Lumbermens Monument Visitor Center

is located at the junction of Monument and River Roads. In 1982, a three-year reconstruction project was finished with a formal rededication. The nine-foot broze statue has become a landmark in Michigan. The Visitor Center houses a sales outlet for the Eastern National Forest Interpretive Association, which sell various nature and history-related literature, wildlife printsand other mementos of your visit to the area. There are picnic tables and grills provided free of charge, and many outdoor exhibits explain the process of cutting logs and getting them to the mills. The theme of the center is early-days logging, but there are also slide shows going on from time to time as well as one of the best vistas on Cooke pond. A stairway takes visitors to the river's edge. The center is mostly barrier free.

Iargo Springs
lies adjacent to River Road and has been used continuously since pre-settlement times as a drinking source. Tradition has it that government surveyors named the site in the 1840s, having gotten the name from the local Indians who used the location for tribal powwows. The Indians believed the springs held mystical powers. Europeans have visited the springs since the early 1900s. In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed a trail to the springs and a rustic campground at the top of the bluff where the parking lot is now. The Forest Service plans to redevelop this site, restoring the atmosphere it once had.