Pinckney, MI: Pinckney: Gateway to the Chain of Lakes - Commercial & Residential in Brighton, Michigan

Pinckney serves as portal to Michigan's unique Chain of Lakes—nine connected inland lakes creating North America's longest navigable chain of lakes accessible by small watercraft. The village's Hell Creek Ranch brought unexpected fame by containing the unincorporated hamlet of Hell, Michigan—among America's most photographed place name signs and home to America's only "Mayor of Hell" program where visitors can be ceremonially named mayor for a day. Pinckney Recreation Area's 11,000 acres encompass Michigan's largest lowland ecosystem accessible by trails, including rare prairie fens supporting endangered insect species found nowhere else in the Midwest. The village's main street was personally surveyed by Michigan's second territorial governor Lewis Cass, remaining perfectly aligned to true north, unlike most midwestern street grids. Pinckney's annual "Hootin' in the Hollow" bluegrass festival draws musicians from across America to perform in what acoustical engineers identified as a natural amphitheater formed by surrounding hills.