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Presque Isle County is located along Lake  Huron on the northeastern shore of Michigan’s lower  peninsula. The county has an area of 678 square miles, which includes 72 miles of shoreline. The  county consists of fourteen townships, two cities and two  villages. The County seat is located in Rogers City.

The county has three lighthouses and three marinas located on Lake Huron. The 40 Mile Pointe Lighthouse is the new county  park. Presque Isle also contains two state parks, Hoeft State  Park located just outside of Rogers City  and the Onaway State Park located north of the City of Onaway.

There are numerous State Forest campgrounds located throughout  the county one at the Ocqueoc Falls in Ocqueoc Township just off M68 between Rogers City and Onaway. The Ocqueoc Falls is the largest waterfall in the Lower Peninsula.

Presque Isle County is also known for its karst formations  of underground rivers and sinkholes, and contains the world’s  largest open pit limestone quarry with a deep-water port.

PRINCIPLE ATTRACTIONS AND EVENTS

• Bearinger Union School [Historical Site]
• Bummers Roost ORV Trail
• Burham's Landing [Historical Site]
• Elowsky Mill [Historical Site]
• Forty Mile Point Lighthouse [Graveyard of Ships]
• Lake Huron
• New Presque Isle Light Station
• Metz Fire Informational Designation [Historic Site]
• Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company Quarry [World’s Largest Limestone Quarry]
• Old Presque Isle Lighthouse
• Presque Isle County Courthouse [Historical Site]
• Presque Isle Electric Cooperative Monument [Historical Site]
• Posen Potato Festival (September)
• Sinkholes [Natural Attraction]