Traverse City & Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan
Cherries, Wine & Towering Dunes
Vineyards, blue bays, and giant Lake Michigan dunes in northern Michigan.
At a glance · 5 reasons to go
Why Traverse City & Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan.
Climb the colossal Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Wineries on the Old Mission Peninsula.
Cherry capital — and the National Cherry Festival.
Turquoise bays and sandy beaches.
Michigan's gourmet lake getaway.
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Traverse City is northern Michigan's good-life hub — vineyards on slim peninsulas, cherry orchards, turquoise bays, and the jaw-dropping Sleeping Bear Dunes towering over Lake Michigan. Wine, water, and that famous dune climb.
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Traverse City & Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan
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Reviewed: 2026-06-06
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