Area Activities

Lake Michigan Dunes	View from Empire Bluffs

Having come to the area ourselves for over 20 years, we still don’t feel at a loss for new things to explore. Within a 15 minute radius there are restaurants, shopping, and art galleries in the quaint towns of Empire, Glen Arbor, Honor, Beulah, or Frankfort. Honor boasts one of the last remaining Drive-In movie theaters, The Cherry Bowl Drive In Theatre, which will transport you right back to the 50’s.

Within the park, there are dozens of trails and miles of shoreline, plus a very good Visitors Center with summer programs. The park’s Pierce Stocking Trail is a 5 mile driving loop, which includes stunning vistas and many deer sightings. For the boater or swimmer there are 5 lakes besides our own in the area. Numerous biking trails exist. There is canoeing kayaking, and tubing on the Platte or Betsie Rivers.

It is only 1/2 hour to the larger Traverse City or to a performance at the internationally famous Interlochen Academy for the Performing Arts. And, for those who seek solitude for hiking, exploring or birding, there are endless possibilities.

Other places you may want to visit during your stay:

Trillium in Springtime

Fall Day at Ursa Minor Cottage.