Holiday Inn Express Hotel Gaylord in Northern Michigan, 45 minutes from beautiful Mackinac Island and located on the 45th parallel, Gaylord, Michigan. All guestrooms are equipped with refrigerators, wired and wireless high-speed Internet, 27 cable television w/HBO and voicemail. Hotel is adjacent to 400 miles of hiking, biking, and snowmobile trails. Plenty of elk viewing or horseback riding opportunities are available in the Pigeon River Forest.