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Leelanau State Park is known for the wonderful stretches of sandy shore along its many beaches.
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Leelanau State Park
The little finger of Leelanau Peninsula crooks protectively around the mouth of Grand
Traverse Bay as the highway ambles to Northport, a picturesque hamlet chock-full of
boutiques, antique shops, restaurants, and bed-and-breakfast inns. With its abundant orch-
ards, award-winning wineries, and fine swimming beaches, Leelanau lives up to its name,
a Chippewa word meaning “land of delight.”
At Leelanau's fingertip you'll find the Grand Traverse Lighthouse, part of 1,300-acre
Leelanau State Park. The historic beacon still guards rocky shoals once so intimidating to
French fur trappers that they christened the bay Le Grand Traverse—“the big crossing.”
Pine-andcedar-scentedtrailsleadawayfromatinycampground,downtodesertedbeaches
at Cathead Bay and Christmas Cove.
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Traverse City
A temperate climate such as one finds in Traverse City is just right for growing premium
grapes. So it is small wonder that the area boasts more than two dozen wineries and tasting
rooms, with all of the wineries open for tours.
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