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The Blue Anchor at Houghton Lake

2.0 star property
Enjoy the free WiFi at this Houghton Lake motel

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Reviews

8.8 out of 10

Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
5131 W Houghton Lake Dr, Houghton Lake, MI, 48629
  • Houghton Lake
    1 min walk
  • Pineview Highlands Golf Course
    7 min walk
  • Houghton Lake Public Library
    15 min walk
  • Roscommon County – Blodgett Memorial Airport (HTL)
    16 min drive

Room options

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Basic Quadruple Room, Multiple Beds, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

Basic Quadruple Room, Multiple Beds, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Bunk Beds

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Classic Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Classic Double Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Classic Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Classic Double Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Classic Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Classic Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Classic Double Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Classic Double Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Classic Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking, Private Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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On private beach
Pool
Breakfast included
Pet-friendly
4.6 out of 5, Wonderful, (941)
The price is CA $170
per night
CA $199 total
includes taxes & fees
1 Jan - 2 Jan
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About the area

Houghton Lake

In Houghton Lake .Within a 10-minute walk of the motel, you'll find Houghton Lake and Pineview Highlands Golf Course. Houghton Lake Public Library and Heights Marina are also within 3 miles (5 km).
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What's nearby

  • Houghton Lake - 1 min walk
  • Pineview Highlands Golf Course - 7 min walk
  • Houghton Lake Public Library - 15 min walk
  • Quest Golf Club - 7 min drive
  • South Higgins Lake State Park - 25 min drive

Getting around

  • Cherry Capital Airport (TVC) - 82 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Taco Bell - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Back Door Saloon - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Garrett's Place - ‬2 min drive

About this property

The Blue Anchor at Houghton Lake

Enjoy the free WiFi at this Houghton Lake motel
As a guest of The Blue Anchor at Houghton Lake, you'll find express check-in and express check-out. WiFi is free in public spaces. Free self parking is available.

This Houghton Lake motel is smoke free.

  • 10 guestrooms or units
  • Express check-in
  • Express check-out
  • Storage area for luggage
  • No smoking on site
The Blue Anchor at Houghton Lake offers 10 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and complimentary toiletries. 42-inch Smart televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include showers. This Houghton Lake motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Microwave
  • Mini-fridge

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Free uncovered extended parking on site

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have elevators
  • Hardwood flooring in room
  • Smooth flooring in room
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 42-inch Smart TV
  • Digital channels

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Bed sheets
  • Heating (climate-controlled)

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Mobile key entry

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests will receive an email 72 hours before arrival with check-in instructions and an access code; access will be through a private entrance
Prior to arrival, you must complete online registration via a secure link
You will be asked to provide the property with a copy of your government-issued photo ID after booking

Access methods

Access code, private entrance

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a private host, not a professional engaged in trade or business. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. Cash is not accepted. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions and guests can access their rooms with a mobile device.

Property is also known as

The Blue Anchor At Houghton
The Blue Anchor at Houghton Lake Motel
The Blue Anchor at Houghton Lake Houghton Lake
The Blue Anchor at Houghton Lake Motel Houghton Lake

The Blue Anchor at Houghton Lake Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 30 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 18 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 57 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Kelly

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Clean, had been renovated, nothing fancy. Check-in was easy and didn't involve any interaction
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Kristine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
When we first arrived we were a little confused, there's no sign for the property. This was our first experience with no staff around, just go to your room & put your code in. That easy. Bathroom is a little small & definitely needs a vent in it! Bed was comfy! Overall great little place!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful place to stay. Very clean. We'll be staying again.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Tami

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to stay
Great stay my only complaints is there wasnt an ice machine and no hair dryer. Beds are really comfortable!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Michael

