Why this exit matters.
Exit 190 is the moment "up north" actually starts. South of here you are still in the I-75 commercial corridor: Bay City, Pinconning, the cheese sign at Exit 181. North of here the road thins, the trees close in, and you can feel the Sunrise Coast on your right hand. Most travelers do not notice the transition. The locals all do.
Michigan calls this stretch the Gateway to the Sunrise Side. The state's tourism site uses the phrase. The US-23 Heritage Route program uses it. The r/Michigan crowd uses it. Standish has been the threshold town for decades, first for the lumber camps, then for the Polish Catholic farmers who settled here in the 1880s, and now for the cottagers, the snowbirds, and the Saganing patrons who use Exit 190 as the unofficial entry point to everything north.
If Standish is the threshold, Exit 190 is the door.
What is near the exit.
Five places sit within 10 minutes of I-75 Exit 190, clustered in three nodes: at the exit, downtown Standish 3 mi east, and Saganing 10 min south.
- Highway Dispos Standish. 0.5 mi west of Exit 190 on M-61, on the south side of the road. Open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. Drive-through pickup available. Online menu at hwydispos.com.
- Wheeler's Restaurant. 3 mi east in downtown Standish, at 111 S Main St (US-23). American diner running since 1935. Pancakes and homemade pie are the reasons regulars name it.
- Standish Historical Depot & Welcome Center. 3 mi east at 107 N Main St in downtown Standish. Volunteer-run railroad-depot museum, open seasonally, free admission.
- Saganing Eagles Landing Casino. About 10 min south via M-13 to 2690 Worth Rd. 148-room hotel, full restaurant, gaming floor. The casino does not sell cannabis on tribal land; the closest licensed retailer is Highway Dispos.
- White's Beach Tavern. 1 mi east of the casino at 5327 Shady Ln, on Saginaw Bay. Lake-cottage roadhouse with views and the kind of fish fry that draws people from Bay City on Friday nights.
Trip planning, if you are passing through.
Heading north on I-75
- Tawas City area: 36 mi northeast via US-23
- Au Gres, our second store: 15 mi east on US-23
- Higgins Lake / Roscommon: 54 mi west via M-61 to US-127
- Mackinaw City and the Bridge: 149 mi north on I-75
Heading south on I-75
- Bay City: 34 mi south
- Saginaw: 44 mi south
- Flint: 79 mi south, about 1 hr 25 min
- Detroit metro: 144 mi south, about 2 hr 10 min
If your road trip is north on I-75 and you want a single cannabis stop on the route, Exit 190 is the natural spot: almost exactly halfway between Detroit and the Mackinac Bridge. Heading north past the bridge there is no Highway Dispos. A visit on the way up sets you up for the weekend. Heading south, Standish is the last cannabis stop before the I-75 commercial corridor and the metro density that comes with it.
The Highway Dispos Standish store.
If you are exiting at 190, this is the address you are looking for:
Highway Dispos Standish
- Address
- 5366 M-61, Standish, MI 48658
- Phone
- (989) 812-8910
- Hours
- 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., every day
- Drive-through
- Yes, west side of the building
- Online menu
- hwydispos.com/locations/standish
- License
- Michigan CRA AU-R-001060
- Coordinates
- 43.9805 N, 83.9881 W
Our second store, Highway Dispos Au Gres, sits 15 mi east via M-61 to US-23 along the Sunrise Coast at 2426 E. Huron Rd. Same hours, same family ownership, license AU-R-001256. If you are heading to a cottage on Lake Huron, the Au Gres store is on the route. If you are continuing north on I-75, Standish is the natural stop.