Midland (Michigan)
Midland is a city in Central Michigan north west of Saginaw.
Understand
The Dow Chemical Company was founded in Midland in 1897 and its world headquarters are still located here.
Get in
By plane
🌍 MBS International Airport (MBS IATA) is located in nearby Freeland, about midway between Midland, Bay City, and Saginaw. The airport is served by United Express flights from Chicago-O'Hare, plus Delta Connection flights from Detroit and Minneapolis/St. Paul, plus seasonal flights from Atlanta.
By car
Off US Highway 10 west of I-75.
Get around
You will need your car.
See
- 🌍 Midland Center For The Arts (MCFTA), 1801 Saint Andrews Street, ☎ +1 989 631-8250.
- 🌍 The Tridge. A three spoked footbridge over the Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers
- 🌍 Dow Gardens, 1809 Eastman Avenue, ☎ +1 989 631-2677. landscaped botanical garden. $5.
- 🌍 Alden Dow House and Studio, 315 Post Street, ☎ +1 989 839-2744. One of many buildings in the town designed by the architect Alden B. Dow.
Do
- 🌍 Currie Municipal Golf Course, 1300 Currie Parkway, ☎ +1 989 839-9600. This course is intermittently unavailable while they perform maintenance.
- Pere Marquette Rail-Trail. 28 mile walking and cycling trail from Midland to Loomis
Buy
- 🌍 Midland Mall, 6800 Eastman Avenue, ☎ +1 989 832-9060.
Eat
- 🌍 Pis Chinese Restaurant, 1815 S. Saginaw Rd., ☎ +1 989 832-5848. Nice local restaurant.
- 🌍 Villa D'Alessandro (Tuscany Banquet Hall), 801 E Wackerly St, ☎ +1 989 631-3821. 11:00-14:00, 16:00-22:00. Villa D'Alessandro is a very nice Italian fine dining restaurant with amazing food. In the summer, sit outside near the fountain surrounded by vine wrapped walls. about $25 per person.
- 🌍 Cafe Zinc, 111 West Main Street, ☎ +1 989 837-6030.
Drink
- 🌍 Frick's Bar, 4408 N Saginaw Rd, ☎ +1 989 631-2791. Largest bar in town. Plenty of pool tables. Drinks are reasonably priced.
- 🌍 Oscar's Restaurant and Entertainment, 140 E Main St, ☎ +1 989 837-8680. Great burgers. Big screen televisions make it a great place to watch the game.
Sleep
- 🌍 Hampton Inn, 6701 Eastman Avenue, ☎ +1 989 837-4000.
- 🌍 The H Hotel, 111 West Main Street, ☎ +1 989 839-0500.
- 🌍 Holiday Inn Midland, 810 Cinema Drive, ☎ +1 989 794-8500.
Connect
Go next
| Routes through Midland |
| Ludington ← Clare ← | W  |
→ Bay City → END |
Jct  |
W  |
→ END |
| END ← | N  |
→ Saginaw → END |
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