Grand Traverse Bay

We headed out the next morning to explore Old Mission Pennisula, a skinny, 22-mile-long peninsula that juts out into Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay.

Anna Watson Carl: Eating Traverse City: Part I Anna Watson Carl 2011

After breakfast, we hopped in the car to go explore Leelanau Peninsula, a sprawling area area northeast of Traverse City that stretches from Grand Traverse Bay to Lake Michigan.

Anna Watson Carl: Eating Traverse City: Part II Anna Watson Carl 2011

We headed out the next morning to explore Old Mission Pennisula, a skinny, 22-mile-long peninsula that juts out into Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay.

Anna Watson Carl: Eating Traverse City: Part I Anna Watson Carl 2011

This home north of Grand Rapids sits on the east arm of Grand Traverse Bay.

Waterfront in Michigan 2010

The waterfront home sits on the east arm of Grand Traverse Bay.

Waterfront in Michigan 2010

But beyond that, there are old lighthouses to explore, 130 foot high sand dunes, beautiful views of Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay.

CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2009 2009

This had occurred in Leelanau County, just west of Grand Traverse Bay, sometime around 1870.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

This had occurred in Leelanau County, just west of Grand Traverse Bay, sometime around 1870.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

At last he vanquished him on the east shore of Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan, near the place now called Antrim City, but formerly by the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, it was called "Pe-wa-na-go-ing," meaning "Flinty Point," so called because there were great rocks of flint lying near the edge of the lake shore.

History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan Andrew J. Blackbird

Grand Traverse Bay, near Antrim City, Michigan, are the bones of a stone monster that he slew.

Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 06 : Central States and Great Lakes 1879