2011 Map of Morey

About this map

Pioneer and Morey serve as focal points for this Missaukee County landscape, where the headwaters of several drainages shape the rural terrain. The northern reaches are defined by the Ham Creek Spring and the winding course of Ham Creek, while the southern portion of the quadrangle includes the Missaukee Mountain Ski Area, situated just west of the valley formed by Hopkins Creek. This area illustrates a typical northern Michigan pattern of dispersed rural settlement along a grid of section roads such as N Morey Rd and W Moorestown Rd. Small bodies of water, including Loon Lake and Dyer Lake, dot the landscape alongside the West Branch Muskegon River in the southeast corner. The presence of the ski area near Cutcheon highlights the transition from traditional agriculture and timber interests to modern seasonal recreation in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.