our area. Guests will find in Deer River, MN and. Northern Lights Casino in Walker, MN all within easy driving distance. Bowling and Miniature Golf. Midway Bowling Mini Golf located on Highway 169 North in Grand Rapids, Minnesota has bowling, a lounge, miniature golf course and batting cages. Fun for the whole family! Call 1-218-326-5950 for hours or for more information. Blackduck Bowling Lanes located on Summit Avenue in Blackduck, MN is open to the public. Call them at 218-835-6620 for more information. Reif Center for Performing Arts. By bringing dance, theater, music and popular entertainment to its stage, the Myles Reif Performing Arts Center provides a stage for performing arts in Northern Minnesota. Completed in 1981, the Reif Center is also dedicated to providing dance instruction to both the serious dance student and the recreational student. The Reif Center is located at 720 Conifer Drive in Grand Rapids - adjacent to the Grand Rapids High School. to see a calendar of upcoming performances where you can also purchase tickets online. 2006 SUMMER COMEDY SERIES - Every Thursday night! for comedy schedule. MacRostie Art Center. Located in downtown Grand Rapids, the MacRostie Art Center is a gathering place where artists and community members can share in the belief that art is the heart and soul of a community. Open to the public Monday thru Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. visitors can view exibits, purchase work from local artists or participate in classes such as woodworking, pottery and watercolor. For more information visit their website at: www.macrostieartcenter.org. Mississippi Melodie Showboat. Join the fun when the band plays the opening theme, a riverboat whistle is heard in the distance and the first glimpse of the Mississippi Melodie Showboat is seen around the river;s bend. Visitors are magically carried back a hundred years in time to relive the gaiety and excitement of the Showboat era on the Mighty Mississippi. With banners flying, paddle wheel churning and whistle blowing, the majestic Mississippi Melodie Showboat and her cast have been enchanting crowds in Grand Rapids for 50 years. Mississippi Melodie provides a unique entertainment experience for the audience. Audiences sit in comfortable stadium seating in an outdoor amphitheater and are entertained by a revival of the music, dance and humor of the earlier showboat era. The captain brings Mississippi Melodie to the dock, which then becomes the stage. The length of the show is from 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Each year an entirely new show is written and different performers are featured. Featured are solo singers, specialty numbers and a talented chorus of singers and dancers. Audiences can also look forward to the featured melodrama skit. The Mississippi Timber Cloggers and the Applechords barbershop quartet also appear each year as part of the performance. This vaudeville variety show is produced on the banks of the beautiful Mississippi River in Grand Rapids the last three weekends of July. This is one event you will make an annual tradition! For more information call (866)336-3426 or visit www.mississippimelodie.com. Forest History Center. Visitors will step back in time as they walk through a turn-of-the-century logging camp located in Grand Rapids. There they will find a camp blacksmith, saw filer, clerk, cook (often called a cookee) and lumberjacks at the state;s only authentic 1900s logging camp. During your visit, board the moored river wanigan, a floating cook shack used when the logs and men headed downstream to the mills. Or, take a seat on the porch of a 1930s Minnesota Forest Service patrolman's cabin and hear about the ranger's important work protecting woodland resources. The more adventurous may climb the state;s only 100-foot fire tower with a live interpretive center. A one-hour guided tour starts at the interpretive building. Whether on the tour or just wandering throughout the camp on your own, interpretive guides dressed in period clothing will encourage you to ask questions of the company clerk, bull cook (camp janitor), saw filer, lumberjacks, barn boss (who cares for the draft horses), the blacksmith and wood butcher (carpenter). The Forest History Center now boasts a completely renovated interpretive building where exhibits, films and displays help set the stage for your journey through time and help you to understand the story of the people and forests of this area. Some of the new exhibits in the renovated visitor center include a state-of-the-art timber harvester simulator, a 30-seat theater with a multimedia show that demonstrates the force and power of forest fires, a full size all-terrain vehicle, a contemporary log- fun for children to crawl through-and more hands on exhibits and displays. Later take a walk on one of three self-guided forest trails for a view of the Mississippi River and the Northern Minnesota forestland. These trails, also open in the winter, are groomed and track-set for cross-country skiing. From June 1 through Labor Day the living history features, interpretive building and trails are open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from Noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. From Labor Day through May 31 the interpretive building and trails are open on weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center is closed on winter holidays. Cross-country ski trails are open daily as snow conditions permit. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, and $4 for children ages 6-17. Free for children under age 6 and for MHS members. Different fees may apply for special events. Feel free to pack a picnic lunch and stay all day. The picnic pavilions are open to the public and available for events as well. For more information log on to the. Forest History Center website foresthistory@mnhs.org or call 218-327-4482. The Forest History Center is located near US Highways 169 and 2 at 2609 County Road 76, Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744. Children;s Discovery Museum. Each year thousands of children visit the Children;s Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids, which offers both permanent and changing educational exhibits. The new Children;s Discovery Museum opened in June, 2003 on Highway 169 South in Grand Rapids and is the perfect place for families with children of all ages to explore a mix of sciences, arts and humanities while sparking a joy of discovery about themselves, where they live and the larger world. The Children's Discovery Museum educational exhibits include the Geo Zoom; an interactive exhibit that introduces kids to the geography of North America; the Exchange City - a child-sized town square complete with ten different shops, a Dino Dig, a special Tot Park Maze; made especially for the preschool crowd; and the River Forest featuring Tree-sa, the talking forest tree. A new exhibit features the one-of-a-kind hand-crafted dolls of dol...

