Hicks Lake Dr & Front St Area

You wake up and the first thing you notice is the quiet—no alarm clocks blaring from your neighbors' rentals, just the sound of trees and whatever's happening out on the water. This stretch sits right on the edge of lake country, where the roads wind through mature hardwoods and shoreline properties, and your commute might mean walking to your own dock instead of heading to the highway. Little Long Lake and Hicks Lake dominate the character here: one's known for bass fishing and all-water sports, the other draws canoeists and families looking for no-wake calm. Houses tend to be cottages and cabins—some modest weekend retreats with wood-burning fireplaces, others fully updated with lake-facing decks and views that make you understand why people build here year-round instead of leaving after Labor Day.