Abandoned Record
About Hard Luck
Hard Luck is a ghost town in Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Hard Luck is located within Grim Township in the Au Sable State Forest about 14 mi (23 km) northeast of Gladwin.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Hard Luck, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Hard Luck is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Hard Luck
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1954 Traverse City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Traverse City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1968 Sterling SW sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Houghton Lake sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1989 Traverse City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Hard Luck
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Michigan index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Hard Luck, Michigan": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q25025235.
- USGS GNIS 1617608.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).