With Spring in the air, the community is buzzing with spring break, warmer weather and plans for summer. At Superior Oasis, we’re excited for the summer travel season and to see our area prosper with the continuing trend toward increased tourism numbers. Hudson’s Classic Grill & Bar is ready to open the patio up and enjoy the summer breeze, a burger and a cold beer. Starting your day after a relaxing stay at the Comfort Suites or the Days Inn is best achieved with a breakfast at Perkins! Superior Oasis offers the complete package.

We’re also excited to continue to support NMU football, the university and its staff and students. Our Superior Oasis family of businesses happily employs NMU students and we encourage them to do the best they can to get a good education. We know that summer is ‘break-time’ for some students, but for the student athletes we’re happy to support, summer is when they train, practice & improve and get ready to tackle the next school year.

Supporting our community and NMU are very important to us. We are thankful for the support we get as business owners in Marquette County and do our best to show our appreciation by returning the favor to NMU and our community.

Hockey – October 14^th with St. Cloud & November 19^th  with Michigan State

Hockey – Blue Line Club 4th Period at Hudson’s after Michigan game Oct. 22

Frequent Stayer card for families of NMU students – 6 stays between Aug 1 and May 2 earn a free night stay (Free night needs to be used by May 3)

View the Fall Color Tour Guide made available from marquettecountry.org. Get out and see the colors!

West Tour

Drive South from Marquette on US 41 and turn Right at Cherry Creek Road/M28. This road will come to a stop at Co Rd 480. Turn Right on Co Rd 480 and drive west to business M-28 in Negaunee. Turn left on Business M-28 and continue west through the historic iron mining regions of Negaunee and Ishpeming to US-41. Turn left onto US 41 and travel west approximately three miles to Wawonowin Rd (Co Rd 478) and continue past the golf club and the Greenwood Reservoir. Co Rd 478 takes you west 10 miles into Republic. Turn Right on M-95 and Travel North to US 41. Turn left on Us 41 and drive west through Champion and Michigamee.

In Michigamme, see craft shops and a historic log restaurant where the movie “Anatomy of a Murder” was filmed. On the return trip to Marquette along US 41 , side trips include the Moose Lift Kiosk at Van Riper State Park, the National Ski Hall of Fame in Ishpeming, and the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee. Approximate Tour Distance: 100 Miles

East Tour

This tour begins as you travel south from Marquette along US 41 approximately 17 miles to the junction of M-94. Seven miles east of this junction is a turnoff for Laughing Whitefish Falls. ( To reach these falls, drive north along the Sundell Rd approximately three miles.) Return to M-94 and continue east until you reach H03 located between Chatham and Forest Lake. Drive North on H03 along the AuTrain River and past scenic AuTrain Lake until you reach the junction of M-28. Travel east along the Lake Superior Shoreline on M-28 . On a clear day you can see Marquette in the Distance. Approximate Tour Distance: 85 Miles.

Central Tour

This tour begins in Shingleton, Michigan. Begin by turning right on to H15 at Shingleton and travel to H58. Turning right you will travel on H58 to Munising and merge onto M28. You will pass through AuTrain and on to Marquette. Munising to Marquette is approximately 44 miles. Approaching Marquette you will take M28/US41 West towards Negaunee, a left had turn. Driving west you will travel about three miles and make a right hand turn onto Wright Street. Travel on Wright Street for several miles until you see a sign that says Big Bay. This will be a left hand turn on County Road 550 for about 25 miles until you get to a sign that says County Road 510. This will again be a left hand turn. This road is a gravel road, but in the fall is heavily traveled for it’s scenic beauty. Many spots on the road, you will be completely covered in brilliant colors formed by a canopy of foliage. This trip is approximately 20 miles to Midway Drive. You will travel on Midway Drive for approximately 1 mile. At US 41 /M28 turn left towards Marquette. Outside of Marquette at the stop light you will make a left hand turn and take M28 East to Munising. This tour from Munising to Marquette

Travels parallel to Lake Superior and has many scenic stops on the beaches. From Munising travel east on M28 to Shingleton, completing your tour.

North Tour

County Road 550, located just north of Marquette off Wright Street, is an impressive drive through cut rock harboring a beautiful array of fall color. This 35 minute
ride to Big Bay takes you winding past Sugarloaf Mountain, Hogsback Mountain, past the Yellow Dog River and Lake Independence into Big Bay. While there, you can see a historic hotel where the filing of the movie “Anatomy of a Murder” took place and where Henry Ford spent much of his time while supervising
his lumber mill which manufactured the sideboards for the early Ford station wagons.

The return trip from Big Bay along Co Rd 510 will take you through the majestic Huron Mountains and past trees which arch over the road ways to form a tunnel of color. Approximate tour distance: 75 miles.

Business at Superior Oasis
We upgraded the collective computer power in our business center to really help you get the job done. Bigger computer monitors and faster bandwidth speeds are just the start. Our Internet is the fastest in the area, because we’ve invested heavily to make it that way! We’ve improved our network security, so you can do whatever you need to do; securely. Printing is also a snap, it’s also free along with sending a fax.

Dining and Unique Room Service
We’ve whipped up the “Your Morning Breakfast” promotion, serving fresh daily hot meats and eggs, coffee, regular and flavored, waffles and more. We know it’s important to start your day off right, work fast, and relax when you’re finished! (no, really, we get it!) If you want more we have two restaurants just steps away: Hudson’s and Perkins; and you’re a shoe-in for 10% off as well as free room delivery.

Relax & Enjoy Your Stay
We hope you enjoy your stay. Our pool area has been redecorated with custom murals of the Marquette Michigan area displaying scenery and history. A neat experience for all ages to better understand the beautiful U.P. We’ll have photos of this unique look up on the website soon.

We’ve also been keeping our events page current on our website so you’re just a click away from accessing all the exciting events taking place around Marquette.

When you’re ready to wind down, our HDTV offerings provide the best viewing channels in the area on new flat-screen televisions.

Oh, we almost forgot: Ask about our K-9 Friendly Days Inn. We’ve got a Puppy Package that will make traveling with your entire family even easier.

Looking for your Oasis when traveling to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula? Be sure to Stay & Play at our Superior Oasis!

This past March we completed renovations on 25 rooms at the Comfort Suites.  We updated the design, replaced sofa-beds, upgraded lighting, mirrors and artwork.  The look and feel are improved and we really hope you enjoy them!  In our next blog, we’ll have some updated photos of the improvements.

Even more aggressive was our approach toward technology upgrades.  We now offer 48 Channels on DirecTV with 4 Showtime Channels!  We’ve also brought in a direct fiber optic pipeline: no bandwidth sharing, with 10 mbps up and down!  We know you like to be productive and this network upgrade should really help out.

Coming up:
We’re installing 37” flat panel LCD TV’s at the Comfort Suites and also adding 12 High Definition Channels, including another Showtime Channel.  Now you can work faster, get finished with your day and relax with HDTV and great channel selection.

Days Inn will see the installation of 37” LCD TV’s in all the King Rooms and Suites.  The remaining rooms at the hotel will be completed with 32” LCD TV’s, and our HD Channels are available at the Days Inn too!

Our #1 Goal is to maximize your stay.  By focusing on technology upgrades, entertainment and relaxation, we hope we’ve improved your experience at the Superior Oasis!  Please Contact Us if you have any questions or feedback.