Gladwin, the largest city in Gladwin County is a warm and welcoming community. With Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport located less than one mile from the center of town and adjacent to the county fairgrounds, access for business travel is extremely convenient. Gladwin, the city, is the county seat and home to a variety of businesses in the manufacturing and service sectors.
A unique feature of Gladwin is the park with camping on the Cedar river in the center of the city. An indoor hockey rink is adjacent to the library, a genealogy center, and a training center for martial arts. Nearby are sports fields.
The school system has exceptional training in the trades and a state of the art auto mechanics training center.
The City of Gladwin anchors one end of the "Trail of Two Cities," a bicycle path that runs a little over eight miles to the City of Beaverton. Gladwin is the center of the county that has over 79 lakes nearby, miles of hiking, biking, snowmobile, and ORV trails, great fishing all year, boating, canoeing/kayaking, swimming, and more.