Northwest Region
Some of the harbor towns alone are worth the drive. Budget
plenty of time for the dune climb at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
or even a camping and diving excursion to the Manitou Islands. Beaver Island
is a travel destination of unique wilderness characteristics. Just take
a leisurely ferry ride from Charlevoix and enter a different era.
This is also Michigan's other wine region as well as
the world's top cherry producer. Visit and sample the earth's grape harvest
at places like Chateau Grand Traverse, Chateau Chantal, Bowers Harbor Vineyards,
Old Mission Cellars, Boskydel Vineyards, Good Harbor Vineyards, Leelanau
Wine Cellars, or the L. Mawby Winery. In fact, why pick one? They are close
enough to tour all of them. And plan on celebrating the National Cherry
Festival in Traverse City during July—along with a wide variety of cherry
foods are carnival rides and many forms of musical entertainment. Speaking
of music, be sure to plan a visit to the Interlochen Center for the Arts,
which is a nationally-renown 70-year-old, 1,200-acre music and arts mecca
just outside of Traverse City.
The northwest region is also where America's Summer Golf
Capital got started with Robert Trent Jones' Heather Course at Boyne Highlands
Resort. Today, you can pick from dozens of designer courses including Jack
Nicklaus' The Bear at the Grand Traverse Resort, four top-flight courses
at Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire, or the new and exciting course at Bay
Harbor in Petoskey which literally runs along the rugged coast of Little
Traverse Bay. So if names like Palmer, Weiskopf, Nicklaus, and Jones get
your golf-heart beating, swing on over to the northwest region of Michigan
for never-ending tees and greens.
Looking for even more active activities? The northwest
region is prime for all types of winter sports from downhill and cross-country
skiing, to snowmobiling and even snowshoeing.
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