Everything worth doing.Within 20 minutes.

A tavern that's covered this stretch of shoreline since 1940, when it opened as the Evergreens. Order the Codwhich or the beer-battered onion rings off a 22-tap beer list, and take the patio if the weather holds — a 2012 remodel opened the deck straight onto Mullett Lake. Arrivals come by car, boat, jet ski, and in winter, snowmobile. Prime rib shows up Saturdays.

Cheboygan's own brewery, back after a hundred years without one, pouring Blood Orange Honey and Blackberry Blonde alongside small-batch nano beers that never leave the taproom. Live music runs Friday and Saturday, 6 to 9, and Thursday's $10 flights are the cheapest way through the board. Closed Sundays. Fresh popcorn is free; outside food is welcome if popcorn isn't dinner enough.

The state park on Mullett Lake's northeast shore, with 285 campsites, two beaches, and a boat basin cut into a protected harbor rather than open water. Waterfront sites book up to six months out for a summer weekend. The pier doubles as the sunset spot once the day-trippers clear the beach. Full hookups run the south loop, for anyone pulling something bigger than a tent.

Crushed limestone from Waters to Mackinaw City, 75 miles total, but the stretch that matters here runs from Indian River across the Indian River spreads into Topinabee — 5.4 miles, ending at a beach right at the Topinabee trailhead — then another 12 miles north, directly along Mullett Lake's shore, before the trail cuts inland through farmland toward Cheboygan. Flat riding the whole way; bring your own bike.

Festival Square, downtown Cheboygan — Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 to 1, May through October, with live entertainment at the Saturday market from 11 to 1. Golden River Orchard sells here before its own farm stand opens for the season. The Wednesday market runs thinner than Saturday's — go Saturday if the point is the full spread, not just produce.

The marina at the north end of the Inland Waterway, where 40 miles of connected lakes and rivers meet Lake Huron. Slips run through a reservation system with the harbormaster, plus gas, pump-out service, and a public put-in. Open mid-May through October. The last stop with fuel and a working dock before a boat coming down from Mullett Lake clears the locks into open water.

A public 9-hole course Tom Bendelow laid out in 1921, still played the way he drew it, with a clubhouse on the hill above that looks straight down at the lake. Walking 18 (twice around) runs $35; twilight rates after 5 drop to $17. The clubhouse hosts weddings and private events for up to 300 — worth knowing if a rental week turns into a reception.

The outfit running the water end of a Cheboygan visit, from a glass-bottom shipwreck tour to the Landlubbers Lock Tour through the Cheboygan Lock, where the Inland Waterway drops into Lake Huron. The Mullett Lake Fireworks Cruise runs July 4th; the full Inland Waterway Expedition covers all 38 miles in a single 12-hour day for $200 a person. Everything departs from their own dock downtown.