Welcome to Hidden Hamlet!

We’re so glad you’re here. We hope this site is a helpful resource as you get to know us and our community, and we hope it helps answer any questions you might have about living here.

As a non-profit organization governed by membership, we’ve been around since 1973, when the Shorters purchased land in this beautiful area and began developing their vision for Hidden Hamlet. Since then, we’ve grown into a community of over 400 people who love living here year-round or just visiting on vacation.

And it’s all thanks to the vision of our founders: Dean and Lynda Shorter, who had the foresight to envision not just a community but also an aesthetic that would make each home different from its neighbor—and still maintain that uniqueness today.

Today, we continue to follow their lead in so many ways—from keeping up with snow plowing and waste removal contracts with other companies in the area, to maintaining healthy relationships with our neighbors Nub’s Nob and Boyne Highlands ski resorts, and Downtown Harbor Springs.