Editing Oscoda County, Michigan (section)

===Geographic features===
* Mio is situated in the [[Au Sable River (Michigan)|Au Sable River]] Valley.
* The county is surrounded by the [[Huron National Forest]] and the [[Rifle River State Recreation Area]].
* The county is part of the [[Au Sable State Forest]], specifically the Grayling Fire Management Unit, which consists of Alcona, Crawford, Oscoda, and northern Iosco counties.
* Much of the area sits on the "Grayling outwash plain", a unique habitat.<ref name="NP">{{Cite web |title=NPWRC :: Regional Landscape |url=http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/habitat/rlandscp/s7-2-2.htm |website=usgs.gov}}</ref>
* The [[Oscoda County]] Park offers a good vantage point.<ref>[http://www.theenchantedforest.com/oscodacountypark/ Oscoda County Park (accessed 17 October 2007)]</ref>
Glaciers shaped the area, creating a unique regional ecosystem. Much of the area is the Grayling outwash plain, a broad [[outwash plain]] including sandy ice-disintegration ridges, jack pine barrens, white pine-red pine forest, and northern hardwood forest. Large lakes were created by glacial action.<ref name=NP/>