We Love Kids at Dixon Lake Resort. At Dixon Lake Resort there are many things to do without leaving the property. You can fish off the docks, swim on the beach or to our floating raft. Enjoy a peaceful evening around a campfire or maybe a quiet ride on the paddle boat, kayak or canoe. Don't want to get wet how about horseshoes or a walk along our scenic mile long drive way. In the lodge you will find board games, puzzles, books, magazines, satellite TV, video games, pool table, bar/restaurant and an internet access computer for all our guests to use free of charge. SUMMER CHILDRENS PROGRAMS: Kids Crafts. Minow Races, Fishing Contest, Paint your own Dixon Lake Tee Shirts. Lots More. So Come and Join the Fun. With Nature all around us we believe in using what we find. The kids have a great time on our nature hikes where we find things to make something special for Mom and Dad. We make woodtekies, barksplendas, pinezoos and much more. board games pool table internet access video games satelite T.V. beer set ups bait photo's fireplace schwans toys post cards apparel tackle groceries charcoal batteries tobacco off sale cameras personal products. OUTDOOR AMENITIES... sandy beach playground walking trails horseshoes floating raft fresh air badmitton lounge chairs nature charcoal grill picnic table fun firepit chairs lakeside swing set sun life jackets - bait buckets water microwave toaster drip coffee maker kitchen towels bed linens dish soap air conditioning dishes pots/pans utensils. Arrival Time - AFTER- 3:00 pm. Departure Time -BEFORE- 9:00 am. ARRIVING EARLY, for any reason is considered an early check in and YOU WILL BE BILLED A HALF DAY RATE. House Keeping Cabins: Cabins which are house kept by you, we appreciate those who leave them in or close to the state they were in on arrival. All reservations require a deposit per week rental... $300. for all 2 bedrooms, $500. for 3 bedrooms. $600. for 4 bedrooms, due upon making your reservation. Rental of 2 or more cabins- we require payment in full 90 days prior to visit. We hope you will not have to cancel but if you cancel before 90 days of your reservation date we will happily refund your deposit minus a $50. processing fee. You are financially responsible for your entire reservation. Ages...two and under are always our guests. 11 and under - $15.00 / day - $75.00 / week. Age 12 and over - $25.00 / day - $125.00 / week. Day time visitors must register at lodge. $5.00 fee for day visitors. Any visitor staying more than 4 hours will be charged as an extra person. Pets: If you want to bring your pet/please follow these rules... We need to know when making your reservation if you intend to bring your pet. IF YOUR DOG IS A BARKER - DO NOT BRING THEM HERE! Pets are not allowed on the furniture or beds. Pets must be on a leash and cleaned up after and have all current shots. PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN CABIN #6 OR IN THE BEACH AREA. PET CHARGE $20.00 / day or $100.00 / week per pet no matter what size they are, No exceptions! Barkers will be asked to leave! WE DO NOT ALLOW JET-SKIS. FIREWOOD...do not bring wood with you!! Because firewood can harbor insects and diseases that can kill trees, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and USDA Forest Service are asking you to avoid carrying firewood from one location to another. When you move firewood, you could be introducing an invasive pest such as gypsy moth or emerald ash borer into a previously uninfested area. Firewood is one of the major ways that tree pests are spread. Some of these insects can devastate our forests.; To avoid bringing tree pests home, the agencies also urge you to recommend campers burn all their firewood before returning home. State and federal agencies are especially concerned about firewood this year because of two invasive insect species: gypsy moth and emerald ash borer. In addition to invasive insects, firewood can also harbor the pathogens that cause Dutch elm disease and oak wilt. Both diseases can be spread when insects carrying the fungal spores travel from infected firewood to healthy trees. One wheel barrel of wood here at the resort is $5.00. PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. RESORT WITH WILDLIFE

 Guest rooms have air conditioning
 Camping and RSV park on grounds
 Rent-a-car service
 Credit cards accepted
 Dinner may be served in the room
 Disabled guests are welcome
 Facsimile services
 Games room
 Heating
 Kitchen
 Licensed bar
 Smoke-free guest rooms
 Around-the-clock recetpion
 Pets are accepted
 Parking lot
 Quiet surroundings
 Clock/radio
 Fridge
 Restaurant
 Shop on premises
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 Tea and coffee making facilities
 Phone at reception
 TV sets in rooms
 Cheques accepted
 Common room with a TV set