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Property should provide either indoor or outdoor seating… we literally had to sit in the back of our work van or on the beds in the room.. other than that it’s a nice property. We travel for work a lot and will be staying at a different location due to this inconvenience…
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nellie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place looks like a wonderful work in progress. Very clean room with a comfortable bed. Nicely decorated. We stayed in a king room that worked wonderful for us. There is no signage, but I’ve read that that’s soon to be put in place. The grounds and parking area are a bit rustic however, I’m guessing that will be changing soon. The bathroom is extremely small with a quite small older shower. Fortunately, my husband and myself are not large people so it worked out fine for us. Once the hot water finally made it to the shower. It lasted longer than my husband‘s long showers. I would absolutely stay here again in the future. What a wonderful price for all that you get. We have stayed in a lot of hotels this summer and I will say unless we paid pay $175 or more we were getting rooms that I would never return to, this however is a huge exception. Good job proprietors keep up the great work renovating this old building. I might add that finding a room arrangement that would allow you to see the television from the sofa would be a great improvement.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

James, Fort Pierce

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The hotel is very clean, recently refurbished, but was built in a different time when hotel guests expected less and in spite of great effort on the owner's part, it delivers exactly that: less. The room is tolerable but could be bigger and could use more electrical outlets and better lighting. The bedside lights are the touch type, so when you accidentally touch the lamp in the middle of the night, the light comes on (annoying.) The bathroom is just awful. Although everything but the shower is new this year, everything is tiny and cramped. the toilet sits three inches from the wall so if you tend to "spread out " you'll have a problem. The vanity has no room to put your bathroom stuff and if there are two of you you'll have to get really creative to make it work. There is a small shelf under the mirror but if you put anything taller than 2 inches on it you will block the view of the mirror. The shower is ancient, small, and discolored, and really should be replaced with something larger than what I'm guessing is maybe a 30" square shower stall. Not a deal breaker, but unless you're paying attention you'll drive past the place the first time, even with google maps. There's no sign at all, just the frame from when one used to be there. Having said all this, I would stay here again, but never for more than one day. For anything longer, I'd go elsewhere.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean, quiet place to stay. We enjoyed it and would stay again.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edwin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nicely remodeled. Cute and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love this property, we stay here everytime we come into town
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Travelled with family
My family and I enjoyed our overnight stay at The Blue Anchor at Houghton Lake. We weren’t familiar with this hotel prior to the renovations that were done but we were pleased with the nice updates. Our room was very clean. The mattress was extremely comfortable. We had booked through Expedia and the check-in process was easy. We had trouble closing the bathroom door and contacted management, they were quick to respond and accommodating.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Kelly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a cute place
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

lisa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were very nice......the bathrooms a little small but workable. You can tell that it was an older property but all nicely remodeled. Very clean and well kept. I liked the proximity to everything. I would definitely stay here again. I really liked the no check in procedure they just texted me a code and we were done.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Julie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was big with a comfortable bed. Air conditioning system worked well. Bathrrom was cramped with a very tight toilet area. Shower did have low water pressure and it was difficult to get a good temperature. Sink tended to be very slow at draining, somthing that should be looked into. Nice fluffy towels but they did shed a lot. There was a microwave, mini fridge and coffee maker in the room. We didn't turn on the television so we have no idea the quality. Wasn't well marked from the road and we almost drove past it. Nice facility with contactless arrangements. Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Kyle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good For a Weekend at the Lake
The location was great, and the room was a good size for a small hotel. We could tell the place was newly renovated, and it was nice all around. We had issues with our bathroom door not being able to close, and the air fresheners all over the place and in the room were overpowering, and we were left wondering why so many air fresheners were needed. Otherwise, it's a good place to stay for a couple nights.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The accommodations were exceptionally clean and tastefully renovated. The bedding was not to our preference, we are not a fan of memory foam.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Melissa

Entire building smells moldy. Could not stay 2nd night. Bugs & spider webs in room. Dirty water left in sink. No soap & no staff. Completely self service. Floor was also dirty, had to wear shoes. Shower extremely tiny. Felt like I was lucky to have one, although there was no soap. Constant texts asking me to turn off air & lights if I left, telling me WiFi was down, etc. Very disappointed.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great spot to stay in Houghton Lake! Quick responses from management if there are any issues and they are super friendly and helpful. Highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jayson

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Stacy

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Life at the lake
We had a great 3 days. Very clean and adorable decor. The only downside was the bathroom was small but very clean and updated. We would recommend to friends. Love that it is a door code and no need to wait in line to check in and out. Staff was extremely prompt and courteous.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024